Hospitals and Healthcare

Maggie-Kate Minogue was seven when she realised she wanted to be a doctor.Complications with her sister's birth were the catalyst for an early interest in health and helping people.But growing up in a country town of 80 people meant after high school she had to move hundreds of kilometres to...

Lois Garner could predict the physical battle breast cancer would pose, but she wasn't prepared for the mental toll and says a familiar phrase made her feel more isolated. 

Virtual Care Nova Scotia offers unattached patients access to doctors and nurse practitioners via app or website. Those patients can also be referred to a network of in-person clinics across the province when a video or phone call isn't adequate.

Calls for greater funding in local health services as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people suffer from high rates of type 1 and 2 diabetes

Gabrielle Keating was heading to the bush for a six-week placement. Four years later, she can't imagine living anywhere else and calls on other young doctors to make the move.

If something isn't done to urgently attract doctors to general practice, the ageing workforce will be decimated in five to 10 years, GPs say.

Instead of asking how to fix the rural GP shortage, we should look at the bigger picture and ask how nurse practitioners could work to their full capacity.

Accessing health care in rural Australia is challenging but without it, say University of Melbourne experts, patients can end up in hospital unnecessarily.

Psychiatrists say they are losing money if they work in country areas, despite skyrocketing demand

Despite the threat of burnout and isolation, these young medical graduates are passionate about rural health, however, they say, a damaging stigma needs to change.

People in rural Australia don’t experience higher rates of mental illness than their city counterparts – it’s just more likely to end in tragedy when they do

Thousands of patients in Mildura region in state’s north-west are unable to access medical records or GP care

Bush communities are being forced to trek extreme distances for basic dental health services as industry leaders and locals call for urgent action from the government to attract more dentists to the outback.

Portable X-ray equipment that can take high quality images is transforming healthcare in remote areas.

NSW and Victoria government documents show support for push by doctors to combine the Albury and Wodonga hospitals into one new facility – but that’s not what was announced

Knowing that teaching in rural and remote communities can deliver a rural workforce, we now have a mandate and the roadmap to expand the RHMT program and make health professional education socially accountable in the creation of graduates who practise evidence-based health care where they are most needed.

Despite constant headlines about general practice being in crisis, research shows one area is shining brightly. So what can we learn from Aboriginal-run health services?

When the Channel 10 host was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in 2017, he received the best treatment in the country. That wasn’t the case for everyone.

Brian Whelan would have required full-time care without a life-changing service for stroke victims. Now, he’s recovered and playing golf twice a week.

Locals in this Queensland town have been crying out for a permanent doctor. Now, thanks to a story highlighting the town's plight and lucrative sweeteners, their determination looks set to pay off.  

Lisa was diagnosed with brain tumours four months before her wedding and statistics show where she lives may affect her life expectancy. 

Physicians suffer one of the highest burnout rates among professionals. Dr. Kimberly Becher, one of two family practitioners in Clay County, West Virginia, learned the hard way.

Something needs to be done to address the problem of lack of GPs as people in Victoria’s regional areas find it increasingly harder to see a doctor.