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The federal government's $7.2 million "Medical Costs Finder" has been criticised for not naming the specialists nor listing their fees. 
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A new vocational course will help equip Liverpool’s future workforce with essential skills as plans get underway to create a world-class health and education precinct in the city centre.
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Chronic water shortages and struggles with water temperature are endangering life-saving kidney treatment for Aboriginal people in outback Australia
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Latest RACGP: Heartlines to health news, comment and analysis from the Guardian, the world's leading liberal voice
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Handy tips to help you look after your mental wellbeing after a natural disaster.
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The first victims of the New Zealand volcano eruption have arrived in Australia for treatment.
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Australia's top doctors say the country's hospitals are "going backwards" as more patients wait longer for elective surgery and emergency department care
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Many Indigenous people tell us they find hospitals stressful, uncomfortable and alienating. Here's how good design can help.
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Many of Australia's young people are anxious, lonely and sad, according to the ABC's National Survey. Here's what five young Australians think is driving the trend.
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The Health Department will review how common surgical products like glues and sponges are used and paid for in private hospitals.
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One of the country's largest regional GP providers has closed a third of its clinics, raising questions about the sustainability of the corporate healthcare model in regional and rural areas.
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Patients often want the option to be treated at home rather than being admitted to hospital. But it's much less likely to happen if you're a private patient.
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Past upgrades to the state's medical record system have cost tremendous amounts of money, and on at least one occasion, forced clinicians to revert to paper-based methods.
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A Sydney hospital allegedly offered a $500 incentive to boost private patient "conversions" and training staff to sign consent forms on sick patients' behalf.
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A safe home, a working fridge and access to transport are all needed before western medicine has a chance of working in the long term. But a new way of providing care can help.
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If Australia is to make the most of its healthcare future, it will likely need fewer hospitals, not more. There I said it, writes hospital boss Toby Hall.
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The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is Australia’s largest professional general practice organisation and represents urban and rural general practitioners.
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Nepean Hospital has barred Professor Hans Peter Dietz from practising, following emailed comments that were widely condemned as "gender-based discrimination".
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White Island volcano: New Zealand orders more than 1,290 square feet of human skin for burn victims.
A leading New Zealand doctor said Wednesday the skin would be sent from the United States.
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AMA President, Dr Tony Bartone, said today that new information from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) confirms the AMA’s dire warnings during the election campaign that public hospital performance would suffer without significant new funding from the Commonwealth and State/Territory Governments.
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When you book a flight, it's easy to find websites that compare prices and customer experience. It's time we had an equivalent for healthcare in Australia, says Stephen Duckett.
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Veterans are at higher risk of mental illness than the rest of the Australian population. Many of them are seeking help, but the way care is provided to this group must consider their unique needs.
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Royal Darwin Hospital doctors are seeing a concerning number of quad bike injuries, sparking fresh calls to ban Australian kids 16 and younger from ATVs.
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A high-profile obstetrician and gynaecologist who is also a professor with the University of Sydney made remarks to peers attending a medico-legal conference in Melbourne that were so sexist and condescending that some attendees were in tears and conference organisers vowed never to invite him back. Prof Hans Peter Dietz, an internationally renowned pelvic floor expert, has been the subject of numerous complaints to his employers, the Nepean hospital and the University of Sydney. Numerous women, including midwives and professors, have separately expressed serious concerns about Dietz’s behaviour. Three health professionals who spoke to Guardian Australia said Dietz told attendees at medical conferences that women should be forced to sign a consent form if they wanted to give birth vaginally, to confirm that they were aware of the risk that their bodies might be left with tears and other complications if they did not get a caesarean instead.
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Mental illness makes it harder to get and to keep a job. We need more employers prepared to give people with mental health challenges a go.
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