Hospitals and Healthcare

Fiona McKay acquired a brain injury after falling down the stairs. The program that helped her get back on her feet is facing closure as NSW grapples with how to pay for healthcare.

Have a hole in your lung? Need your gall bladder removed when you’re 22 weeks’ pregnant? You might have to wait 21 hours for treatment.

Nurses say they have been abused, threatened and assaulted in the town of Bourke. They are afraid the threat of violence is compromising the care of patients at the local hospital.

The NSW president of the Australian Medical Association writes that it would be unethical to countenance the NSW Health Minister’s suggestion.

The NSW town of Gunnedah is just one of many rural areas struggling to attract medical staff, leaving it with ‘no capability’ to cope with any Covid outbreak

On any given day, Philimon Darmo, 83, might translate new restrictions, exposure sites or other announcements, which are then circulated throughout the community.

In Islam, drugs and alcohol are forbidden, so for Muslims struggling with addiction issues, it can be hard to admit the problem, let alone seek help. But in Western Sydney, a rehab clinic is catering to Muslims in need.

Tammy Peters' death exposes the devastating consequences when acutely suicidal patients fall through the cracks of an overburdened and disjointed mental health system.

The report into HealthShare NSW, which is responsible for managing medical contracts worth more than $250,000, found the organisation had failed to apply key contract management practices to a majority of its deals.

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

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.

Many healthcare workers are afraid of speaking to the media, but they are also desperate for the public to know what's been happening in our hospitals. As the Omicron wave peaked in Sydney last month, Background Briefing was following them. These are their stories — in their words — about what they saw.

For months the NSW government assured the public that its hospitals were coping through the pandemic. But frontline staff are now speaking out about the barely controlled chaos behind the scenes. Reporter Mayeta Clark investigates what really happened during Omicron's peak.

Michelle Rosentreter is a senior ICU nurse, and she says her team is just holding on.

Mental health nurses will be based at police stations to help officers deal with call outs to psychiatric emergencies.

Sydney's two children's hospitals will continue to provide paediatric heart surgery, after a review found limiting services to one site was not feasible.

A Sydney hospital allegedly offered a $500 incentive to boost private patient "conversions" and training staff to sign consent forms on sick patients' behalf.

Nepean Hospital has barred Professor Hans Peter Dietz from practising, following emailed comments that were widely condemned as "gender-based discrimination".