Hospitals and Healthcare

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

The Andrews’ government announcement that it will fund university degrees for new nursing and midwifery students struck a chord with many nurses – but not in a good way.

Embedding our existing human rights laws into Victoria’s mental health system is long overdue and holds great promise

We're beyond excited to share how 11-year-old Oscar Chalmers was able to donate the first two GO Karts to Melbourne, Australia.

The preliminary finding is the first of its kind on the effectiveness of two doses of AstraZeneca in a real-world setting, Public Health England said.

We simply need to look at what aspects of the current Victorian structure are worth saving, then assess the health structures of other states that have managed COVID better than Victoria.

In the event COVID-19 sees ICU resources stretched too thin, Victoria doesn't have clear, uniform or transparent guidelines outlining who should be prioritised for care.

As COVID continues to infect and kill in Victoria's aged care homes, the country's top medical advisor says they are learning as they go on the aged care situation. But experts say the structural problems that are driving the infections are well understood.

Exclusive: state branch of AMA also wants mandatory mask fitting for frontline health staff

A 25-year-old man who was hit by a car and can no longer walk was put on a waiting list after surgeon assessed his injury as least urgent

Behind every hospital admission there are a plethora of hard-working health professionals doing everything in their power to comfort the confused, calm the stressed, and cure the ill. My recent experience confirms how lucky we are having these heroes in our midst and on our side.

Hospital staff in Victoria are exhausted - and yet, with elective surgery lists blowing out, they may be called upon to continue working beyond their limit.

Seventy years ago Australia was facing a public health crisis - tuberculosis (TB). The contagious bacterial disease was spread from person to person through microscopic droplets released into the air when someone with the untreated, active form of tuberculosis coughed, spoke, sneezed, laughed or sang and it especially affected the lungs. In 1951 about three people in 1000 suffered from T.B. in Australia. In Victoria, legislation enacted at the end of 1951 allowed health authorities to require specified groups or persons in an occupational or geographic area to undergo an x-ray but mass screening generally remained voluntary. By the end of the 1950s Australia had almost defeated T.B.

Regional Victoria's COVID-19 vaccine rollout is ramping up, but vulnerable community members are falling through the cracks.

Dean's relentless workload as a Victorian paramedic pushed him to the brink, as a new report finds one quarter of the state's ambulance officers are suffering psychological distress.  

Mr Andrews narrowly avoided permanent spinal cord injury after slipping on wet stairs at a holiday home on the Mornington Peninsula in early March.

Mental health advocates in Melbourne's outer suburbs and regional Victoria welcome the government's move to fast-track the establishment of mental health services in six sites, in a bid to address years of underfunding.

Having more than 3,500 Victorian healthcare workers contract coronavirus during the state's second wave is a "big warning sign", say experts who believe lessons need to be learned in case a third wave hits.

While Victoria has been in lockdown, the state's mental healthcare workers have been witnessing the fallout caused by the pandemic, and the restrictions implemented to fight it. Expert modelling now suggests thousands of additional lives will be lost to suicide unless there's urgent action.

For many not directly affected by COVID-10, it may feel easy to feel disconnected from the confronting daily announcements, as the crisis is effectively hidden from public view.

The faces behind the Victorian Government's new ad campaign, showing the devastating consequences of coronavirus on people's health, have spoken up about their personal struggles during the pandemic.