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Nurses and midwives demand more detail

Karen Keast - 04-02-2015

South Australian nurses and midwives are being left in limbo with the state government failing to release detail surrounding its proposed health reforms. The

 
Drunks clogging up hospital system

AAP - 11-12-2014

Emergency clinicians say they are sick of drunks who take up emergency beds, threaten staff and compromise patient care. Emergency doctors have

 
Long Vic ambulance waiting times

AAP - 10-12-2014

Ambulance waiting times in Victoria are worse than predicted with 28 per cent of code-one life and death cases waiting more than 15 minutes last year. Victorian

 
Hughes in good hands: doctors

AAP - 27-11-2014

Swift medical attention has given cricketer Phil Hughes the best possible chance for a positive outcome, a top emergency doctor says. The CPR

 
Falls reason for most hospital trips

AAP - 12-11-2014

Falls, transport accidents, self-harm injuries and assault are the most common causes for young people to be admitted to hospital. Falls are

 
Call for Vic pharmacists to give flu jab

AAP - 15-10-2014

Call for Victoria's government to allow pharmacists to give adult flu jabs in time for the 2015 influenza season. Victoria's community

 
Toddler's family wants better ambo times

AAP - 15-10-2014

Ambulance Victoria says a call about a drowning child was mistakenly made a lower priority, as the family calls for improvements to response times.

 
NSW emergency to flood under GP co-payment

AAP - 08-10-2014

About 500,000 extra people will go to emergency departments to avoid a GP co-payment, with an added cost of $80 million, NSW opposition claims.

 
Ambulance Victoria CEO resigns

AAP - 30-09-2014

Ambulance Victoria's chief executive Greg Sassella is resigning from his job of 12 years to spend more time with his family. Ambulance Victoria

 
Vic ambulance dispatches slip below target

AAP - 19-09-2014

Dispatch times for Victorian ambulances have slipped below target and are worse than the previous year, a report reveals. Victorian ambulances

 

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