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Unbearable grief: parents want answers over their baby's death
A damning investigation into the death of the fourth newborn to die unexpectedly at Blacktown Hospital within 18 months has uncovered multiple and repeated failures that her grieving parents cannot comprehend.
- by Kate Aubusson
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Parts of Sydney's north and east ranked among the worst for GP access
People living in parts of Sydney's northern beaches and eastern suburbs are disproportionately forgoing or delaying GP visits due to costs.
- by Pallavi Singhal
Aged care royal commission
'What is the point?': vast majority of older Australians don't lodge aged care complaints
Some thought their concerns were too trivial or minor, the research said. In reality, some were serious complaints about abuse, including being hurt, shouted at by staff or being forced to wear an incontinence pad.
- by Julie Power
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Homelessness
Bob slept on trains. Now he has a home. The fix was simpler than you might think
Economists and social workers agree homelessness can be solved. But how?
- by Sherryn Groch
Coronavirus pandemic
Patients 'out in the cold' as new rules exclude myotherapy
Melburnians who want to book treatments with their myotherapists must wait longer for face-to-face appointments, despite restrictions on in-person appointments being lifted for allied health services.
- by Melissa Cunningham
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Healthcare
Health Minister demands action over 'shocking' death in hospital
Brad Hazzard says 'everything possible must be done' to get a doctor into a hospital where a woman bled to death last month.
- by Carrie Fellner
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Men's health
'Incredible urge to pee': new prostate treatment saving sex lives
On a hospital recovery ward, four groggy strangers are bonded by being the first Australian men fitted with a device to treat enlarged prostates.
- by Kate Aubusson
Coronavirus pandemic
Bus passengers told to isolate as Labor seeks mandatory masks for commuters
NSW has recorded five new cases of COVID-19, three of which are local cases including one still under investigation.
- by Josh Dye and Pallavi Singhal
Healthcare
'Imminent crisis': Australia's next GPs distressed after tech failure hits major exam
More than 1200 trainee doctors have been left angry and uncertain about their futures after critical exams were cancelled at the last minute.
- by Fergus Hunter
Healthcare
New tattoo? Fresh ink no longer a barrier to donating blood plasma
For nearly two decades, Bassendean garbage truck driver Drew Humphrey has made a fortnightly trip to donate blood and plasma at Perth's Red Cross Lifeblood service.
- by Marta Pascual Juanola
Coronavirus pandemic
Cancer screening rates plummet during pandemic
Cancer screening has fallen in Australia during the coronavirus pandemic, fuelling fears of a surge in delayed diagnoses and avoidable deaths.
- by Melissa Cunningham and Dana McCauley