New quarterly data has revealed that people in NSW continue to wait beyond clinically recommended guidelines for elective surgeries. The latest Healthcare Quarterly data, covering the first quarter of 2023, also found that elective surgery activity has bounced back to pre-pandemic ...
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State health workers performance rated highly by NSW residents: report
People living in NSW were more likely to be satisfied with the care they received in public hospitals than those living in other states, according to a new analysis. Last week, The Bureau of Health Information released a report examining ...
More »‘Call it out’: Inequality and racism in the midwifery sector
A new report detailing Indigenous patients' experiences of hospital care has affirmed the importance of supporting the midwifery workforce, according to UWS researcher and registered midwife Renae Coleman. Recent insights from the Bureau of Health Information (BHI) found that Aboriginal women ...
More »Patients happy with ‘very good’ care in emergency departments
Almost 16,000 NSW emergency department patients were surveyed about their experiences during 2017–18, with 88 per cent or nearly nine in 10 patients rating their experience as ‘very good’ (59 per cent) or ‘good’ (29 per cent). This is down slightly from ...
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