The final hearing of the New South Wales birth trauma inquiry has heard from two young mothers about their traumatic experiences when giving birth. The inquiry has received more than 4000 submissions detailing the disrespectful – and sometimes dehumanising – ...

Nurses at Sydney's largest hospital are threatening to quit after parking fees will force them to pay hundreds of dollars a year. Westmead Hospital healthcare workers, including cleaners, professors, doctors and nurses, will have to pay $11 a day to ...

A court has ruled that the cruise ship company at the centre of a major Covid outbreak should have cancelled the Ruby Princess trip that led to 28 deaths. The Ruby Princess outbreak resulted in almost 700 passengers becoming infected ...

Emergency department nurses across New South Wales are set to benefit from a new virtual reality (VR) training program about stroke care. Developed by the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation and the Centre for Advanced Training Systems at the University ...

According to the NSW budget, the expiration of the Morrison-era GST safety net to ensure no state was “worse off” could result in inefficient taxes and risk essential services, such as nurses and teachers. Buried in NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey’s ...

In Labor's first NSW budget, treasurer Daniel Mookhey makes $13 billion in cuts and savings, and increases a tax on big multinationals to fund a promised $3.6 billion in pay rises for public sector workers such as nurses and teachers. ...

“I’m sorry.” These are the words that Naomi Bowden repeated as she tearfully attempted to get through her opening statement to a New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into birth trauma in Wollongong. Ms Bowden tearfully spoke about her daughter, Bella, ...

Australia is facing a sharp rise in influenza cases across several states, including New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland, putting health authorities on alert. While Covid cases in Australia have decreased by 20 per cent compared to last week, there's been a ...

Hundreds of nurses and midwives from two prominent private hospitals in Sydney have voted against a new enterprise agreement. Over the past six months, the NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association (NSWNMA) pleaded with St Vincent's Health (SVHA) to address the ...

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 ...