Acute mental health patients waiting up to six days in hospital's ED
One doctor described the situation as unprecedented, immoral and potentially dangerous.
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One doctor described the situation as unprecedented, immoral and potentially dangerous.
A gunman who killed six people and injured 15 others in a mass shooting in central Krakow, Poland, has died in hospital.
A 90-year-old woman was shot during the attack on December 14 and was hospitalised with extensive injuries.
Police investigate an alleged sexual assault on a nurse by a patient at the high-security Thomas Embling Hospital this week.
The Northern Territory health department has issued a ban to its staff around the use of smart glasses, as part of an internal department review into its privacy policies triggered by a recent breach.
IVF, elective abortions, voluntary assisted dying and gender reassignment surgeries are set to cease if the sale of two Newcastle hospitals is approved.
A new analysis suggests key life transitions, including perimenopause and menopause, can intensify body image concerns for older women.
Simon Craig resigns from a health service at the centre of a years-long political storm over the controversial $558 million redevelopment of Albury's hospital.
As patients languish on public waitlists or struggle to afford private specialists, a parliamentary inquiry is examining the barriers to crucial care.
From today, hundreds of thousands of three-year-olds across the country will have access to a new Medicare-subsidised screening program.
A young adult has been diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease, South Australia's 22nd case this year.
Emergency services are at the scene of a serious three-vehicle crash in Suffolk Park, near Byron Bay, with the Westpac Helicopter called in to assist.