'Out of stock' prescription concerns for patients and providers
By Anna Cox and Paul Cook
Have you gone to pick up a prescription only to find out it's not in stock? It's an issue across Australia, and things may not be getting better.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-06/medication-shortage-continues-adhd-menopause/105133500
More patients despair at lost teeth and savings after dentists suspended
By Mietta Adams and Damian Smith
More than 20 people have been left with unfinished dental implants, including a man who learnt in an ABC article that both his dentists had been suspended after he paid $55,500 for a major procedure.
Sexual misconduct findings to be permanently listed on doctor registrations
By Paige Cockburn
Health practitioners will now have proven findings of sexual misconduct permanently listed on their public registration, giving patients the ability to make more informed choices about who they seek care from.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/ahpra-doctors-conduct-public-list/105137144
Sexual misconduct findings to be permanently listed on doctor registrations
By Paige Cockburn
Health practitioners will now have proven findings of sexual misconduct permanently listed on their public registration, giving patients the ability to make more informed choices about who they seek care from.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/ahpra-doctors-conduct-public-list/105137144
Can the ACT's bulk billing rate get better? Some are sceptical
By Patrick Bell
Federal government figures have cast doubt on whether a national target to bulk bill nine out of ten GP visits will be met in the ACT.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-04/is-canberras-bulk-billing-rate-about-to-improve/105121886
Battle for Brisbane to be three-party race as Greens lose 'older millennials'
By Rachel Stewart
Political commentators believe the battle for Brisbane will be a tight three-party contest, determined by how preferences fall.
'House of cards': Sixth orthopaedic surgeon resigns from Canberra Hospital
By Penny Travers and Charlotte Gore
With six of Canberra Hospital's 14 orthopaedic surgeons declaring their resignation, the outgoing department head says he's not surprised by their decisions given changes to operational procedures he says "all of the directors of department hate".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-01/sixth-orthopaedic-surgeon-resigns-canberra-hospital/105120804
GP's desperate plea to keep outback town's only clinic open
By Emily Dobson and Zara Margolis
A remote Queensland GP says he is quitting for the sake of his mental health as he struggles to find someone to take over.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-31/doctor-burn-out-threatens-cloncurry-gp-clinic/105103658
GP's desperate plea to keep outback town's only clinic open
By Emily Dobson and Zara Margolis
A remote Queensland GP says he is quitting for the sake of his mental health as he struggles to find someone to take over.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-31/doctor-burn-out-threatens-cloncurry-gp-clinic/105103658
NSW nurses struggle for parking amidst fight for better pay
By Jesse Hyland
Health staff in the state are being put on long waitlists or paying costly fees to park at work as their fight for better pay continues.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-31/nsw-nurses-parking-costs-health-hospitals/105035960
Repeatedly misdiagnosed teen lucky to find true cause with help from mum
By Keely Johnson
Karen Perks said her daughter was repeatedly misdiagnosed after she began suffering seizures. It took months of personal persistence before doctors found the real cause.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-30/misdiagnosed-teen-lucky-to-find-true-cause/105074466
Man who impersonated nurse 13 times and assaulted patient avoids jail
A relative of former NDIS worker Brandon Chesney — who impersonated a nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 13 different occasions, and assaulted a patient — says she believes he should have been imprisoned and that he "isn't remorseful".
Man who impersonated nurse 13 times and assaulted patient avoids jail
A relative of former NDIS worker Brandon Chesney — who impersonated a nurse at the Royal Adelaide Hospital on 13 different occasions, and assaulted a patient — says she believes he should have been imprisoned and that he "isn't remorseful".
NSW to ban public-private hospital partnerships after toddler's death
By Chantelle Al-Khouri
The Minns government is set to introduce the legislation known as "Joe's Law", which will protect hospitals providing emergency, surgical and inpatient services from any future government entering such partnerships which limit public control over hospital services.
'Joe's law' to ban hospital partnerships in NSW after toddler's death
By Chantelle Al-Khouri
The Minns government is set to introduce the legislation known as "Joe's Law", which will protect hospitals providing emergency, surgical and inpatient services from any future government entering such partnerships which limit public control over hospital services.
Pope was so ill doctors considered letting him die
After a breathing crisis that involved the pontiff nearly choking on his vomit, "there was a real risk he might not make it," said Sergio Alfieri, a physician at Rome's Gemelli hospital.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/pope-doctors-considered-letting-him-die/105096320
Patients at risk after surgical equipment compromised by humidity
Surgical equipment which was compromised when humidity in a storage room rose above threshold levels put 38 Women's and Children's Hospital patients at "low risk", the hospital's management has revealed.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-25/surgical-equipment-at-wch-compromised-by-humidity/105093572
Dental patient trapped mid-procedure in two-year, $33,000 nightmare
By Mietta Adams and Damian Smith
A WA woman has been left without teeth, tens of thousands of dollars poorer and desperate for implants after two dentists were charged with criminal offences.
