Tasmanian man’s wait for surgery stretches into years as daily pain worsens with no relief within sight
By 10pm every night, the pain in Timothy Smith’s legs is so severe that he’s paralysed from the…
Health network boss apologises to Adelaide woman for spine surgery delays
An Adelaide woman says her elective surgery has been cancelled four times in the past few months as…
Funding health is one of the biggest challenges facing Tasmania, as Eric Abetz prepares to hand down his first budget
With an interim state budget to be handed down on Thursday, a peak health body fears Tasmania’s public…
Why ‘everything feels easier’ for Chloe Rykers since her breast reduction
When Chloe Rykers shared that she was going to have a breast reduction at 23 years old, she…
WA doctor Peter Allely says hospital emergency departments being run as though in ‘disaster situation’
A senior WA emergency department doctor has described his workplace as running in a “disaster situation”, struggling within…
Why ‘record’ investment in WA’s health system fails to keep up with growing problems
West Australians are continually told they have a “world-class” health system, growing ever better thanks to “record” government…
Federal funding unclear as pressure mounts on WA health system due to stretched aged care sector
Perth’s hospitals are full and an aged care system operating at capacity is partly to blame, but with…
Why diaspora communities in Australia opt for surgery in China and Taiwan
Miko Li has lived in Sydney for over a decade, but when her general practitioner told her she…
Christine Mulhall among dozens of elective surgery patients caught up in WA hospital crisis
A patient who waited nearly a year for complex elective surgery, only to have it cancelled the day…