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Hospitals will get $1.7 billion more federal funding. Will this reduce waiting times?

This week, the federal government announced it will pay states and territories an extra, one-off, A$1.7 billion for public hospitals.

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Elective surgery wait times balloon to record high across Australia, data shows

Nearly one in 10 patients are waiting longer than a year to be admitted, according to Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

The Guardian - AU

New report reveals shocking state of prisoner health. Here's what needs to be done

A new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report on the health of people in Australian prisons makes for sobering reading.

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Mosley wakes up Aussies to their sleep issues

YOU'LL often find Dr Michael Mosley awake at 3am. Not because the British documentary maker and science journalist is a renown night owl or party animal, but because he suffers from "terrible insomnia." "I find it easy to go to sleep but I tend to wake up at 3am and…

Newcastle Herald

COVID-19 saw elective surgery in Australia hit 10-year low, creating 'backlog of biblical proportions'

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data shows that there were 623,000 elective surgeries at public hospitals in 2021-22 – the lowest level since 2010-11.

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ACT's ED wait times more than double the national average

The ACT has continued to have the longest wait times in the nation.

The Canberra Times

We fact checked Victorian Labor's claim that Matthew Guy cut $1 billion from health. Here's what we found

Labor is running ads with a claim about the Victorian opposition leader that doesn't stack up.

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More and more women in Australia are having their labour induced. Does it matter?

Induction of labour for women having their first baby has risen in Australia from 26% in 2010 to 46% in 2020, according to the latest data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). This compares to a rise from 21% to 34% over roughly the same period in…

The Conversation

Aged care centre has 60 per cent empty beds: 'people don't want to go there'

Dozens of empty aged care beds at Wallsend

Newcastle Herald

In the regional city of Geelong, parents who have lost children to suicide fear not enough action is being taken

Geelong parents who have lost their children to suicide fear not enough action is being taken. It's a concern echoed by mental health experts, who say despite decades of attention on the sector, stark service gaps still exist outside big cities.

ABC News

Launceston General Hospital patient dies after being ramped for more than nine hours

The death of a woman in her 70s who was ramped and waiting to be admitted to an emergency department for more than nine hours is "totally unacceptable" and shows Tasmania's health system is crumbling, a union says.

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Australian birthrate falls to lowest in over a decade

Data shows average age of mothers has increased, though stillborn and neonatal death rates remain unchanged

The Guardian - AU

Data reveals the 'unseen tragedy' of COVID-19 pandemic as thousands wait longer for elective surgery

Healthcare professionals say the long wait times for elective surgery during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic have become worse, with hospitals across the country in real trouble.

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One Australian diagnosed with diabetes every eight minutes, new research from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare finds

New research from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare shows the number of people known to have diabetes in Australia has tripled in the past two decades.

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The figures that show ACT hospitals under strain even before Omicron

The figures show the incredible pressure the system was under before the Omicron wave hit.

The Conversation

A damning review of e-cigarettes shows vaping leads to smoking, the opposite of what supporters claim

A major review on the health effects of e-cigarettes reflects what public health advocates have feared – escalating use of e-cigarettes in school-aged children, early warning signs of increased smoking rates in young Australians, and direct health harms of vaping in all ages.

The Guardian - AU

Half of Australia’s youth detainees are Indigenous children, research finds

Young First Nations people are 5.8% of population aged 10-17 but make up 49% of all youth in detention, report says

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