The Latest Breaking News from Covid-19

Health chiefs are warning that hospitals are short of around 14,000 beds and figures show dangerously long ambulance waiting times for heart attacks and strokes

The number of Queenslanders in hospital with COVID-19 has risen, continuing to put pressure on health services, Health Minister Yvette D'Ath says.

Canberra Health Services chief executive Cathie O'Neill says Canberra Hospital is running out of beds and some patients will be moved to private hospitals or aged care facilities.

Health staff burnout and workers off sick are creating shortages in Qld emergency rooms as a third COVID-19 wave approaches its peak, a leading doctor says.

Attainment gaps in England and Wales have barely changed for a decade.

The Make UK and BDO annual survey shows the North East has also increased its dependence on the EU market

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