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Why are doctors striking in NSW – and will it affect your hospital visit?

The doctors’ union has called a strike from Tuesday to Thursday this week amid breakdowns in pay negotiations with the NSW government. Here’s what you need to know

The Guardian - AU

RPA hospital closes HIV psychiatry clinic with 200 patients after staff resignations

Exclusive: Former staff tell Guardian Australia some HIV patients have since required acute mental health care, as hospital also loses specialist pain and eating disorder psychiatry services

The Guardian - AU

A new COVID variant is on the rise. Here’s what to know about LP.8.1

More than five years since COVID was declared a pandemic, we’re still facing the regular emergence of new variants of the virus, SARS-CoV-2.

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Travelling overseas? You could be at risk of measles. Here’s how to ensure you’re protected

On March 26 NSW Health issued an alert advising people to be vigilant for signs of measles after an infectious person visited Sydney Airport and two locations in western New South Wales.

The Conversation

Rural birth care 'crisis' looms amid staff shortages

Women are travelling long distances to give birth, kids are waiting years to see specialists, and mental health services are struggling, a committee has found.

AAP

Sydney hospital’s plan to increase mental health beds stymied by psychiatrist shortage, court hears

Campbelltown hospital was due to expand beds for psychiatric patients from 66 to over 100, to deal with district’s larger population

The Guardian - AU

NSW psychiatrist quit when workload threatened patient safety, court hears

Dr Suzanna Goodison’s evidence before Industrial Relations Commission part of the push by doctors union to stem exodus of specialists from the public system

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Cops tout arrests during state-first pill-testing trial

Police charged a number of people with drug offences at a music festival participating in a controversial state government pill-testing trial.

AAP

Katrina was separated from her newborn twins for 33 days. NSW psychiatrists warn specialised support for mothers is in crisis

Experts says it is ‘devastating’ to see beds in mother-baby units closing amid psychiatrists’ dispute with NSW Health

The Guardian - AU

Greens Push For Major Reform To Expand Abortion Access In NSW

Research last year found only three out of 220 public hospitals in NSW are routinely providing abortions.

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CFMEU members storm the offices of Queensland Council of Unions – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Nurses cop national ban over anti-Israel 'kill' rant

Two nurses who suggested Israeli patients would be killed or refused care have had their registrations suspended as police weigh up laying charges.

AAP

‘I Will Kill Them’: Sydney Nurses Face Investigation After Alarming Anti-Israeli Video

Two nurses from Sydney have been stood down after a video surfaced showing them making disturbing comments about Israeli patients.

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Sydney nurses stood down after claiming they would kill Israeli patients in social media video

PM condemns footage as ‘sickening’ as police and the healthcare watchdog investigate

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AAP

'I'll kill them': outrage at nurses' anti-Israeli taunt

Two nurses have been blacklisted from Australia's biggest hospital system after a video showed them boasting they would kill Israeli patients in a "vile" rant.

The Guardian - AU

NSW Health could save $35m a year by giving psychiatrists a 25% pay rise, modelling suggests

Exclusive: Figures assume pay rise would entice psychiatrists back to work and reduce state’s reliance on casual doctors over four years

AAP

A country practice luring health workers to the bush

Healthcare workers getting a taste of life in the country are staying in the bush, as medical groups push for rural health to be a federal election priority.

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3 Hospitalised In Suspected Botulism Cases Linked To Unregulated Anti-Wrinkle Injections In Sydney

“Botulism, although rare, can be fatal, which is why it is so important that anyone receiving cosmetic injections does so under the supervision of an appropriately registered health practitioner.”

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The Independent UK

Three people hospitalised in Sydney with suspected botulism following anti-wrinkle injections

Investigations are ongoing to determine the specific anti-wrinkle product used

The Guardian - AU

Three people in hospital in Sydney after suspected botulism cases linked to anti-wrinkle injections

Woman in intensive care as NSW Health urges community to only receive cosmetic injections from authorised practitioners

The Guardian - AU

Wards in NSW’s largest psychiatric hospital close as mass resignations begin

Doctor calls situation ‘an absolute disaster’ for public mental health system and vulnerable patients

AAP

Doctors baulking at $3k a day to plug mental health gap

Patients in mental distress will face tele-consults as NSW Health scrambles to lessen the impact of two in three public psychiatrists resigning.

The Guardian - AU

NSW government asks private sector to take public hospital patients as hundreds of psychiatrists set to resign

Exclusive: Guardian Australia has seen an email from the director of Australia’s largest private mental health provider about the contract

The Guardian - AU

Half of the psychiatrists in NSW’s public service are preparing to resign. Here’s why

Health minister Mark Butler warns of ‘devastating consequences’ for patients and their families if the strike goes ahead

AAP

EDs face surge of patients with psychiatrist exodus

Emergency departments could bear the brunt of housing large numbers of mental health patients after 60 per cent of one state's psychiatrists threatened to quit.

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