The Latest Breaking News from Health Department

There were 1,419 active GPs across Northern Ireland at 31st March 2022

The father of a girl who died of sepsis after waiting almost two hours to be admitted to a Perth hospital calls for clarification of the coroner's report on her death, and a new WA Health Department head.

The Health Department of Uttarakhand has successfully completed the trial of drone technology to deliver medicines and vaccines in a time-bound manner. Read on For Details:

The wording of a letter informing patients their mental health service is in crisis is "a template, in case it's needed in the future", Tasmania's health department says — but a health union says it shows mental health care is "in such a state it might be embarrassing to admit".

New rules allowing overseas-trained doctors to now work in some outer suburbs of Melbourne and Sydney, and in major regional cities, mean even fewer GPs are willing to work in the bush.

Western Australia's Industrial Relations Commission orders the state's nurses to call off planned industrial action – an instruction that will almost certainly be ignored.

The Department of Health says fifth doses of a COVID-19 vaccine are not currently being recommended for most people.

NEW YORK — Rat’s all, folks.

NEW YORK — New York City is set to expand its war on rats.