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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

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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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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.

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‘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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'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.

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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

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

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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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NSW health system ‘not capable’ of providing abortions at all public hospitals, advocates say

Reproductive choice charity says even if obligations to provide abortion services were enforced, too many doctors are untrained or unwilling to provide them

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Free bottled water for NSW town after high levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found in bore water

Authorities investigating after PFAS levels in water supply at Warialda, New England found to exceed guidelines

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Thousands rally as nurses reject one-or-the-other deal

Angry nurses will not accept delaying their demand for improved staffing ratios as a condition of securing a major pay rise.

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NSW Health Minister Steps In After Orange Hospital Ban Abortions For Patients Without Complications

The news comes hours after the ABC reported that Orange Hospital in NSW banned abortions for patients without "early pregnancy complications”.

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NSW Health issues public alert over potential virus risk at Sydney cosmetic clinic

Clients of now closed Fresh Cosmetic Clinic warned to get tested after possible exposure to blood-borne viruses such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV

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Health service workers get pay bump, better conditions

Workers across NSW health services have come to a wage agreement with the state government as nurses and midwives continue to negotiate for better pay.

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Insurers accused of robbing public on hospital costs

Heath insurers cost NSW taxpayers $140 million annually in hospital costs, the government says, but the sector has accused the state of a tax by stealth.

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‘It’s a deadly gamble’: NSW urged to act on ‘growing threat’ of nitazenes amid push for drug-checking services

Exclusive: Legalise Cannabis party MP calls on government to recognise that powerful synthetic opioids ‘aren’t just another drug’

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