Accident and Emergency
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Revamped Tas hospital ED to take patients AAP - 13-07-2015
A revamped emergency department at Tasmania's North West Regional Hospital will take its first patients on Monday morning. The first patients
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Tas boasts leading defibrillator network AAP - 15-06-2017
Tasmania has the most registered defibrillators per capita of any Australian state or territory, the island's ambulance boss says. Ambulance
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Qld skin stocks low after cafe explosion AAP - 16-06-2015
Donated skin stocks are running low in Queensland as doctors treat victims from the state's biggest-ever mass burns disaster. Queensland
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NSW emergency wait times stable: report AAP - 04-06-2015
Wait times in emergency rooms in NSW hospitals has remained stable at about four hours or less, according to a new report. NSW public hospitals
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Nurses criticise emergency targets Karen Keast - 13-04-2015
An injection of funding to increase staffing levels is paramount to providing improved care for New Zealand patients in hospital emergency departments, according to the New
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Nurses and midwives demand more detail Karen Keast - 04-02-2015
South Australian nurses and midwives are being left in limbo with the state government failing to release detail surrounding its proposed health reforms. The
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Drunks clogging up hospital system AAP - 11-12-2014
Emergency clinicians say they are sick of drunks who take up emergency beds, threaten staff and compromise patient care. Emergency doctors
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Long Vic ambulance waiting times AAP - 10-12-2014
Ambulance waiting times in Victoria are worse than predicted with 28 per cent of code-one life and death cases waiting more than 15 minutes last year. Victorian
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Hughes in good hands: doctors AAP - 27-11-2014
Swift medical attention has given cricketer Phil Hughes the best possible chance for a positive outcome, a top emergency doctor says. The CPR
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Falls reason for most hospital trips AAP - 12-11-2014
Falls, transport accidents, self-harm injuries and assault are the most common causes for young people to be admitted to hospital. Falls are
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Call for Vic pharmacists to give flu jab AAP - 15-10-2014
Call for Victoria's government to allow pharmacists to give adult flu jabs in time for the 2015 influenza season. Victoria's community
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Toddler's family wants better ambo times AAP - 15-10-2014
Ambulance Victoria says a call about a drowning child was mistakenly made a lower priority, as the family calls for improvements to response times.
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NSW emergency to flood under GP co-payment AAP - 08-10-2014
About 500,000 extra people will go to emergency departments to avoid a GP co-payment, with an added cost of $80 million, NSW opposition claims.
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Ambulance Victoria CEO resigns AAP - 30-09-2014
Ambulance Victoria's chief executive Greg Sassella is resigning from his job of 12 years to spend more time with his family. Ambulance
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Vic ambulance dispatches slip below target AAP - 19-09-2014
Dispatch times for Victorian ambulances have slipped below target and are worse than the previous year, a report reveals. Victorian ambulances
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NSW emergency wait times improving AAP - 04-09-2014
A quarterly snapshot of the state's public hospitals shows an improvement in emergency waiting times, but the results still fall short of national targets.
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Timely Access to Emergency Departments: Conference HealthTimes - 21-03-2016
A whole of hospital approach to improving the patient journey. 26th & 27th November 2014, L’Aqua, Cockle Bay, Sydney. Don’t miss your chance
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Research shows emergency nurses are a special breed Karen Keast - 27-08-2014
New research shows emergency department nurses are far more extroverted, agreeable and open than the general population. And researchers believe it’s
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ICU after hours discharge rate unchanged AAP - 20-08-2014
Out-of-hours discharge numbers have remained the same for the past eight years, putting patients at risk of death: study There has been no
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