Surgical

Labor has underlined its focus on health as new Premier Chris Minns announced a clinical-led task force to slash public hospital surgery wait lists. About 100,000

Elective surgery wait times have increased at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital, with some waiting more than a year for treatment. Victoria's

A ballooning number of people waiting for elective surgery needs to be addressed urgently with extra funding and reforms, the Australian Medical Association says.

The medical regulator has launched 13 investigations into allegedly unsafe or inappropriate cosmetic surgery practices after graphic claims of malpractice.

Elective surgery patients are waiting up to several years on hidden waiting lists to see specialists in hospital outpatient clinics, the Australian Medical Association says.

A coroner will examine how a healthy, young Sydney man died after routine surgery and whether hospital staff properly kept his distraught family in the loop.

Australian doctors have called on health ministers across the country to quickly detail and act on proposed changes to the cosmetic surgery sector. Under proposed

March 2021 The Senate refers an inquiry into the administration of registration and notifications by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency to

A new centre dedicated to public elected surgery will open in Melbourne to ease the backlog brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Bellbird Private Hospital in

A safer alternative to silicone implants has been unveiled in a world-first surgery delivered by Metro North Health surgeons in Brisbane, paving the way for women worldwide

QUT biomedical engineers with an industry partner are solving a major problem for young patients with unusual body shape undergoing corrective spinal surgery.

People have used social media testimonials to build entire surgery practices without any medical qualifications, a Queensland inquiry has been told. Australian

A damaged human liver has been treated and preserved in a machine for three days before being successfully transplanted into a patient - a world first. The

A prominent Sydney surgeon who rushed operations on two patients who died has been deregistered for one year. Dr William Mooney also was found to have had a

Orthopaedic surgery (surgery for problems related to bones, joints, tendons and ligaments) is the third most com

Victoria will invest $1.5 billion to address its growing elective surgery waitlist as part of a catch-up scheme that will see surgical capacity increased by a quarter.

Elective surgeries at some Queensland hospitals may need to be suspended as the number of furloughed health workers reaches more than 3300. Health Minister

Patients who say they have suffered injury and losses from cosmetic surgery performed by Daniel Lanzer and his associates have launched a class action against the retired

Australians have the highest rates of ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) knee injuries worldwide, and young Australians are most at risk, with a 74% increase in knee surgery

Western Australia has recorded 65 new COVID-19 cases as hospitals pause some elective surgeries in anticipation of a steep rise in infections. Thirteen of the