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A gambling addict doctor who swindled 19 people, including patients, out of almost $800,000 has been sentenced to three years in jail. Abraham Stephanson, 50,

A Facebook post showing an all-male group of NSW elite paramedic recruits has sparked an internal investigation over whether the team has a gender diversity problem.

Health professionals being investigated should have mental health support and the right to legal representation, a new advocate says. Queensland became the

Health Minister Mark Butler vows claims of billions of dollars being rorted each year from the Medicare system are being taken seriously. Mr Butler said an

Health workers who fled a remote Northern Territory community over safety fears hours before police shot and killed an Indigenous teenager believed they were being targeted

Western Sydney doctors have labelled NSW public hospitals "basically Third World" at a parliamentary inquiry into bottlenecks at emergency departments.

Nearly 6000 more Victorians will be admitted to Monash Medical Centre in Clayton every year under a proposed multimillion-dollar government hospital expansion.

A consultant at a Victorian hospital where a number of babies died raised the alarm about an extreme risk to its obstetric service, then failed to follow up, a tribunal has

Nearly half of trainee doctors working in NSW hospitals say they have made a medical mistake because they were tired from working long hours, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues

A controversial decision to rename a Melbourne hospital in honour of the Queen is the centrepiece of a $1 billion election promise. Premier Daniel Andrews says,

Some of Australia's top medicos have held an emergency summit in flood-ravaged Lismore to call for more help for local health service providers. The groups,

An "undervaluing" of general practice medicine has led to high burnout rates and a low take-up of new staff, the new head of the peak body for GPs says.

Victoria's health minister admits she was concerned after two vulnerable patients were forced to wait hours inside a makeshift tent outside the emergency department at

Exclusion zones could be set up outside Victorian hospitals following anti-vaccination demonstrations at the weekend. Premier Daniel Andrews said his government

Victorian nurses, age care workers and paramedics would be able to travel on public transport across the state for free under a new election promise. The Liberals

More walk-outs by Sydney nurses are likely after staff at two major hospitals rallied over what they claim are chronic staffing shortages, while the NSW government concedes

In recent years, healthcare professionals have been leaving their home countries in droves to pursue new careers in Iceland, a land of beautiful landscapes and hospitable

A health staffer who worked alongside a male pedophile nurse at a Tasmanian hospital believes there was a culture among senior management of not talking about "challenging

Australians think the healthcare system is getting worse, as they grapple with long emergency department wait times, and being able to afford and access essential services.

A woman who died while waiting for care at a regional West Australian hospital had suffered a rare aneurysm, a review has found. The woman, aged in her 70s,