Hunter hospitals set for more nurses under safe staffing program Details revealed on how many nurses each hospital will receive. Newcastle Herald · Sep 24
John's wife and son are ill. He's fed up with the 'appalling' lack of beds at John Hunter 'The bloody politicians should get up off their arse and do something.' Newcastle Herald · Aug 21
'Banging on the table': will MPs win fight to fund next stage of John Hunter? The Minister for the Hunter toured the near-complete first stage on Thursday. Newcastle Herald · Jul 2
'Big deal': lives saved with antibiotic breakthrough for horrendous infection 'No one had ever done a trial, so we did one.' Newcastle Herald · Jun 29
Rail unions back fresh industrial action across Sydney train network in lead-up to New Year’s Eve – as it happened This blog is now closed The Guardian - AU · Dec 15, 2024
'Undervalued and lowest paid in country': Nurses rally for better pay The state's largest female-dominated professions want respect. Newcastle Herald · Jul 23, 2024
Ten nurses and doctors assaulted every week in hospitals Body-cams deployed in public hospitals to combat assaults. Newcastle Herald · Jul 2, 2024
Answering urgent call to invest in GP Access pays off Bulk-billed GP Access boost helps take pressure hospitals Newcastle Herald · Jun 19, 2024
Hospital harm in the Hunter prompts concern over errors due to workload 'Staff need more proactive support before incidents occur.' Newcastle Herald · Jun 13, 2024
Government announces bulk-billing clinic to take heat off John Hunter The free walk-in clinic will be open every day. Newcastle Herald · Jun 11, 2024
Nurses rally for 15 per cent pay rise, with John Hunter 'beyond full' 'If the younger ones don't do overtime, they can't survive.' Newcastle Herald · Jun 7, 2024
All hands on deck as John Hunter redevelopment gathers pace About 450 workers are now employed on the John Hunter redevelopment. Newcastle Herald · Apr 16, 2024
Emergency department pressure mounts, but ground gained on surgeries John Hunter results prove the need for nurse-to-patient ratios. Newcastle Herald · Mar 12, 2024
John Hunter staff parking highlights 'inconsistent' regional ruling Labor councillors will raise the issue at a Newcastle council meeting. Newcastle Herald · Feb 26, 2024
Newcastle Herald · Feb 22, 2024 Nurses welcome safe staffing move at public hospitals as 'momentous' Nurses have been "fatigued and frustrated" for a long time.
Newcastle Herald · Feb 9, 2024 'Parking nightmare': nurses rally against fees, gridlock at John Hunter Nurses resort to sitting in their cars for an hour before work.
Newcastle Herald · Jan 12, 2024 'Not fair': nurses furious as paid parking reinstated amid COVID wave Nurses say they must pay for parks that aren't there, while shift workers are being told to catch buses.
Newcastle Herald · Dec 6, 2023 'Unwell': Wait times in emergency grow, as health minister seeks answers Sickest patients get treated first, but wait times are worsening.
Newcastle Herald · Dec 5, 2023 'Delays': Non-urgent elective surgeries fall at John Hunter Hospital Difficulties in performing elective surgery at 'full internal capacity'.
Newcastle Herald · Oct 31, 2023 Free John Hunter Hospital shuttle bus could run into Newcastle CBD Health Minister Ryan Park says Wollongong's shuttle takes in the hospital, uni and city centre.
Newcastle Herald · Oct 30, 2023 John Hunter park-and-ride bus to return, health minister confirms He also unveiled a new ADHD clinic based in Wallsend.
Newcastle Herald · Jul 6, 2023 Health warning: rise in kids with 'life-threatening complications' from the flu Sixteen children have been admitted to intensive care since May, including four at John Hunter Hospital.
Newcastle Herald · Jun 20, 2023 Kylee Enwright's long road ahead holds signs of hope 'We took that as a good sign, but I'm no doctor.'
Newcastle Herald · Jun 8, 2023 Time spent in John Hunter's emergency department breaks records, as urgent cases rise John Hunter Hospital is 'working on maximising patient flow'.
Newcastle Herald · May 31, 2023 Doubled in a decade: what Hunter emergency department data tells us 'Emergency medical care had developed as a specialty over the last decade.'