The Latest Breaking News from NSW Health

Average wait times for NSW ambulances the worst in 12 years of records

Health secretary says emergency departments remain under significant pressure due to high Covid-19 and flu cases

The Guardian - AU · Jun 14, 2022

Mr Premier, part-time nurses deserve bonus for braving COVID too

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Newcastle Herald · Jun 10, 2022

'Shameless' snub: prison officers demand $3000 COVID bonus

The union representing prison officers - and a range of other workers considered by many to have been on the front line at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic - says the NSW government should also give one-off payments, like those promised to health workers this week, to employees in…

Newcastle Herald · Jun 7, 2022

Sydney CBD health warning issued over Legionnaires’ disease outbreak

Visitors to the city in the past 10 days advised to look out for symptoms after five people admitted to hospital

The Guardian - AU · May 27, 2022

Sydney news: Drivers warned over dangerous foggy conditions this morning

MORNING BRIEFING: Sydney has woken up to a thick blanket of heavy fog over much of the city and metropolitan area.

ABC News · May 26, 2022

NSW man David Kiefel dies following lengthy battle with Japanese encephalitis virus

For three months, Corowa's David Kiefel was in a critical condition in hospital, battling the mosquito-borne virus Japanese encephalitis.

ABC News · May 24, 2022

Wild mushroom poisoning cases spike in NSW

NSW Health authorities are warning people not to forage for potentially lethal wild mushrooms after a spike in poisonings.

AAP · May 23, 2022

Don’t ‘overreact’: Monkeypox explained as WHO convenes emergency meeting

Just as the country is learning to live with COVID, another virus has landed on Australian shores after a slow international spread in past weeks.

The New Daily · May 20, 2022

Monkeypox confirmed in Melbourne and Sydney

Two men, in their 30s and 40s — who are recently returned travellers — have been diagnosed with monkeypox, but both have mild symptoms and are in isolation, authorities say.

ABC News · May 20, 2022

Australia could join monkeypox nations

NSW Health is carrying out confirmation testing after a possible case of the rare disease monkeypox was identified, as more nations grapple with outbreaks.

AAP · May 19, 2022