The Latest Breaking News from NSW Health

NSW Health apologises for standard of care in regional and rural areas as inquiry wraps

NSW Health says it's sorry for the suffering caused by the standard of care in some areas, but rejected some claims raised during the hearings.

ABC News · Feb 2, 2022

NSW Health apologises for rural healthcare

Senior NSW Health officials have apologised to patients and families who have received substandard care outside cities, saying there are staff shortages.

AAP · Feb 1, 2022

NSW government has ‘always known’ Covid deaths would rise after reopening, Perrottet says

Premier defends decision to ease restrictions just days after a NSW Health briefing note warned about the dangers of Omicron

The Guardian - AU · Jan 31, 2022

NSW records 70 COVID-19 deaths as new modelling suggests decline in hospital admissions next week

The NSW Premier says the state is tracking "within capacity", according to the latest COVID-19 modelling, as the state adds 35 historic fatalities to the total death toll.

ABC News · Jan 27, 2022

NSW records 29 COVID deaths, push for booster uptake intensifies

The NSW Health Minister says the number of people getting a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot isn't good enough as hundreds of thousands of appointments go to waste.

ABC News · Jan 26, 2022

NSW and Victoria reveal back-to-school plans – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Jan 22, 2022

COVID-19 spread 'slowing in the community' as NSW records 46 deaths

NSW health authorities say evidence indicates the spread of the Omicron strain of COVID-19 is slowing in the community after the state recorded its deadliest day of the pandemic with 46 fatalities.

ABC News · Jan 20, 2022

Infant dies as NSW virus toll hits 1000

NSW health authorities have confirmed the death last month of an infant with COVID-19, as the state reports 46 deaths but another fall in hospitalisations.

AAP · Jan 20, 2022

Call to arms for boosters: Interval drops from four to three months

NSW Health urges people to book boosters for COVID-19.

Newcastle Herald · Jan 19, 2022

Jokesters file fake RATs for NSW's Hazzard

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard has blasted people submitting fake positive RAT reports, revealing "moronic" people have used his name for at least one.

AAP · Jan 18, 2022