The Latest Breaking News from NSW Health

$21m health black hole blamed on workforce shortages

Hunter New England Health struggles to fill 330 medical staff positions

Newcastle Herald · Nov 20, 2023

A Person Has Died & 2 Others Hospitalised In Sydney After Using Coke Likely Laced With Heroin

"We don't know if this risk applies outside Sydney or not. Everyone should be cautious."

Pedestrian.tv · Nov 16, 2023

Death and overdoses from 'fake cocaine' spark warning

A person has died and two others overdosed after ingesting what they thought was cocaine but turned out to be heroin, prompting a warning for other users.

AAP · Nov 15, 2023

NSW police must speak with mental health experts rather than shoot our loved ones, stepfather says

Exclusive: New figures show on average 10 people in mental health distress die each year during interactions with state police

The Guardian - AU · Oct 24, 2023

'Substandard': NSW Health defends Hunter gender clinic record-keeping

A Labor MP has questioned whether it is adequate.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 19, 2023

Single-patient hospital record to roll out in NSW first

A streamlined digital record-keeping system to track patient health information across NSW public hospitals is aimed at better linking services.

AAP · Oct 18, 2023

'They treat you like an it': people with intellectual disability on seeing medical professionals

They don’t treat you like a person. They treat you like an ‘it’.

The Conversation · Oct 16, 2023

‘Fires everywhere’: the Australian firefighters on the frontline of the new global Flame Age

After facing walls of fire, fatigue and danger during Canada’s record wildfires, Australian firefighters have returned home to heatwaves – and are preparing to do it all again on their own turf

The Guardian - AU · Oct 7, 2023

Suicide rates increased after extreme drought in the Murray-Darling Basin – we have to do better as climate change intensifies

The impact on mental health of weather extremes such as drought is a growing concern due to climate change.

The Conversation · Oct 5, 2023

'I wouldn't wish it upon anyone': horrors of meningococcal

'I was given a less than 5 per cent chance of survival.'

Newcastle Herald · Oct 4, 2023