Failing hospitals: so, minister, what’s next?
"The need for a Royal Commission into the hospital system in the ACT, as called for by the Liberals, is looking more and more necessary," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
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Police are guarding a male patient at Canberra Hospital after he allegedly fled the scene of a car accident that killed his passenger.
An August update by the Canberra Hospital on workforce planning initiatives, reveals that more staff have left the unit since it was placed on provisional six-month accreditation in June.
The 2022-23 annual reports for the ACT Health Directorate and Canberra Health Services show Canberra’s public hospital system is in "continued decline", says Liberal health spokesperson Leanne Castley.
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Hospital radiation therapists to walk off the job
Radiation therapists at Canberra Hospital will walk off the job and protest for an hour on Tuesday afternoon.
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More hospital units with accreditation woes
Canberra Hospital’s plastic surgery unit has had its training accreditation revoked, while the Child at Risk Health Unit has been notified there will be a mid-cycle review of its training accreditation.
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Faltering obstetrics unit gets ‘provisional’ accreditation
Canberra Hospital is on a minimal, provisional six-month training accreditation period, following a review of its Obstetrics & Gynaecology Department, which was found not to have met five out of six overview standards.
Columnist ROBERT MACKLIN finds himself disempowered and struggling with the condescension bordering on contempt from staff amid the daily chaos that is Canberra Hospital's emergency department. Until he makes a break for it…
"Don’t worry, they say things will improve when the North Canberra Hospital (formerly Calvary) is fully embedded in the ACT Health System," writes MICHAEL MOORE, tongue firmly in cheek.
Wendy Maree Gunning attended Canberra Hospital on March 14 for a heartbreaking miscarriage, but rather than receiving care and compassion, she says she was left further traumatised, reports LILY PASS.
A Goulburn man is in Canberra Hospital in a serious but stable condition after being attacked by three people in balaclavas at his unit in Goldsmith Street yesterday.
"It is now 40 years since the introduction of Medicare and the Grattan Institute report recommends changing how doctors work and are paid, replacing a system that rewards doctors for 'quick consultations'," writes MICHAEL MOORE.
JUNIOR doctors at Canberra Hospital and Calvary Public have launched a class action for widespread underpayment.
A review into paediatric services at Canberra Hospital has found there is a lack of appropriate care for critically ill and deteriorating patients.
A 51-year-old man has been airlifted to Canberra Hospital after suffering a head injury in a single-vehicle crash north-west of Yass.
Five-year-old Rozalia Spadafora waited for hours with her frantic family for emergency care at Canberra Hospital. The child died waiting for air transport to Sydney. What went wrong? As BELINDA STRAHORN reports, everything.
Australia's salaried doctors trade union is demanding Canberra Health Services (CHS) address a "chronic shortage" of senior and junior medical staff at Canberra Hospital.
JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED lay bare, the funding disgrace that reveals the depth of the ACT government's financial neglect that's led to today's deadly crisis in the hospital system.
Letter writer LORRAINE GLANDER is grateful to the staff at Canberra Hospital for their "expert care".
