KEEPING UP THE ACT
Canberra Health Services boss Dave "Peff Daddy" Peffer raps to the beat of his sick new $1.6 million rebranding. But even Nurse Rach is having trouble with his groove!
Rachel Stephen-Smith
As the minister extols the referendum 'yes' case, the auditor-general reveals a damning look at how her government is failing the indigenous community. JON STANHOPE & KAHLID AHMED say it amounts to deliberate acts of misrepresentation.
We may need a hipster replacement now the Chief Hipster's turned 50, says KEEPING UP THE ACT.
"The ACT Labor government has already served more than 21 years. It's highly unlikely that historians and archaeologists in another two millennia will be digging up the hospital and looking in wonder," writes columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
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Minister must ‘come clean’ on unfit surge centre
The Garran Surge Centre was never "fit for purpose", according to a review, with the Canberra Liberals accusing Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith of "blatant disregard" for patient and staff welfare.
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Multi-millions to support health workers
The ACT Government has announced $8.75 million in funding to support the wellbeing of health workers after "an incredibly difficult few years".
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Government to engage child healthcare panel
The ACT Government will introduce a Child and Adolescent Clinical Services Expert Panel to "improve healthcare services for children."
It was another busy day at Canberra Hospital's Eventually Department when KEEPING UP THE ACT popped in...
Dead children and a health minister very publicly dodging questions about a hospital system the ACT government has shamefully underfunded for years; does it get any worse for this community? It's "Seven Days" with IAN MEIKLE.
More than $4 million in ACT government funding will boost access to primary care for vulnerable Canberrans, including through the creation of a mobile health clinic to help young people at risk of homelessness.
From early 2023, the ACT government will provide Canberrans free and safe medical and surgical abortions up to 16 weeks gestation.
A "home-like" palliative care respite facility in Canberra will receive $2.59 million in funding in the upcoming ACT budget.
With the ACT forecast to reach up to 3000 COVID-19 daily cases in coming weeks,…
The ACT Government will launch a fixed-site health and drug checking service on July 21 for a six-month pilot, in an attempt to reduce drug harm in Canberra.
A new report shows that between October and December, only 56.8 per cent of people presenting to ACT hospitals spent four hours or less waiting in emergency departments.
A program that administered more than 3000 covid jabs to vulnerable Canberrans during the pandemic will wind up at the end of the month.
Canberra's pandemic emergency declaration is set to be lifted after more than two years.
The Minister for Declining Health Services addresses the media...
ACT Minister for Health Rachel Stephen-Smith has tested positive to COVID-19.
