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Hundreds of staff underpaid by private healthcare provider
Healthscope, one of Australia’s largest private hospital operators, is making remediation payments after estimating it underpaid staff by $21.7 million.
- by Jewel Topsfield and Henrietta Cook
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Radical new approach to treating food allergies rolled out across Australia
Experts hope a daily dose of peanut powder could be the game changer in helping Australia tackle its mantle as allergy capital of the world.
- by Henrietta Cook
The dodgy nail salon practices fuelling a surge in fungal infections
Podiatrists estimate there has been an 80 per cent rise in cases of fungal nail infections linked to poor hygiene practices as pedicures and manicures become a beauty staple.
- by Henrietta Cook
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‘Sex bubbles’: Why Victorians should keep a list of their sex partners
The state is in the grip of its largest mpox outbreak, with 76 cases detected over the past three months, compared with just eight cases last year.
- by Henrietta Cook
Doctors look interstate for work as Victorian budget squeeze hits hard
Hiring freezes and job losses at Victorian hospitals are prompting many healthcare workers to look interstate for work.
- by Henrietta Cook
The common but little-known virus causing disability in hundreds of babies
Every year, about 400 babies are born with physical and intellectual disabilities caused by a virus many pregnant women don’t know about.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Secret recording reveals sense of budget crisis in Victorian hospitals
Bed and ward closures, reducing elective surgery, cancelling breast screenings and even closing special-care cots were all openly discussed as possibilities to save money.
- by Chip Le Grand, Jewel Topsfield, Henrietta Cook, Benjamin Preiss and Broede Carmody
‘No one wants to be sharing this message’: Major hospitals confirm budget squeeze
Two of Victoria’s largest health services have imposed hiring freezes in response to government demands for huge savings, causing stress for health workers.
- by Jewel Topsfield and Henrietta Cook
Hostile to elated: Nurses overwhelmingly approve new pay deal
Victorian nurses and midwives have backed the 28.4 per cent pay rise over four years. The deal ends months of tense talks between their union and the government.
- by Henrietta Cook
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Elective surgery waiting lists to balloon as health budget cuts bite
With the Victorian government demanding savings from hospitals, some doctors have been told their contracts won’t be renewed.
- by Jewel Topsfield, Henrietta Cook and Benjamin Preiss
The highly contagious virus potentially linked childhood asthma cases
Cat Irvine believes her son, Parker, developed asthma as a result of multiple RSV infections. The five-year-old now carries an asthma puffer with him at all times.
- by Henrietta Cook