Ryan Park
How a deadly fungus cluster exposed NSW’s wicked hospital problem
Many of NSW’s 4400 hospital buildings are ageing and riddled with mould, but a $940 million upgrade of one Sydney hospital may have disturbed spores deadly to some of its sickest patients.
- Angus Thomson and Michael Ruffles
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The Sydney hospitals where patients wait nearly two days for a bed
NSW public hospitals are failing to meet their own performance targets. The state’s health minister says he can turn it around – with some help.
- Angus Thomson
Mapped: The 52 suburban tobacco shops shut down in NSW retail raids
Dozens of tobacco shops have been shut across NSW as the government faces pressure to make a simple planning law change which could halt the booming number of smoke shops operating.
- David Barwell
A healthcare tsunami has crashed onto Sydney’s shores. One nurse’s idea could have spared us
Ten years ago, the Herald projected the full force of the post-war baby boom would hit Sydney’s health system like a tsunami. But what to do about it now?
- Kate Aubusson and Angus Thomson
Bed block, wait times, bottlenecks: Sydney’s best and worst hospitals revealed
Patients spent longer in NSW emergency departments than at any point since 2010. See how your hospital stacks up.
- Angus Thomson
- Exclusive
- Workplace safety
Drunk engineers, ‘shoddy maintenance’, humiliated patients: Westpac Rescue fights to save reputation
NSW Ambulance assistant commissioner Cameron Edgar said the allegations were “confronting and difficult” for staff.
- Eryk Bagshaw and Patrick Begley
- Editorial
- Pregnancy
Patchy regulation in the freebirthing sector has put lives at risk
There is a role for doulas in supporting women during pregnancy and childbirth, but clarity on the limits of that role is essential.
- The Age's View
NSW was promised sweeping drug law changes. But these things won’t happen
Decisions have been made about strip-searches and sniffer dogs at music festivals, and how to handle drivers with a medicinal cannabis prescription.
- Angus Thomson and Jessica McSweeney
Northern Beaches Hospital is in public hands. Here’s what happens next
The deal is done, but there are still many questions about how the hospital will operate under public control. We break down just a few.
- Angus Thomson
- Exclusive
- Emergency services
‘Deeply concerning’: Minister to meet with NSW Ambulance over future of Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service
Health Minister Ryan Park says the “community deserve and expect better” after a damning investigation by The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes.
- Max Maddison and Eryk Bagshaw