public hospitals

Saturday, September 26

Nurses plan industrial action over pay and staffing

Public hospital nurses are set to take stop-work action from the end of the month as their union pushes for higher pay and staffing levels.

Private contracts paper over public hospital dysfunction

The State Government’s move to outsource some elective surgery borders on a stunt to divert attention from ongoing problems in the public hospital system, writes Warren Jones.

Could the RAH end up being filled with private patients and private hospitals being filled with public patients?

Shifting patients and costs won't fix hospital waiting lists

If the South Australian Government wants to end long surgery waiting lists, it must work with the Commonwealth and private health funds – or we could end up with a ludicrous and inefficient outcome, writes Rachel David.

SA plan could move 1000 patients from public to private hospitals

A new SA Health plan to ease pressure on elective surgery waiting lists could see more than 1000 public patients shifted to private hospitals for treatment over the coming year.

Outsourcing no solution to Adelaide's hospital bed crisis

With the stress on Adelaide’s overloaded public hospital system showing no sign of abating, Warren Jones explains what the State Government must do to fix a system in critical condition.

A time of high risk for SA's health system

The alarm issued by South Australian emergency department doctors this week underscores concerns of doctors across the system, writes AMA (SA) president William Tam.

Private patients jumping queue in public hospitals

Public patients are being bumped down the elective surgery queue in public hospitals in favour of those using private health insurance to foot the bill.