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