Local

A lost map, an ‘early’ discharge and a tragic death in Adelaide’s south

An Adelaide public health facility that discharged a young man three days before he killed himself also misplaced a suicide note and a map, which his mother believes could have saved his life.

News

Staff costs the largest contributor to SA Health's budget blowout

Salaries and wages were the most significant factor in a $467 million forecast blowout in SA Health’s budget last financial year, the Auditor-General says.

Notes on Adelaide

SA Health's missing executive team | Council candidate's cross to bear | PM's Adelaide influence

In today’s Notes on Adelaide, a management consultant struggles to find evidence that an SA Health executive team actually exists, the Prime Minister’s audience in Adelaide at a select and influential gathering, and a council candidate takes a religious analogy a bit too far.

News

Leaked SA Health review: Staff shortages, "sub-standard" systems and "fractured relationships"

A leaked external review of public mental health services in Adelaide’s south has uncovered “sub-standard systems”, staffing shortages and poor planning, amid a climate of anger among staff that has been years in the making.

Opinion

How SA's hospital system lost sight of patient care

Patient care no longer appears to be the prime consideration in the running of South Australia’s public hospital system. Warren Jones explains how that happened and how it can be fixed.