Poor customer service and protracted delays in processing claims by health insurers are frustrating thousands around the nation, a report has found. The Office of the Commonwealth Ombudsman received 4 ...

Nurses and midwives at a network of private hospitals will become the highest paid in their state after accepting a pay deal following lengthy negotiations. More than 1300 staff at St Vincent's ...

New mothers should aim for two hours of moderate to vigorous exercise every week, such as brisk walking or cycling, researchers say. Getting back to exercise in the first 12 weeks after birth will ...

Dentists want federal government action to ensure private health insurers can't hide behind hidden policy conditions. The Australian Dental Association is urging for tougher laws to provide more ...

An ad blitz warning of the risks of overseas alcohol hopes to prevent tragedies like the one which killed two teenage best friends. The advertising campaign, launched on Monday, targets young ...

There were no warning signs when teenager Austin Blight went into cardiac arrest. The 17-year-old collapsed unconscious at the gym, where staff rushed to his aid and quickly realised he didn't have a ...

Southern NSW, 80 bed hospital, providing 24-hour emergency, intensive care facilities, medical admissions, maternity, paediatrics, renal dialysis unit (8 chairs), radiology services (X-ray, ultrasound ...

Hundreds of nurses and midwives at a public hospital run by a private conglomerate under the spotlight of an inquiry, are walking out for more than 24 hours calling for better pay and conditions.

A doctor who stole a colleague's prescription pad and forged her signature had his tangled web of lies uncovered when he took his crimes interstate. His conduct was revealed in court documents ...

The report found Victoria has the best cardiac survival rate in the country and the third-best in the world. This is all thanks to early intervention, with bystander CPR administe ...

Those claiming psychological injuries from bullying or harassment in the workplace will soon have to prove their claims in court before being paid out under flagged changes to the billion-dollar NSW ...

Nine-year-old Harriette is among about 30,000 young Australians living with juvenile arthritis.