The staggering wait times for patients being brought in by ambulance at Queensland hospitals has been fully revealed with new demands for more resources, improved triaging and ‘real time monitoring’. SEE HOW YOUR HOSPITAL IS AFFECTED New data shows public hospitals at Bundaberg, Caboolture, Cairns, Robina, Hervey Bay, Ipswich, Logan, Mackay Base, Brisbane’s Mater, Prince … [Read more…]
Queensland emergency departments are being inundated with sick kids and adults, with as much as 30 per cent more needing hospital care as access to bulk-billing GPs becomes scarce. SEE HOW BAD IT IS WHERE YOU ARE The state’s biggest paediatrics units – Queensland Children’s Hospital and Prince Charles Hospital – both saw increases by as … [Read more…]
Regional Queensland is buckling under the bulk-billing crisis as hospital ED admissions for children double while other patients are becoming so unwell they have to arrive by ambulance. FULL LIST OF WHO BULK BILLS Royal Australian College of GPs Vice President Dr Bruce Willett says the federal budget’s bulk billing incentive is “very welcome” because … [Read more…]
Queensland emergency departments are being inundated with sick kids and adults, with as much as 30 per cent more needing hospital care as access to bulk-billing GPs becomes scarce. SEE HOW BAD IT IS WHERE YOU ARE The state’s biggest paediatrics units – Queensland Children’s Hospital and Prince Charles Hospital – both saw increases by as … [Read more…]
Regional Queensland is buckling under the bulk-billing crisis as hospital ED admissions for children double while others patients are becoming so unwell they have to arrive by ambulance. Who bulk bills, FULL LIST Royal Australian College of GPs Vice President Dr Bruce Willett says the federal budget’s bulk billing incentive is “very welcome” because it … [Read more…]
By Gina Kalsi and Rebecca English Royal Editor For The Daily Mail 12:31 25 May 2023, updated 12:48 25 May 2023 The King and Queen have arrived in Co Armagh on their second day of engagements in Northern Ireland. The King, 74, visited St Patrick’s Cathedral where met representatives from the Church of Ireland, the … [Read more…]
Meet our team of dedicated journalists and photographers, who work hard every day to advocate for and inform Far North Queenslanders. Before moving to Cairns, Tyla was news director at the Townsville Bulletin, so she’s no stranger to covering North Queensland news. Cairns Post editor Tyla Harrington. Picture: Brendan Radke She was also the regional … [Read more…]