This section details all the latest news articles relating to emergency care in NSW.

6 May 2013

Our hospitals given a health check

The Northern Star

19 March 2013

John Hunter nursing shifts cut

Newcastle Herald

14 March 2013

NSW hospital waiting times down: report

Nine MSN

28 February 2013

Hospital failings to inflame funds row

The Australian

15 February 2013

POLL: JHH emergency department disgrace

Newcastle Herald

30 January 2013

Liverpool Hospital wins Australasian Emergency Department of the Year Award

The Daily Telegraph

16 Deccember 2012

NSW man charged with assaulting nurses

Nine MSN

14 December 2012

Emergency: NSW dominates list of worst hospitals

Sydney Morning Herald

10 December 2012

Skinner defiant on health cuts

Sydney Morning Herald

7 December 2012

NSW Health Award Win for Psychiatric Emergency Care centre

Nepean Blue Mountains LHD News

6 December 2012

Hospitals still failing to meet emergency deadlines

Sydney Morning Herald

20 November 2012

Trial to give physios emergency dept training

ABC Online

5 November 2012

Hotline fails to reduce hospital burden

Herald Sun

Hospital works get started

ABC online

4 November 2012

GP phone consults risky business

Herald Sun

3 November 2012

Time runs out for superbug silver bullet

Sydney Morning Herald

31 October 2012

Bulli Hospital's Diminished Role

Illawarra Mercury

New Emergency Department to open at Royal North Shore Hospital

North Shore Times

30 October 2012

Baby Elijah's 90 minute wait for treatment

Herald Sun

28 October 2012

Hospital wait times crisis hits NSW

Herald Sun

26 October 2012

Nurses worried about emergency department

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

9 October 2012

Health Minister Jillian Skinner accused of fudging hospital bed numbers

24 September 2012

Skinner takes axe to locums, overtime, but nurses exempt

Sydney Morning Herald

14 September 2012

NSW Health told to find $3bn in savings

11 September 2012

Emergency care varies in each state: study

6 September 2012

More NSW ER patients in slow months

Huge spike in emergency patients

NSW emergency departments 'like war zone'

1 September 2012

Video health technology takes emergency heatlh expertise to region

31 August 2012

Patients to benefit from technology trial

ABC News

20 August 2012

City hospitals are safer than regional hospitals

Herald Sun

19 August 2012

Health minister Jillian Skinner caught in bed-lock

The Sunday Telegraph

15 August 2012

Doctor blasts Base's Emergency Department

The Area News

6 August 2012

Paramedic delays disrupt helicopter flights

3 August 2012

Mullumbimby Telehealth open day

1 August 2012

Progress at hospital gets high praise

Hospital tele plan in chaos

25 July 2012

Hospital gets new emergency ward

Muswellbrook nurses demand extra worker

23 July 2012

Anger as ambos are taken off night duty

4 July 2012

John Hunter emergency admissions rising

3 July 2012

Hunter doctors call for more hospital beds

2 July 2012

Ambulances still kept waiting at hospitals

1 July 2012

Look into the camera and say 'ah'

28 June 2012

The diagnosis is critical for health professionals in the bush

26 June 2012

Leading e-health sites to undergo $52m record transition

19 June 2012

Mullumbimby meets to save emergency department

16 June 2012

Hospital league tables likely within months

15 June 2012

Emergency Injection

14 June 2012

St George Hospital emergency ward receives $13m

8 June 2012

John Hunter emergency department crisis

7 June 2012

NSW labor calls for more money for EDs

Hospitals risk further funds as treatment rates slump

Rural emergency patients drink too much

6 June 2012

NSW hospital waiting tiems threaten funding

Hospital emergency waiting time cut compared to last year but NSW still falls behind the national target

5 June 2012

Just another day in the e-health revolution

4 June 2012

Health chief responds to hospital cuts protest

31 May 2012

RFDS sinks teeth into new adventure

30 May 2012

Residents and staff voice concerns over hospital changes

24 May 2012

24-hour mental health help line launched

17 May 2012

Health hotline a success

15 May 2012

XRay backlog 'endangering patient health'

12 May 2012

Life and death decisions all part of the job

10 May 2012

Cost cutting for Mullum hospital

$60m shot in the arm for hospital

4 May 2012

Hospital gets funds for upgrades

3 May 2012

Towns in need of a country practice

1 May 2012

Prince of Wales emergency care below par

Wyong Hospital patients wait 50 mins for life-saving medical attention

30 April 2012

States' emergency department waiting times revealed

MP: Reinstate emergency services

27 April 2012

NSW air ambulance upgrade

26 April 2012

Medics on bikes for rapid response

24 April 2012

Audit into hospital waiting number discrepancies

23 April 2012

Keep Barraba's Emergency Department for emergencies

Hospital protest at Bonalbo

12 April 2012

Hospital loses night facility

7 April 2012

Ambulances waste a year waiting in emergency

5 April 2012

Hold the line, say emergency staff

2 April 2012

Target setting speeds care in EDs

1 April 2012

Upgraded emergency department for Westmead Hospital

29 March 2012

Ambulances prioritise life threatening cases under new protocol

Doctors slam drop-and-go ambulance protocol

27 March 2012

Patients get access to better care with cloud computing

24 March 2012

Check-up shows system needs care

Paramedics faced with tough call

22 March 2012

Ballina Hospitals GPs 'expendable'

Locums fill GP super clinic roles

21 March 2012

Nurses won't get more security

20 March 2012

The impact of early emergency department allied health intervention on admission rates in older people: a non-randomized clinical study

$450,000 win for Braidwood MPS

17 March 2012

Nepean Hospital's surgical wing to cut wait

16 March 2012

Stats show slow ride from ambulance to emergency

15 March 2012

Rise in emergency patietns puts strain on treatment times

Volunteers relieve the pressure at Canterbury Hopsital

13 March 2012

Thousands more at Batemans Bay emergency

8 March 2012

Health body responds to crisis

6 March 2012

Beds and more bodies key to better emergency care

14 February 2012

Emergency department use outstrips population

Ninemsn

13 February 2012

Hospital computer system found lacking

10 February 2012

Demand for emergency care on the rise countrywide

8 February 2012

ACEN News - Emergency Care Institute

Webwatch - NSW Emergency Care Institute

ARCHI website

6 February 2012

Emergency treatment target 'saving lives'

The Australian

Funding jeopardised as hospital targets blown

Sydney Morning Herald

2 February 2012

The young doctors settle in to saving lives

1 February 2012

Kings Cross ER medicos treat the wounds to Sydney's underbelly

24 January 2012

e-health means we're all winners

23 January 2012

Key hospital report delayed

16 January 2012

Double doctors will share duties at Coolah surgery

13 January 2012

Hotline funds better spent on incentives, say rural GPs

Residents 'losing' patients

12 January 2012

Western NSW Health District Goes the Distance

11 January 2012

Health stats go online in NSW

10 January 2012

Town's only doctor threatens to leave

6 January 2012

Ambulance abuse will not avoid wait

3 January 2012

Fallen paramedic selfless to the end

31 December 2011

Spike in heart attacks feared

30 December 2011

After-hours hotline adds to hospital load

27 December 2011

Health plan to relieve hospitals

Doctors' fear over GP care push

23 December 2011

Questions over 'missing' NSW hospital beds

Medical interns to work in Wagga 

19 December 2011

App gives doctors diagnostic advice 

18 December 2011

Elderley being dumped by families at hospital

40% more injuries over holidays

16 December 2011

Hospital good news brightens Christmas

15 December 2011

More funds for NSW Health Oracle project

Dicing with bed-block

      Crisis in state's hospitals, Auditor-General's report reveals    

Treatment times below target

14 December 2011

Wait times for NSW ambos up

Unhealthy signs for NSW emergency departments

Hunter patients wait longer for care

Longer waits for patients in emergency departments

Ambulance arrivals rise at NSW hospitals

6 December 2011

Centre treats 2100 people

5 December 2011

Benefits of a country practice

1 December 2011

Honour for groud-breaking trauma nurse

Kate Curtis wins the Frank McDermott award

Australian hospital statistics 2010-2011: emergency department care and elective surgery waiting times

Emergency Departments getting busier

More surgery but waiting times steady

Wait for emergency website is over

27 November 2011

Much-hyped government website designed to slash emergency room waiting times is a sham

24 November 2011

Health gains but access to right care in right place challenging

Docs need to improve communication

NSW 'second to US' in health costs

Aussies top the hospitals sick list

23 November 2011

First line in emergency

Dotors prepare for possible disaster

21 November 2011

Media release: Atrial fibrillation incidence increasing in Australia – and many don’t know they have it

Simple thanks for paramedics

16 November 2011

Skills key to saving lives

14 November 2011

Lost in Translation

13 left waiting at Wagga Base Hospital

10 November 2011

Pricey plan to ease hospital bottleneck

9 November 2011

e-Health authority defends work record

Jillian Skinner deflects blame for Wollongong Hospital

8 November 2011

Worst ambulance trolley block in NSW

Hospital hijack

Data reveals long emergency ward wait

Coast's hospital delays amongst worst in state

Union accused of letting down junior doctors

7th November 2011

Manly adds options for mental health

4th November 2011

Hospitals not up to standard, AMA says

Patients still waiting despite $2.7bn 'fix'

More power to Base

Nurses win extra staff on trial basis

Waiting times on rise, bed numbers drop

2 November 2011

New ambulance to help ease pressure

Skinner offers hospital funding assurances

Safety fears at Muswellbrook hospital

31st October 2011

NSW GP named top rural doctor

Pambula Hospital lobby group advertises for recruits

Qantas grounding putting 'lives at risk'

30 October 2011

Motorbike medics to hit the streets

29 October 2011

NSW ambulance officers demand local control at Morisset station

28th October 2011

Abuse and assault rife within NSW health: survey

Year end target for wait times at beaches hospitals

Parkes part of electronic medical record era

NSW hospitals dominate national infection list

27th October 2011

Hospital edges closer to reality

Ambos rally on triple-0 delays

26th October 2011 

Walgett Hospital bed closure fears aired

Bombala and Delegate urged to share views on how our health needs can best be met

Riverina misses out on new youth mental health centres

25th October 2011

Doubt cast over hospital longevity

Ambulance service downplays baby transfer fears

New NSW hospital bed figures questioned

7 hours, 0 ambulance

Bulahdelah petitions for 24-hour hospital service

Hospitals to avoid using dangerous hold on patients

24th October 2011 

Planning starts for new Cobar hospital

21st October 2011

NSW town fights to keep hospital service

More staff needed: nurses

Ambos’ emergency ward crisis

20th October 1011

Union demands ends to paramedics shortage

Get Mental Health facility

19th October 2011

Govt slow to protect Sydney nurses: Labor

18th October 2011

The state of emergency

17th October 2011

Australians in the dark about burns

Australians in dark about burns: survey

Government unveils $670m of health grants

27th May 2012

Urgent product safety warning on magnets in toys

Department of Fair Trading Media Release