NSW pledges $10 billion for ‘hospital building blitz’ The state’s 2019–20 budget includes funding for more than 40 new and upgraded hospital builds, but GPs and primary care go unmentioned.
Food labelling: When is a medicine not a medicine? Concerns have been raised over alleged double standards regarding the regulation of food products promoted as having ‘special medical purposes’.
New measles alert for Sydney A baby is the ninth person in Sydney to be diagnosed with measles in recent weeks, prompting another alert from NSW Health.
Two more measles cases in Sydney NSW Health has issued another alert as two unvaccinated children have been diagnosed with measles after returning from a trip to Sri Lanka.
NSW renting reforms to protect tenants in violent relationships People experiencing family violence will be able to end their tenancy without financial penalty under new laws coming into effect in February.
New skills and considered opinions: My resolutions for 2019 With 2018 in the books, Dr Edwin Kruys discusses his general practice resolutions for the new year.
GP questions usefulness of NSW ice inquiry The NSW Government has announced a Special Commission of Inquiry into the use of ice, but Dr Hester Wilson has doubts about its impact.
Ban dry processing to halt spread of accelerated silicosis, expert warns Unless regulated urgently, Australia’s stone cutting industry is heading towards an epidemic of silicosis, a lung disease caused by inhalation of dust containing free crystalline silica.
Calls for increased surveillance and vaccinations after polio outbreak in PNG Eighteen years after Papua New Guinea was declared polio-free, the virus has returned to Australia’s closest neighbour.