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NSW launches inquiry into hospital bed block crisis

A landmark inquiry will examine why more than 900 elderly patients are stranded in NSW hospitals awaiting aged‑care placements, as…

Placing stranded hospital patients in aged care is harder than it sounds

Being stuck in hospital is not good for older people or their families. Stranded older people are at risk of…

Ministers meet to address bed block crisis

The nation’s health leaders are demanding “urgent action” from the federal government to tackle a $1bn aged care crisis that…

Photo of 70yo that shook state ‘to the core’

A nurse at one of NSW’s busiest hospitals says staff are “burnt out” amid an unprecedented winter surge, after “frightening”…

Aged care patients behind NT ‘code yellow’

The Royal Darwin and Palmerston Hospitals in the NT declared ‘code yellow’ due to capacity challenges, for the first time…