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This collection of current media news is not necessarily the views of The Australian College of Emergency Nursing ACEN. This is a collection of current news articles has been collected from websites from the world’s media outlets. It has been designed to stimulate discussion and assist in educational projects.

December 11click to open-close

Qld Granny Dumping - Dec 18 2011
Vic Cuts to Radiology Affects Critical ED Patients - Dec 18 2011
Canada Injecting Rooms Promote Rehabilitation - Dec 17 2011
Vic Austin ED Evacuated After Hoax Bomb - Dec 16 2011
NSW Alarm over Aging Workforce - Dec 16 2011
NSW Ambulance spend more Time Waiting - Dec 15 2011
Longest waits for Emergency Departments - Dec 14 2011
NSW Ambulance Arrivals Increase - Dec 14 2011
WA Man Charged in ED Crash - Dec 13 2011
UK Study into Carbon Monoxide Poisoning - Dec 12 2011
NZ Waikato’s ED Potentially Loses Funding over Waiting Times - Dec 12 2011
ACT New 000 Vehicles and Approach - Dec 12 2011
WA Car Crashes in Rockingham ED - Dec 12 2011
India Fire Kills in Kolkata Hospital - Dec 10 2011
India Patients Die in ED Fire - Dec 9 2011
ACT Calvary Changing Waiting Room Habits - Dec 10 2011
UK Winchester ED Opens after Fire - Dec 10 2011
UK Fire Closes Winchester ED - Dec 9 2011
Vic Axes Plans for Arms Guards in ED’s - Dec 9 2011
UK CVA Death Rates Fall Dramatically in Ipswich - Dec 8 2011
Vic Pictures of New Royal Children’s Hospital - Dec 3 2011
Vic Royal Children’s Hospital Opens for Patient’s - Dec 1 2011
Act Calvary Hospital Ed Numbers and Waiting Times Surge - Dec 1 2011

November 11open-close

NSW ED Shorter Waiting Times - Nov 30 2011
NSW Quakers Hill Tragedy Toll Rises to Ten - Nov 27 2011
NSW On-line Waiting Times Lists a Sham - Nov 27 2011
NT Darwin ED Waits Worst in State - Nov 26 2011
ACT More Chairs for ED at TCH - Nov 26 2011
UK ED Cleaner Contacts Patient via Facebook - Nov 25 2011
WA Australian’s Top ED Sick List - Nov 24 2011
USA Warfarin and Diabetes Medications Cause Admissions - Nov 23 2011
Vic Geelong Hospital Prepare for Disasters - Nov 23 2011
Exodus Risk with Current Conditions - Nov 23 2011
SA Modbury ED Isolated After Radiation Fears - Nov 22 2011
Enquiry into Nursing Home Staff - Nov 21 2011
NSW Male Nurse Charged with Nursing Home Fire - Nov 19 2011
NSW Fire in Quakers Hill Nursing Home Killing Residents - Nov 18 2011
UK New Designs to Keep ED Patients Calm - Nov 17 2011
Video UK New ED Designs for Calm - Nov 16 2011
UK MP Calls for Debate over Stafford A&E Night Closure - Nov 16 2011
Vic Pillow Shortage During Gastro Outbreak - Nov 16 2011
Vic Long ED Waits as Strike Bites - Nov 16 2011
Vic A Disaster Waiting to Happen - Nov 16 2011
Vic Nurses Actions Threatening Lives - Nov 16 2011
Qld Caloundra Hospital Fight - Nov 12 2011
Vic Nurses Close 1 in 3 Beds - Nov 12 2011
Tas ED Patients Wait for Days - Nov 12 2011
NZ Tauranga ED Nurse Assaulted - Nov 9 2011
Vic Potential Nurses Lockout - Nov 9 2011
Rice Used to Expand Blood Products - Nov 7 2011
NT ED Fail to Meet Benchmarks - Nov 4 2011
ED’s Fail Australian Standards - Nov 4 2011
Bed Numbers Drop but Waits Times Rise - Nov 4 2011
NZ Rugby World Cup cost $70,000 in ED Treatments - Nov 3 2011
USA Prescription Drug Death Rate Soars - Nov 3 2011
USA ENA Workplace Violence Remains High - Nov 2 2011
RCNA Social Media Guidelines - Nov 2 2011

October 11open-close

NSW Superbug Capital of Australia - Oct 28 2011
Qld Wynnum Hospital on Ambulance By-pass - Oct 27 2011
Vic Queen Officially Opens Royal Children’s Hospital - Oct 27 2011
NSW Early Discharges leads to Increased Suicides - Oct 26 2011
NSW Ban Dangerous Prone Restraint Techniques - Oct 25 2011
The States of ED - Oct 18 2011
Hospital Blues - Oct 16 2011
Jamacia ED Snapshot of Chaos - Oct 16 2011
Vic Hundreds of Babies Born in ED’s - Oct 13 2011
NZ Auckland Helps Waikato ED to Meet ED 6 Hour Rule Targets - Oct 13 2011
Tas Mental Health Cuts Force Patient into ED’s - Oct 11 2011
Vic Emergency Doctor We Can’t Cope / Responses - Oct 7 2011
Vic Emergency Doctor We Can’t Cope - Oct 6 2011
Qld Children Wait 3 Days for a Bed - Oct 2 2011
Canada Election Promise Waiting Time Cuts - Oct 2 2011
Canada ‘I live in Pain’ - Oct 1 2011

September 11open-close

SA Keith Private Hospital Ed to accept Public Patients - Sept 30 2011
UK Community Anger at Hartlepool A&E Closure - Sept 30 2011
NZ ED Warmings against Tainted Ed Tablets - Sept 28 2011
USA Naloxone and the Drug Overdose - Sept 27 2011
UK Grantham A&E Facelift Funded - Sept 27 2011
UK Patients Urged to Avoid A&E - Sept 27 2011
Global Penicillin Shortage - Sept 27 2011
Canada Deeply Troubled Health Care System - Sept 24 2011
Tas Cuts force Closure of ICU/HDU beds in Hobart - Sept 22 2011
Jamaica Hospitals get a Passing Grade - Sept 21 2011
Poor Resources are putting lives at Risk - Sept 18 2011
Vic Low Triage Category Patients are Dying - Sept 18 2011
UK Video Women Admitted for ETOH Issues - Sept 16 2011
UK Downe Northern Ireland A&E Closes - Sept 14 2011
UK Milton Keynes Paediatric A&E Under Fire - Sept 14 2011
NZ Rugby World Cup drunks place pressure on Auckland ED’s - Sept 13 2011
Vic Swan Hill Hospital under Fire - Sept 8 2011
NT Plans for Palmerston Hospital - Sept 8 2011
UK Belfast A&E to Close - Sept 7 2011
NSW ED Times Fail to Improve - Sept 5 2011
ED Waiting Times Tumble across the Country - Sept 5 2011

August 11open-close

NZ Big Chill causes ED Overload - Aug 31 2011
Vic Gagged Staff Fear Violence Inquiry Heard - Aug 29 2011
SA Video South Australia ED’s under Pressure - Aug 29 2011
Hospital Stay a Health Risk - Aug 29 2011
ED Patients Treated Worse than Boat People - Aug 24 2011
SA Healthcare a Juggling Act - Aug 23 2011
UK Children as Young as 4 Admitted for D&A - Aug 22 2011
RCNA Professional Standards dealing with Asylum Seekers - Aug 22 2011
Vic Gang Warfare Spills over into ED’s - Aug 20 2011
Vic Red /Yellow Security-card Systems Muted - Aug 16 2011
UK Belfast A&E set to Close - Aug 16 2011
USA Bathrooms a Dangerous Place - Aug 15 2011
NSW ED’s Holding up Ambulances - Aug 13 2011
ED Do not Listen to their Patients - Aug 10 2011
NZ Auckland Hospitals meeting 6 Hour Targets - Aug 10 2011
NSW Hospital Data Corruption Accusations - Aug 9 2011
Qld QE2 Hospital ED Upgrade Announced - Aug 8 2011
Qld Long Waits in ED’s - Aug 5 2011
UK Hartlepool A&E Closes - Aug 2 2011

July 11open-close

WA New Kalgoorlie Hospital and ED takes Shape - Jul 29 2011
UK Belfast A&E Likely to Close - Jul 29 2011
UK Belfast Private Injury Clinics Open - Jul 20 2011
Audio story - Townsville Hospital Designs for Heavier Patients - Jul 20 2011
USA Overcrowding in Ed is Deadly - Jul 14 2011
NSW Hospital Security Review post Nurse Stab Victim - Jul 13 2011
NSW Calls for Greater Protection of ED Staff - Jul 13 2011
Qld Wynnum ED Stays Open 24/7 - Jul 13 2011
Canada Understaffed ER’s - Jul 12 2011
NSW Health Plans Now not Finalised - Jul 8 2011
NSW Waiting Times now On-line - Jul 7 2011
Vic Where are the New Beds - Jul 3 2011
NZ PM encouraged to see Alcohol Problems Personally - Jul 3 2011
NZ Synthetic Cannabis Hospitalises Teens - Jul 3 2011
Vic No Waiting Times on Health Website as Promised - Jul 1 2011
USA Copper Surfaces Kill Bacteria - Jul 1 2011
Vic Dandenong Hospital ED Renewal - Jul 1 2011

June 11open-close

UK New Trauma Unit Opens in Cambridge - Jun 30 2011
SA World First SA ED Waiting Times Live on the Net - Jun 30 2011
SA ED Waiting Times goes Live - Jun 30 2011
UK Fall in Smoking Rate Leads to Obesity - Jun 29 2011
Tas Hungover Patients Putting Stains on Tasmanian Ed’s - Jun 29 2011
WA AMA Calls for Review on 4 Hour Rule - Jun 28 2011
UK ED Closes after Major Fire - Jun 26 2011
NZ Children’s Driveway Examined - Jun 26 2011
NZ New Facilities for Obese Patients - Jun 24 2011
WA Good and Bad Days for 4 Hour Rule - Jun 20 2011
NZ Alcohol Reform Should Begin in the ED - Jun 17 2011
USA Children on Medicaid Wait Longer - Jun 15 2011
Vic Monash ED Staff Protest over Mental Health Changes - Jun 14 2011
UK Hospitals Charged on Ambulance ED Waits - Jun 14 2011
ACT The Canberra Hospital Swamped by Extra Patients - Jun 13 2011
Vic Ambulance Offload Times Increase - Jun 12 2011
WA Doctor found Guilty of ED Rape - Jun 10 2011
NSW Growing Delays in ED’s - Jun 9 2011
NSW Snapshot Shows Consistent ED Delays - Jun 9 2011
NSW First-net Under Further Fire - Jun 8 2011
SA Ambos Protest Against Ramping - Jun 2 2011
Vic 24 Hour Waits for Treatment Unacceptable - Jun 1 2011

May 11open-close

Tas ED Staff under Fire over Death - May 31 2011
NT Darwin Hospital ED under Pressure - May 30 2011
UK Horse Attempts to be seen in a ED - May 20 2011
NZ Drug Overdose Causes ED Nurse to be Stood Down - May 17 2011
NZ Naked Man Climbs in Auckland ED Roof - May 17 2011
UK Nottingham Hospital Fails 4 Hour Rule - May 16 2011
ANF Nurses Receive Award - May 12 2011
UK London’s Air Ambulance Service - May 12 2011
RCNA 2011 Federal Health Budget in Brief - May 11 2011
Vic Frequent ED Flyer Group Examined - May 11 2011
NSW New Bega Hospital - May 9 2011
UK Half of Paed Head Injury CT’s Unnecessary - May 9 2011
USA Postponing CT Scans for Paed Head Injuries Advised - May 9 2011
USA The Problem of having a CVA During Sleep - May 9 2011
UK Dirty Bomb ED Exercise - May 7 2011
NT New Hospital and Upgrades Announced - May 5 2011
NT New Hospital for Palmerston - May 4 2011
SA New RAH to cost $11billion - May 4 2011
SA New Paed ED Opens at Lyell McEwin Hospital - May 4 2011
NZ Auckland Hospitals in Disaster Mode for Tornado - May 4 2011
USA Local Doctor Vs Emergency Rooms - May 2 2011

Apr 11open-close

Vic Primary Preventative Care Patients Clog Hospitals - Apr 30 2011
Vic Halt Plans to put Armed Security Guards in ED’s - Apr 30 2011
USA Tornados Take Toll on Children - Apr 29 2011
More Australians are Admitted to Hospital than Ever - Apr 28 2011
NDM-1 Superbug Testing Urged - Apr 25 2011
Tas Government Vows to Fund Hospital Development for Hobart - Apr 22 2011
USA San Francisco Hospitals Cuts Sepsis Death Rates - Apr 21 2011
UK Patients waiting 8 hours for Hospital Beds - Apr 21 2011
ED Boss Critical of System - Apr 19 2011
UK Surrey’s Fimley Park ED Rebuild - Apr 18 2011
SA RAH Costing Row Continues - Apr 15 2011
UK Children to give Feedback on ED’s - Apr 12 2011
SA Prison Inmates Escape from RAH - Apr 11 2011
SA New RAH Budget Leaks - Apr 11 2011
SA Prisoner Stabs Police to Escape RAH - Apr 8 2011
Qld Legal Money Should have gone to ED’s - Apr 8 2011
USA Hazards for Children CT Scans - Apr 7 2011
Vic Long waits and Ambulance Ramping for ED’s - Apr 7 2011
UK New Trauma System for London - Apr 5 2011
Libya Battleground Casualties - Apr 1 2011

Mar 11open-close

NZ Auckland West Patients Wait for 24 Hour ED - Mar 30 2011
Tas Horror Road Toll Stories - Mar 30 2011
Qld Health Urged to Release ED Death Data - Mar 30 2011
Qld ED Deaths under Spotlight - Mar 30 2011
Qld Health Refuse to Release ED Death Data - Mar 29 2011
WA Alarm Over ED Assaults on Staff - Mar 29 2011
ANF Demand release of Jailed Nurses in Indonesia - Mar 29 2011
SA ED Unable to Cope With Excess Loads - Mar 28 2011
WA Security Review Post ED Assaults on Staff - Mar 28 2011
RCN Correspondence from Japanese Nurses Association - Mar 28 2011
Japan Death Toll tops 10000 - Mar 26 2011
NSW Huge Bill Spent on Ambulances Waiting at ED’s - Mar 25 2011
Vic Doctors Lift Lids on Melbourne ED’s - Mar 22 2011
Vic ED’s Turn Away Ambulances - Mar 18 2011
NSW Upgrades to 2 Sydney ED’s - Mar 17 2011
Jamaica Do Patients need to be seen in the ER - Mar 16 2011
Japan Hospitals at Breaking Point - Mar 13 2011
NZ New Auckland North Shore ED to Open - Mar 10 2011
NZ Christchurch ED Treats Earthquake Victims - Mar 10 2011
NSW Bed Quota Discussed - Mar 10 2011
NSW Firstnet Delays Triage - Mar 8 2011
NSW Firstnet Computer Flawed - Mar 7 2011

Feb 11open-close

ED Patients Happy with Busy Staff - Feb 28 2011
NZ Patients Leg Amputated to Save Life in Quake - Feb 26 2011
NZ Field Hospitals Open in Christchurch - Feb 26 2011
NSW ED’s Falls below Benchmark Times - Feb 24 2011
NZ Earthquake National Emergency Declared - Feb 23 2011
NSW Nurses Best Paid in Country - Feb 22 2011
Vic End of Hospital IT Patient Record System - Feb 21 2011
Tas Tough ride for Tasmanian Hospitals - Feb 21 2011
SA Patients screened for Diabetes - Feb 20 2011
NZ Funding From GP’s to Hospitals - Feb 19 2011
Vic Miscarriage in Melbourne ED - Feb 17 2011
NZ I didn’t eat for 5 Days says Walker - Feb 16 2011
NZ Loses Doctor Workforce to Australia - Feb 16 2011
NSW to Dump Royal North Shore Development Plans - Feb 16 2011
Moves for new KPI’s - Feb 16 2011
NSW Optimistic of Health care Deal - Feb 16 2011
4 Hour Rule Puts Lives in Danger - Feb 15 2011
NT Asylum Seekers in Hospital after Assaults - Feb 11 2011
50/50 State vs Fed Health Deal - Feb 11 2011
NSW Miscarriage in Sydney Ed - Feb 11 2011
NSW Heat Wave Patient Influx ED’s - Feb 8 2011
NSW My Hospital Latest ED Waiting Times - Feb 8 2011
Health Deal Make or Break - Feb 8 2011
SA Budget scrutiny on new Royal Adelaide Hospital - Feb 8 2011
Cannabis Link to Psychosis - Feb 8 2011
Opposition favour direct Hospital Funding Arrangements - Feb 5 2011
NSW Campbelltown Hospital Upgrade - Feb 3 2011

Jan 11open-close

Vic Big Day Out Heat Takes it Toll - Jan 28 2011
Vic Train Inquiry to Medical Care - Jan 28 2011
Vic Fears for Hospital from Floodwaters - Jan 26 2011
Vic IT System Sick not Dead - Jan 25 2011
NZ ED Nurses to get Comptency Assessment after Failure - Jan 21 2011
Bali Visitors Warned of Legionnaires Breakout - Jan 19 2011
Vic Hospital Evacuation from Floodwaters - Jan 15 2011
Qld Hospital Evacuation from Floodwaters - Jan 14 2011
NZ Staff Shortages Causes 24 hour Opening Delay - Jan 12 2011
NSW Royal North Shore Hospital Plans in Jeopardy - Jan 6 2011
NSW Nurses Strike for 1:4 Patient Ratios - Jan 5 2011

2010 archive open-close

Dec 10open-close

Gov Surrenders on Health Reform - Dec 24 2010
NSW Nurse alleged Murderer Suicide bid fails - Dec 13 2010
Compare Hospitals with MyHospital Website - Dec 13 2010
NSW Missing DD Drugs Problem - Dec 13 2010
NT Drink Spiking sends Patients to Hospital - Dec 13 2010
Jamaica No CT Scanner in Country - Dec 13 2010
NSW Shorter waits for Inner City Hospitals - Dec 11 2010
MyHospital Website Opens revealing ED Stats - Dec 10 2010
SA Data Concerns re MyHospital Website - Dec 10 2010
WA ED Closed due to Fire - Dec 10 2010
Qld Staff Stabbed in ED - Dec 8 2010

Nov 10open-close

Not All Bad News on Waiting Times - Nov 30 2010
Pressure mounts on Nations ED’s - Nov 29 2010
NZ 40 Years of Helicopter Rescue - Nov 27 2010
Tas Hobart Hospital Redevelopment Begins - Nov 26 2010
E-health records to Contain only Basic Information - Nov 25 2010
Four Hour Rule like a Cane Toad - Nov 23 2010
NSW 1 to 4 Patient Ratio Strike - Nov 23 2010
UK Stafford Hospital Concerns - Nov 23 2010
WA Patients Wait up to 55 Hours for a Bed - Nov 20 2010
Qld Hospitals in Sick Shape - Nov 18 2010
RCN Supports the Role of Chief Nurse in Victoria - Nov 17 2010
Nurse Practitioners get MBS and PBS Access - Nov 1 2010

Oct 10open-close

UK NHS Agency Nurse Problems - Oct 28 2010
USA Man Shoots Himself Whilest Sleepwalking - Oct 28 2010
SA No Jobs for New Nurses - Oct 28 2010
Qld ED Nurse Complains About Conditions at Logan Hospital - Oct 28 2010
NSW Rescue Helicopters in Poor Health - Oct 27 2010
USA Caffeine and Alcohol Dangerous Mixers - Oct 26 2010
NZ Reports of Wii Injuries - Oct 24 2010
UK Increase in Underage Drink Driving Accidents - Oct 23 2010
WA 4 Hour Ed Rule a Failure - Oct 21 2010
SA Delays Whilest Flinders Hospital ED Renovates - Oct 21 2010
New Guidelines for CVA patients - Oct 21 2010
Canada Increases in Sports Related Childhood Head Injuries - Oct 18 2010
NSW Urgent Care Centres Branded a Waste of Money - Oct 15 2010
UK Man jailed for Murdering ED Nurse - Oct 14 2010
4 Hour Rule Queried - Oct 14 2010
NSW Crowded Hospitals put Lives at Risk - Oct 13 2010
UK Nottingham A&E Development Begun - Oct 11 2010
WA Ambulance Spent Much Time Waiting - Oct 4 2010
Vic New Ed Opens in Bendigo - Oct 2 2010
Tas Royal Hobart Redevelopment not Assured - Oct 1 2010
Vic Full Hospitals Hold up Ambulances - Oct 1 2010

Sep 10open-close

USA New Medicaid too Little to Prevent ED Closures - Sept 27 2010
UK London Hospital Shuts due to Lack of Staff - Sept 23 2010
Vic Advice line Fail to Reduce Attendances in ED’s - Sept 17 2010
Vic ED’s Fail Waiting Times - Sept 13 2010
Vic Thousands Wait Too Long for Care - Sept 13 2010
NSW New Hospital Beds Fail Inspection - Sept 13 2010
NZ North Shore ED Under Fire - Sept 11 2010
NSW Government Hides Data - Sept 10 2010
NZ Christchurch Earthquake Photos - Sept 4 2010

Aug 10open-close

NZ Auckland Hospitals without 24 ED’s - Aug 31 2010
NSW Trauma Plan Puts Lives at Risk - Aug 31 2010
USA Junior Athletes Head Injuries Double - Aug 30 2010
USA Violence to ED Nurses Increases - Aug 28 2010
NZ Radiographers Strike Causes Auckland ED Shutdown - Aug 28 2010
Obesity put Strain on ED’s Equipment - Aug 28 2010
Junior Doctors get Poor ED Training - Aug 27 2010
USA Violence, Police say Half, ER Say Double - Aug 27 2010
Vic Tram Injuries on the Rise - Aug 24 2010
USA 20% of Population Uses the ER Each Year - Aug 16 2010
Pakistan Flood Aid - Aug 16 2010
NZ Minister Spot Checks on ED’s - Aug 16 2010
Political Arguing on Additional Bed Numbers - Aug 6 2010
WA Perth ED’s Close to Meltdown - Aug 4 2010
UK Quad Bike Accident Increases - Aug 3 2010

Jul 10open-close

NZ Swine Flu Returns - Jul 31 2010
Tas Indoor BBQ Kills Family - Jul 28 2010
Prime Minister Backs Emergency Nurses - Jul 26 2010
Qld ED’s Under Pressure - Jul 15 2010
NSW Secret Report into Further Hospital Cuts - Jul 13 2010
Vic Casey ED under fire - Jul 13 2010
WA Bitten by Croc, Wounds Infected - Jul 13 2010
Australian Mental Health Reform Impacts - Jul 12 2010
Qld Calls for Tasers for Emergency Departments - Jul 11 2010
WA State Fed Deal Closer - Jul 11 2010
NSW Hospital ED’s Treat Patients in the Ambulance Bay - Jul 10 2010
NSW State Fed Government Blames for Emergency Department Delays - Jul 10 2010
NSW Blacktown Scores Lowest - Jul 10 2010
NSW Patient Ratio’s Claim - Jul 9 2010
NZ Slash ED Teenager ETOH Victims - Jul 8 2010
NT ED Nurses Bashed at Work - Jul 7 2010
Tasmanians Wait Longer - Jul 4 2010
NT Flight Nurses Lose Jobs - Jul 1 2010

June 10open-close

Australian ED Admissions Up - Jun 30 2010
Tas Swine Flu to Return - Jun 28 2010
WA Delays and Budget Blowouts in New Perth Hospital - Jun 23 2010
Qld Ambulance Officers Monitor Crisis - Jun 20 2010
NT Long Waits for ED Admission - Jun 17 2010
UK Selly Oak Hospital Accident and Emergency Department Closes - Jun 16 2010
NT Private Companies Embrace Public Health Spending - Jun 10 2010
WA Heroin User Flock to ED’s - Jun 4 2010
Vic ED Leave 92 year old Patient in the Cold - Jun 1 2010

May 10open-close

WA New Emergency Hospital Unveiled - May 30 2010
Australian Poor Hospital Productivity - May 28 2010
NZ Rescue Helicopters Grounded by New Rules - May 28 2010
NSW Failed Discharges Increase from ED’s - May 16 2010
UK Obesity is Biggest Health Problem - May 11 2010
Nurses to Leading Primary Care Revolution - May 10 2010
Critical Waits for Care - May 10 2010
UK New Screen for AMI Trailed at Bradford - May 10 2010
UK New Screen for AMI - May 8 2010
Nurses Fear Stalking - May 8 2010
NSW Coffs Harbour ED Nurses take Industrial Action - May 3 2010
NSW Bathurst ED Nurses take Industrial Action - May 3 2010
NSW Orange ED Nurses take Industrial Action - May 3 2010

Apr 10open-close

Vic Doubts over 4 Hour Rule - Apr 30 2010
Vic Hospitals Fail Goals - Apr 29 2010
Hospital Beds Not the Only Answer - Apr 28 2010
UK Prescribe Heroin for Users - Apr 26 2010
USA Save Emergency Departments for Emergencies - Apr 26 2010
Tas Reforms Ignore Mental Health - Apr 26 2010
WA Drug Theft Rife - Apr 22 2010
Tas Money for ED’s - Apr 22 2010
WA Resist Fed Reforms - Apr 21 2010
Swine Flu – Australian Hospitals Just Coped - Apr 21 2010
UK Leeds Children’s Ed moves to New Children’s Hospital - Apr 20 2010
Deal Done on Fed Takeover of Health - Apr 20 2010
Rudd Strikes Deal Except WA - Apr 20 2010
Only Japan has a Longer Life Expectancy - Apr 20 2010
WA Waiting Times Dramatically Improve with the ‘4 Hour Rule’ - Apr 17 2010
NSW wants more Money for Health - Apr 16 2010
Vic Hospital’s will not Sign Up - Apr 13 2010
Feds to take over Aged Care - Apr 12 2010
NSW to Block Fed Takeover - Apr 12 2010
Rudd Promises to Cut Waiting Times in Half - Apr 11 2010
Boosting Hospital Beds Key to Reducing waiting Times - Apr 11 2010
Jamaica Nurses Sick or Industrial Action - Apr 8 2010
Jamaica Industrial Actions causing Acute Nursing Shortages - Apr 8 2010
UK London’s Royal Free Hospital Loses Power - Apr 6 2010
Tas Hobart Private ED Safe for Now - Apr 3 2010

Mar 10open-close

UK Alcohol and Violence Costs - Mar 28 2010
UK Ambulance Waits Cost - Mar 28 2010
WA Doctor Reject Rudd’s Health Reform - Mar 28 2010
NSW Health a Big Issue - Mar 27 2010
UK Four Hour Rule Compromises Safety - Mar 23 2010
Vic Hospital Data Rorting to Stop - Mar 19 2010
NSW Sydney West - Staff Freezes Compromise Care - Mar 18 2010
USA When is the Worst Time to go to Hospital - Mar 18 2010
UK ED’s Pilot Violence Screening - Mar 15 2010
USA ED Myths on Attendances - Mar 11 2010
UK Staff Praised for Efficiency during Cold Winter - Mar 8 2010
State Can’t Block Health Reform - Mar 5 2010
WA says No to Rudd - Mar 4 2010
Fed move Echoes British NHS - Mar 4 2010
Rudd moves the Take of State Health - Mar 4 2010

Feb 10open-close

NZ Chief Nurse Resign after Massive Expenses Claim - Feb 26 2010
Smokers Have Lower IQ? - Feb 25 2010
Nurse Do Not Report Violence - Feb 20 2010
ACT Pharmacies Told to Reject Nurses Scripts - Feb 19 2010
USA What’s the worst thing you can say to the ED nurse - Feb 18 2010
Tas Government Continues to Debate Hobart Hospital Plans - Feb 14 2010
NSW Hospital Bed Situation Critical / Vic Explore 4 hour Rule - Feb 13 2010
NZ Superclinics to Open in Auckland - Feb 13 2010
NT Horror Bus Crash - Feb 13 2010
New Party Drug Meow - Feb 13 2010
Federal Hospital Overhaul the Only Hope - Feb 13 2010
Man Sutures Own Wound in ED - Feb 11 2010
UK New Hospital Wrap Around Modest Gowns - Feb 10 2010
NSW Kempsey Emergency Department Demand more RN’s - Feb 10 2010
NSW Rescue Helicopter Unable to take off from Orange Hospital - Feb 4 2010
Staff at Tipping Point - Feb 3 2010
Emergency Department Violence against Nurses - Feb 3 2010

Jan 10open-close

Doctor Criticise Superclinics - Jan 29 2010
NSW Hospitals Most Dangerous in the Country - Jan 29 2010
NSW Highest Incidence of Mishaps - Jan 29 2010
Vic Hospitals Safest in the Country - Jan 29 2010
UK Deaths Links to Alcohol Increase - Jan 29 2010
SA Child Abuse on the rise - Jan 21 2010
Qld War on Waste in Health - Jan 21 2010
DOCS Reporting System Problems Wood Enquiry - Jan 21 2010
Haiti Crisis Medical Report Video - Jan 20 2010
Vic Hospitals Create Virtual Wards - Jan 20 2010
Haiti Medical Workers Emotional after Disaster - Jan 20 2010
USA Mobile Phones Distract Pedestrians - Jan 16 2010
UK Bid to Cut Ed attendances - Jan 15 2010
UK ED Staff Praise for Work in Great Freeze - Jan 15 2010
Between the Flags - Jan 13 2010
Morphine Reduces Post Traumatic Stress - Jan 13 2010
UK Hospitals Struggle in Big Freeze - Jan 8 2010
UK Anthrax Found in Heroin in Scotland - Jan 6 2010

2009 archive open-close

Dec 09open-close

Drunks Should Pay for Healthcare - Dec 31 2009
Swine Flu H1N1 may Take a Year to Cure - Dec 29 2009
Health Cuts with Little Effect - Dec 29 2009
New Year Kills Drunk Pedestrians - Dec 28 2009
UK Hospitals Creating Virtual Wards - Dec 23 2009
Health Learns from Aviation - Dec 21 2009
Difficulties of Admitting a Specialist Patient - Dec 18 2009
UK Increase in Assaults on Staff - Dec 17 2009
Costs of ED Misuse - Dec 11 2009
Progress on National Registration - Dec 9 2009
Body Mass Predicts Heart Disease - Dec 7 2009
NSW Emergency Department Complaints and Thanks - Dec 7 2009
WA Emergency Nurses Extended Powers - Dec 5 2009

Nov 09open-close

UK Pub ban for Patients that Assault Hospital Staff - Nov 28 2009
NZ Emergency Department Gridlock - Nov 24 2009
Computer Predicts ED attendances - Nov 23 2009
Electronic Records No Saving - Nov 20 2009
UK ED’s Meet Admission Time Benchmarks Just - Nov 18 2009
Hospitals Ban Flowers - MNov 16 2009
Hangovers block ED’s - Nov 12 2009
50% Increase in ETOH Problems - Nov 11 2009
Deaths rate up when New Doctors Start - Nov 10 2009
Nurses Should be Driven to Work - Nov 8 2009
UK Patients Asked Not to Misuse ED’s - Nov 4 2009
NZ Middlemore Reaches Admissions targets - Nov 4 2009

Oct 09open-close

Patient Locked in Ambulance - Oct 31 2009
Interview of Nurse Assaulted at Work - Oct 29 2009
UK Trauma Network Planned for the Midlands - Oct 27 2009
UK ED Waiting Times Falsified - Oct 14 2009
February Kills more Patient in Hospitals - Oct 14 2009
South Australian Emergency Department Squeeze - Oct 10 2009
Samoan Doctors and nurses Head Home to Help - Oct 7 2009

Sep 09open-close

Staff at Qld Hospitals receive Swine Flu Vaccination - Sept 26 2009
Garling report Implementation Mixed Gender Hot Line not used - Sept 25 2009
NSW Voluntary Hospital Redundancies - Sept 25 2009
Sydney’s Hornsby Hospital Budget Undercut Again - Sept 17 2009
Mask do not Prevent the H1N1 Flu - Sept 16 2009
NSW Hospital’s not Paying Their Bills 2 - Sept 15 2009
NSW Hospital’s not Paying Their Bills 1 - Sept 14 2009
Miscarriage to be Investigated - Sept 14 2009
NSW New Minister for Revolving Door of Health - Sept 13 2009
Multiple Patient’s to Sydney Hospitals after Bus Crash - Sept 11 2009
2 Dead in School Bus Crash - Sept 11 2009
NSW Emergency Departments Fail to Meet Benchmarks - Sept 10 2009
Qld Swine Flu Death Toll to 39 - Sept 9 2009
States Pay for Swine Flu - Sept 9 2009
NSW Emergency Departments Understaffed - Sept 9 2009
Swine Flu Vaccination Ready - Sept 4 2009
New Breed of Hospital’s that Makes you Feel Better - Sept 3 2009
a UK – Prisoners get fed Better than Patients - Sept 1 2009

Aug 09open-close

Swine Flu not at Peak - Aug 26 2009
NSW – Flu numbers fall - Aug 20 2009
Sydney’s Hornsby Hospital Falling Apart - Aug 19 2009
PM Criticised for Non action on Health - Aug 14 2009
First Super GP Clinic to Open in Brisbane - Aug 13 2009
WA Swine Flu Toll 12 - Aug 13 2009
Trauma Diagnosis Appalling - Aug 10 2009
WA Hospitals at Capacity - Aug 4 2009
Qld – No bed for Swine Flu patient - Aug 2 2009

Jul 09open-close

Australian States ED’s hit heard by funding model - July 28 2009
Turnbull Urges Rudd to Take Control of Hospitals - July 27 2009
Hospital Errors Cause 4550 Deaths Each Year - July 27 2009
Rudd – Fed Takeover a option - July 26 2009
NSW Nurses offered Redundancies - July 26 2009
Hospital Brace for New Wave of Doctors to Deal With - July 25 2009
NSW – Flu Patients hit Emergency Departments - July 24 2009
ALP Didn’t Pledge to Takeover Hospitals - July 24 2009
AMA - Federal not to Takeover State Health - July 22 2009
Critical Bed Shortage Not Improved ACEM - July 21 2009
Qld – Emergency Departments Exposed to Violence Trauma - July 20 2009
Vic - Hospital Fail to Cope - July 17 2009
NSW – Swine Flu Cases Increase - July 15 2009
NSW – Swine Flu Death Increase - July 14 2009
Swine Flu Unstoppable - July 14 2009
UK - 100.000 New Swine Flu Cases each Day - July 3 2009
USA - 18% Survival in CPR - July 2 2009

Jun 09open-close

WHO - Swine flu tops 70.000 Worldwide - June 30 2009
UK - Stafford Hospital Crisis will Repeat - June 30 2009
UK – ETOH behind 1 in 30 Scottish Deaths - June 30 2009
USA Swine Flu Tracked through Air Travel - June 29 2009
USA -1 Million have Swine Flu - June 26 2009
WHO - Swine Flu Tops 60.000 - June 26 2009
Stun Guns to be Used on Angry Patients - June 25 2009
WHO – Swine Flu Tops 52.000 - June 23 2009
USA company wins race to make first Swine Flu vaccination - June 24 2009
Major ED Access Block in NSW - June 16 2009
Australia Leads Race in Quest for Swine Flu vaccination - June 12 2009
WHO - Declared Swine Flu a Pandemic - June 12 2009

May 09open-close

Man dies in Emergency Department Chaos - May 26 2009
Australian Swine Flu Tally to 29 - May 26 2009
Swine Flu Claims Japanese Students - May 18 2009
WHO Swine Flu Spreading - May 16 2009
Cold sets in Swine Flu May Hot Up - May 16 2009
NSW Monitors 19 for Swine Flu - May 14 2009
Australia’s First Swine Flu Victim Flies In - May 11 2009
Swine Flu – No Cause for Alarm - May 11 2009
New Zealand – Not Enough Winter Beds - May 11 2009
New Zealand – Hospital Overcrowding - May 11 2009
UK – DVT kill thousands - May 11 2009
Flu Swine Tolls Tops 50 - May 10 2009
Canada – Nurse Practitioners Ease the Burden - May 9 2009
USA – Second Strain of Swine Flu - May 6 2009
Jamaica – No Swine Flu Here - May 5 2009
Night Duty Warning and Pay Dispute - May 5 2009
USA – Mexico has Helped Contain Swine Flu - May 4 2009
Canada – Swine Flu Numbers Dwindle - May 2 2009
Swine Flu Map 1st May 2009 - May 2 2009
USA Swine Flu Shows No Sign of Spreading - May 2 2009

Apr 09open-close

Pandemic Swine Flu Imminent - Apr 30 2009
Swine Flu Photo - Apr 30 2009
Swine Flu Map - Apr 27 2009
UK World Prepared for Swine Virus - Apr 27 2009
Tassie act on Swine Flu - Apr 27 2009
USA can not contain Outbreak of Swine Flu - Apr 27 2009
SE Queensland cleared of Swine Flu - Apr 27 2009
What is Swine Flu - Apr 27 2009
NSW test for Swine Flu - Apr 27 2009
Deadly Swine Flu in Queensland - Apr 27 2009
Swine Flu 2 Admitted in Queensland - Apr 27 2009
USA Declare Swine Flu State of Emergency - Apr 26 2009
Swine Flu Strain Spreads - Apr 26 2009
000 Workers need more Training - Apr 24 2009
Royal Darwin Hospital on the Australia’s Front Line - Apr 21 2009
Asylum Burns Patients- Develop Secondary Infections - Apr 19 2009
Asylum Burns Patients- Good chance of Survival - Apr 18 2009
WA Hospital treats Asylum Burns Patients - Apr 18 2009
Asylum Burns Patients- Bali Experience Helps Hospital Emergency Plans - Apr 17 2009
UK Whistle Blowing Nurse Struck Off Register - Apr 17 2009
USA Gunman kills 2 at Long Beach Emergency Department - Apr 17 2009
Italian Hospital Collapses in Earthquake - Apr 17 2009
Darwin Nurse aids Asylum Burns Patients - Apr 16 2009
USA Report Increase in Child Abuse with Economic Downturn - Apr 16 2009
UK Nurse Whistle Blows Emergency Department - Apr 16 2009
Accidents Claim Children’s Lives - Apr 14 2009
Money in Bra saves Patients Life - Apr 14 2009
New Zealand Emergency Department Cuts Opening Hours - Apr 14 2009
Pressure on Feds to take over State Hospital Funding - Apr 13 2009
Victorian Hospitals Financial Crisis - Apr 11 2009
GBH Drug Overdose Dance Party - Apr 11 2009
Superbug causes lock down of Adelaide Hospital - Apr 11 2009
Baby born and died in ED toilet - Apr 4 2009
Last episode of ER shot - Apr 3 2009
Hospitals Fudge ED Figures - Apr 3 2009
New Zealand Concern re Senior Medical Coverage in Emergency Departments - Apr 2 2009
New Zealand Auckland’s North Shore Emergency Department Upgrade - Apr 2 2009
Hobart Private Emergency Department to Close - Apr 2 2009
Garling Report - Doctors lose Faith in System - Apr 1 2009

Mar 09open-close

Tassie Roads the Most Dangerous - Mar 30 2009
Garling Report NSW Health – Virtual Wards and Bullying - Mar 28 2009
Garling Report NSW Health – More Emergency nurses - Mar 27 2009
UK Stafford Hospital 1200 Deaths Suspected - Mar 18 2009
Management Crisis at Westmead Hospital - Mar 18 2009
Crisis Qld Hospitals 101% Full - Mar 17 2009
UK A&E Department linked to 400 Deaths - Mar 17 2009
UK Stafford Hospital. What went wrong - Mar 17 2009
Westmead Hospital under Further Crisis - Mar 16 2009
Financial crisis at Westmead Hospital Sydney - Mar 13 2009
Sydney’s Westmead Hospital Slash bed numbers - Mar 6 2009
Drinkers warned that 2 Drinks a Day is Unhealthy - Mar 6 2009
Mobile Phones Carry Hospital Infections - Mar 6 2009
NZ Staff assaulted in Emergency Department - Mar 2 2009

Feb 09open-close

Royal London Trauma Unit - Feb 24 2009
Health Care Reform in Australia - Feb 21 2009
Nurses Care for Burns Patients Post Fires - Feb 20 2009
New Paediatric Emergency Department in Perth causes controversy - Feb 20 2009
Do it yourself Emergency Department for the Unisured in the USA - Feb 18 2009
Prime Minister told to take control of the health system - Feb 16 2009
New vein viewer offer hope to improved cannulation - Feb 15 2009
Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital Manages the Crisis of Bushfire Victims - Feb 14 2009
Sensors and community nurses help patients stay out of USA emergency departments - Feb 12 2009
NHS Information Technology proves too difficult and expensive to implement - Feb 6 2009
No anaesthetic cover as some Emergency Departments in Sydney - Feb 2 2009
Australian Government says alcohol is not safe for the under 18’s - Feb 1 2009
Superbugs thrive as staff continues with poor hand washing techniques - Feb 1 2009

Jan 09open-close

New South Wales Nurses Association comments on the Garling Report - Jan 30 2009
Queensland Hospital Death Traps - Jan 30 2009
USA Congress move to improve healthcare funding for low and middle income children - Jan 30 2009
NSW Health on financial crisis - Jan 28 2009
Our hospitals are not safe - Jan 29 2009
New South Wales Health unable to paid bills Letter to Editor - Jan 29 2009
Royal College of Nursing Australia responds to Australian Medical Association criticisms of Nurses - Jan 15 2009

2008 archive open-close

Dec 08open-close

Shoot out in the corridor in Mexico ER - Dec 4 2008
Gran spends 63 hours waiting for a hospital bed - Dec 7 2008
USA Emergency Rooms under pressure - Dec 8 2008
British Ambulance Services unable to cope with winter demands - Dec 18 2008
Fine drunks who call out an ambulance. The NHS isn't there to pick up the pieces of a drunken night out - Dec 26 2008

Nov 08open-close

Britian opens First GP Superclinic - Nov 28 2008