
Queensland gets 2509 new hospital beds - now for some doctors to put them to use
Queensland’s health minister has called for more medical student placements to be funded by the Commonwealth to help boost the health workforce.
Queensland’s health minister has called for more medical student placements to be funded by the Commonwealth to help boost the health workforce.
Queensland’s public health system could deal with a fourfold increase in Covid patients before it was overwhelmed, according to assumptions released today by economists at the Queensland Investment Corporation.
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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has defended her government’s healthcare system amid a ‘code yellow’ crisis across hospitals, saying all states and territories are under similar pressure.
Scorn keeps coming for Jacinda Ardern’s pivot from New Zealand’s COVID-19 elimination strategy, with health professionals, Maori groups, business and political opponents all attacking the move.
The prime minister has accused Queensland of using COVID-19 to “extort” more money for public hospitals.
Self-testing kits for COVID-19 will be made available in Australia from November 1 after a decision by health regulator the Therapeutic Goods Administration.