Healthcare

"We're fed up": Thousands of Victorian healthcare workers just staged their first-ever 24-hour strike

The Health Services Union voted to begin industrial action after what it says was a "disrespectful" wage offer from the state government.

Healthcare

Labor tips $65 million into Gippsland health, but no dough for new Warragul Hospital

The funding will primarily be spent in Baw Baw and Bass Coast Shires.

Bass Coast Shire

Over a dozen organisations sign open letter opposing cuts to Victoria’s mental health services

A bill currently before parliament will decrease the number of commissioners from four to one.

Healthcare

How are Leongatha residents handling the closure of a local GP clinic?

Thousands of patients have been left searching for a new doctor after the healthcare service shut down in January.

Healthcare

More than 40 percent of Victorian GPs bulk bill, but at what cost?

The initial response to the Federal Government’s extra subsidies to GPs who provide bulk billing has been positive. But is it the panacea GPs need?

Healthcare

Ross River Virus detected in Gippsland mosquitos. Here’s how to stay safe

The infection can cause symptoms such as joint pain and tiredness for many months.

Wellington Shire

New Morwell endometriosis clinic set to open within months

The chronic and complex condition affects about one in seven Australian women.

Healthcare

Baw Baw Shire's youth mental health program to continue despite resident's concerns

A local resident queried the remit of council, but councillor Suzanne Allen spoke up for Live4Life.

Council

“Two tier health system,” local GP thinks Gippsland’s healthcare is falling behind

How long have you waited to get a GP or specialist healthcare appointment? Gippsland candidates promise to fix the region's healthcare disparity.

Election

Gippsland is underserved on mental health. Who has a real plan to fix it?

Ten percent of Gippsland residents experience ‘high mental stress’. Politicians of all stripes are promising to do better.

Election

20 percent of Gippslanders think GP wait times are too long. Will election promises change that?

Healthcare and bulk billing a primary concern for Gippsland at the election box.

Election

Long wait times, hour-long drives: How do we fix healthcare in Gippsland?

“People living in rural and remote Australia have substantially higher levels of preventable hospitalisations, burden of disease, and avoidable deaths.”

Healthcare

$600 million pledged, 17 years waiting: Candidates promise to build West Gippsland’s New Hospital

Residents have been waiting for the new West Gippsland Hospital for over a decade, will a federal election finally make an improved health facility a possible?

Gippsland

Healthcare

"We're fed up": Thousands of Victorian healthcare workers just staged their first-ever 24-hour strike

Labor tips $65 million into Gippsland health, but no dough for new Warragul Hospital

Over a dozen organisations sign open letter opposing cuts to Victoria’s mental health services

How are Leongatha residents handling the closure of a local GP clinic?

More than 40 percent of Victorian GPs bulk bill, but at what cost?

Ross River Virus detected in Gippsland mosquitos. Here’s how to stay safe

New Morwell endometriosis clinic set to open within months

Baw Baw Shire's youth mental health program to continue despite resident's concerns

“Two tier health system,” local GP thinks Gippsland’s healthcare is falling behind

Gippsland is underserved on mental health. Who has a real plan to fix it?

20 percent of Gippslanders think GP wait times are too long. Will election promises change that?

Long wait times, hour-long drives: How do we fix healthcare in Gippsland?

$600 million pledged, 17 years waiting: Candidates promise to build West Gippsland’s New Hospital

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