Law Matters Podcast: NSW Regional Health Crisis with Jamelle Wells
When Jamelle Wells’s relatively healthy, 85-year-old father took a fall, no one thought that he
Catherine Henry Lawyers
14 February 2023
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Media spotlight on regional NSW hospitals’ under-resourcing and systemic failures
Weekend media reports of incidents at Dubbo and Taree hospitals show the need for government
Catherine Henry Lawyers
14 September 2020
Did you know that where you live can affect your chance of a preventable hospitalisation?
Your likelihood of having a preventable hospitalisation varies by where you live, and your circumstances,
Catherine Henry
20 February 2020
Does your postcode affect your quality of healthcare?
An ABC Four Corners program, Health Hazard, looked at how your postcode can determine the
Catherine Henry
18 September 2019
Has the Garling Report improved NSW health care?
The ‘Final Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Acute Care Services in NSW
Catherine Henry Lawyers
10 September 2019
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COVID test delays another example of second class health services in regional and rural NSW
A story in The Guardian ‘Hanging vulnerable people out to dry’: Covid stretches rural Australian
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Deaths arising out of negligence and possible compensation
If a loved-one dies as the result of someone else’s negligence, am I entitled to
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When Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word for Medical Practitioners
So many of my clients say to me that if their treating health care professional
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18 April 2018
Why rural and regional residents shouldn’t be afraid to “rock the boat” after a bad medical result.
Too many people living in regional New South Wales are reluctant to seek answers from
Catherine Henry
28 March 2017
Preventable death in hospital
Unexpected injury or death of a loved one while in hospital care is a particularly
Catherine Henry Lawyers
1 March 2016
Complaints involving the Hunter New England Local Health District
We read with interest the article by journalist Gabriel Wingate-Pearse in the Newcastle Herald on
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8 January 2016
Why are we waiting? The crisis in hospital emergency departments
Most of us have at some stage had to attend the Emergency Department (ED) at
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11 October 2013
Special Bulletin: the Garling Report
After ten months of hearings conducted around the state, Commissioner Peter Garling SC delivered his
Catherine Henry
4 August 2013