On The Ground

St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital’s Breast Care Service has celebrated its first birthday – and staff are now welcoming back some of the original patients ...

By gmorley • June 7, 2022

Australia’s elective surgery waiting list backlog just got larger, with a sharp increase in ‘missing’ episodes of care in Australia’s private hospitals in the first ...

By Frith Rayner • May 25, 2022

After years of battling to be heard, years of doubting herself while managing a body that seemed to be attacking itself, Julia Argyrou has a ...

By gmorley • May 24, 2022

Supervising your teenagers as they learn to drive can be an edge-of-your-seat experience for any parent, but for one Melbourne dad it was literally life-changing. Scott ...

By gmorley • May 10, 2022

Hollywood Private Hospital has celebrated a milestone achievement for its cardiothoracic service, providing life-saving care to Perth patients. The team has now performed more than ...

By gmorley • April 27, 2022

Mt Wilga Private Hospital’s revolutionary treatment of lymphoedema has been recognised by winning the Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA) Awards for Excellence, Clinical Excellence category. The ...

By Frith Rayner • April 13, 2022

Driven by a passion for helping others, Sarah Valerie has just taken one of the most symbolic steps on her path to becoming a doctor. The ...

By gmorley • March 29, 2022

It opened as a military hospital in February 1942 during World War Two, taking in 35 patients as fighting in the Pacific theatre reached Australia’s ...

By gmorley • March 29, 2022

The team at Epworth Freemasons Maternity has celebrated a special milestone, welcoming the 100,000th baby to be born at the Melbourne hospital. Krystal Caruana gave birth ...

By gmorley • March 29, 2022

Specialist nurses are helping to make “a big difference” for cancer patients at Hollywood Private Hospital, which is investing in extra support to meet rising ...

By gmorley • March 16, 2022