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ABC News
28-05-2025
- Health
- ABC News
NSW health announces review after explosive allegations
New South Wales Health has announced it will review the re-categorisation of surgeries undertaken at Orange Hospital. The announcement comes just hours after a 7.30 investigation revealed explosive allegations from the director of the surgical department Dr Rob Knox and his predecessor. Those alleged breaches include downgrading the urgency of cancer patients and delaying their surgery without clinical justification.
BBC News
07-05-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Cardiff: Heath hospital tolerated drugs and theft
Drugs and theft tolerated at hospital, report says Criminal behaviour, including theft and illegal drugs, went unchallenged at Wales' largest hospital, a report has found. An "atmosphere of fear" in the surgical department of University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff meant staff were scared to raise concerns. The report by Cardiff and Vale health board also found anaesthetic practitioners were not always in theatre for the whole operation, but instead were in the anaesthetic room on their phones or watching Netflix. The health board said it would consider the findings and recommended actions and implications of the service.
