This list of NSW-based female leaders from across local, state and federal governments were honoured for their talent in transforming communities and building high performing teams.

Congratulations to FACEM Dr Clare Skinner, who has been included in the Top 50 Public Sector Women (NSW) list.

Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospital boasts the best emergency department in Sydney when it comes to the amount of time patients spend waiting to be seen by a medical professional

Do you ever feel that everyone seems to have amazing coping skills yet you seem to be the only one who struggles with even the most basic aspects of “adulting”? Why does everyone else seem to live this perfect life and achieve so much, yet make it seem like it’s no big deal? Well, apparently it’s all a lie! We’re all struggling!

Hornsby Emergency Department is rare in that we have more female medicine consultants than male. We are leading the nation in terms of diversity and inclusivity in our team,

More than 90 emergency doctors and CMOs celebrated the inaugural NSW Emergency Doctor Health and Wellbeing Day on 17 January at the Clovelly Lawn Bowls Club.

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The first NSW Emergency Doctor Health and Wellbeing Day was held on Wednesday the 17th January at the Clovelly Lawn Bowls Club. There was a fantastic turnout of over 90 Emergency doctors in training and CMOs.

Winner for Minister for Health Award for Innovation​​ and finalist for Integrated Health Care.

The trend for medical tattoos poses an "ethical and awkward" situation for doctors, an emergency physician said last week.

For this two-part series, the MJA interviewed various stakeholders about the length of medical education. This first part focuses on the pathway before vocational training.

It’s not surprising that the new MyHospitals website – which enables us to compare waiting times for elective surgery and emergency department care at public hospitals and some private hospitals, and to source some other limited information – has drawn a somewhat mixed review.

The NSW Health Minister, Carmel Tebbutt, has announced her goals for the next 12 months to address the systemic problems that have plagued public hospitals for many years.

Can we fix our ailing hospital emergency departments?

In the ninth of 10 categories in our search for Australia's top 100 young leaders, we turn to those driving innovation and reform in healthcare.

The head of one of the state's busiest trauma centres warns that senior doctors have lost faith in the Government and remain highly cynical of its ability to overhaul the health system.

Hospital doctors and patients have reacted positively to a visit by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital.

Royal North Shore Hospital – where Kevin Rudd and Nicola Roxon will start their public consultation on health reform this morning – is the symbolic centre of community concern over the performance of NSW public hospitals.

A medical trainee has backed a top doctor's outspoken attack on inadequate hospital supervision, saying seriously injured patients commonly face life-threatening delays before being taken into surgery because senior consultants are often unavailable.

In this presentation to the the February 2008 meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, CPD Chair John Menadue addressed the fundamental structural conflict between clinical and corporate governance in our hospitals and suggested ways we can move towards solutions which achieve both medical and organisational excellence.