health care

Cover of Australian Government Intergenerational Report 2023

Slower ageing, but slower economic growth: the Intergenerational Report in 7 charts

25 Aug 2023

The latest Intergenerational Report shows Australia less old than it was going to be, but poorer. And eventually needing to pay more tax.

Photo of Emma Palmer, Skie Safaraz and Iva Strnadova in a doctor's office with a film camera.

GeneEQUAL: a model of inclusive health care for people with intellectual disability

19 Jul 2023

Receiving genetic health care can be a challenging, isolating experience for many people with intellectual disability. Meet the UNSW researchers who are trying to change that.

Hospital corridor with bed and equipment and patients walking

Medical Emergency Team: from an idea to saving 10,000 Australian lives each year

29 Jun 2023

They prevent more deaths than almost any other single hospital intervention, but implementing Medical Emergency Teams in hospitals was no easy task.

Why Australia should reform medical negligence

02 Dec 2022

Alternative dispute resolution options would improve outcomes for patients harmed by health care.

a road sign all but submerged in floodwaters

Hospitals are at risk of flooding as climate changes. We need evacuation plans

31 Jan 2022

Hospitals will have to plan for larger floods – and find ways to safely evacuate staff and patients.

Teenage girl in wheelchair using a laptop next to her mother

Children with disability are prioritised, but struggle to get a vaccine appointment

30 Sep 2021

In a new survey, almost two-thirds of parents reported having trouble securing a vaccination for their child or children with disability.

Smarter health care - Prof Anushka Patel

16 May 2018

UNSW's Professor Anushka Patel, Chief Scientist at The George Institute for Global Health, has been awarded the 2018 Australian Academy of Science Gustav Nossal Medal for Global Health.

Death in offshore detention: predictable and preventable

27 Apr 2016

In ten or 20 years there will be inquiries into the serious harms inflicted by immigration detention. We will listen and ask ourselves why “good people stood by”, write Karen Zwi and Nicholas Talley.

Getting doctors to reduce diagnostic testing is hard, but we should keep trying

07 Jul 2015

Health-care resources are wasted when doctors overuse diagnostic tests, writes Rakesh Kumar.

Healthy hospitals

10 Nov 2008

Research aimed at reducing the number of patients harmed in our hospitals has been awarded $8.4 million - making UNSW the largest recipient of NHMRC Program Grants for 2009.