Joanna Woodburn
Reporter at ABC News (Australia)
ABC journalist with a penchant for rural, resources and the regions. [email protected] (Ask for WhatsApp/Signal)
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Joanna Woodburn |Catherine Hanrahan
Elective surgery waitlists in New South Wales have blown out, with a major increase in the number of overdue operations. The Bureau of Health Information (BHI) released its latest quarterly report for January-March 2025 which revealed 8,587 people waited longer for their surgery than clinically recommended. That is a rise of 151.3 per cent, or 5,170 patients, compared with the same period in 2024.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Joanna Woodburn
When a "code black" is declared at a New South Wales hospital it means staff safety is at threat. For clinicians it also signals their hospital is at capacity. Senior doctors at Orange in the state's central west say this declaration is being made at the city's public hospital, Orange Health Service, too often. Director of surgery Rob Knox said recently the hospital had spent half a month in the most "critical state of bed block". "[That's] where we've used up all surge capacity.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Joanna Woodburn
Inside one of NSW's largest regional hospitals doctors allege there are patient care breaches that contravene NSW health policy. Those alleged breaches include downgrading the urgency of cancer patients and delaying their surgery without clinical justification. Doctors say hospital management is to blame and also accuse them of not bringing on an extra breast cancer surgeon because it would create more demand.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Joanna Woodburn
A regional Australian city, famous for its food and wine, is now hoping to be the world's next Silicon Valley. Orange, in central west New South Wales, is positioning itself as an innovation and agricultural technology (ag-tech) hub, with a growing smorgasbord of entrepreneurs choosing to base themselves in the district. "The running joke at the moment is that Orange is the next Palo Alto or Silicon Valley," Hamish Munro, founder of digital start-up Pairtree, told 7.30.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Xanthe Gregory |Joanna Woodburn
A four-month investigation into the discovery of "forever chemicals" in a New South Wales river has identified a composting facility as a major contamination source. The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) began an extensive testing program of the Belubula River in the state's central west after PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, were detected last year.
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