ACCORDING to the Productivity Commission, 2007-08 was a bad year in NSW hospitals for accidents which harmed or even killed patients. There were 59 so-called sentinel incidents - severely harmful events due to systemic failures - in NSW, 40 per cent of the national figure, from the state which accounts..read more

CANCER treatments should be independently reviewed to ensure toxic, expensive and ineffective drugs are not being overused at the expense of patients and taxpayers, according to leading oncologists.

LEADING oncologists have called for cancer treatments to be independently reviewed to ensure toxic and expensive drugs are not being overused at patients' and taxpayers' expense.

AFTER an Illawarra grandmother pocketed a record $16 million in the $2 Jackpot Lottery last September, there is no doubt that Warilla was the luckiest lottery suburb in the Illawarra for 2008.

THEY spoke of sending a message to their rivals, and Sydney University ensured it was heard loud and clear with a clinical and comprehensive win over Warringah on Saturday night, securing the minor premiership for the second successive year.