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'Service delivery issues' drive rise in surgical deaths

Surgical deaths in Western Australia are continuing to rise, with delays in access to theatres driving the increase, according to the latest audit of surgical mortality.

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Calls for osteoarthritis to be embedded in primary care

Osteoarthritis should be integrated into primary and chronic disease care as part of an approach to slow the disease burden, experts have said.

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