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A bereaved carer’s emotional turmoil often requires special support, but services frequently aren’t prepared to give them what they need. A PhD candidate who worked as a palliative care nurse for more than 20 years is calling for more support ...

The burden of proof extends well beyond demonstrating a breach of duty by the defendant. In any negligence case, it is for the plaintiff to prove its case on the balance of probabilities. One of the elements of doing this ...

A maternity program using Aboriginal grandmothers led to greatly improved health outcomes for Indigenous mothers and their babies. The Aboriginal Maternity Group Practice Program (AMGPP) aimed to provide culturally appropriate care. It employed Aboriginal grandmothers, Aboriginal health officers, and midwives ...

Patients, not paperwork, will be the focus in Queensland's hospitals after technology upgrades, the state government says. Health Minister Cameron Dick has unveiled a plan to allow patients to be monitored electronically and have their file notes digitally stored in ...

A northern NSW mother says she wants to set up a "no vax" childcare centre. Juanita Halden says she is responding to "no jab no play" policies, pro-vaccination health campaigns and government threats to strip welfare payments from parents who ...

NSW emergency departments are overwhelmed by an influx of patients with doctors saying there's not enough hospital beds. The latest Hospital Quarterly report from the Bureau of Health Information shows a 25 per cent increase in patients going to emergency ...

A man accused of pretending to be a nurse in two states is due to appear in a Queensland court on Wednesday after he was found wandering in the Northern Territory outback. Nicholas William Crawford, 30, faces 115 police charges ...

Some anti-diabetes drugs appear to work better in Asians than in white patients, which could help in the treatment of Chinese-Australians. A group of 200 people from the Chinese Diabetes Organisation attended the annual scientific meeting in Adelaide of the ...

A man accused of pretending to be a nurse in two states will be flown to Queensland after he was found wandering in the Northern Territory outback. Nicholas William Crawford faces more than 110 charges in Queensland after he allegedly ...

Women are more likely to die after heart attack treatment than men, new research has found. Experts said this could be because women tend to be older when they suffer heart attacks, and are also more likely to be diabetic. ...