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Parliament told that aged care nurses spend 35 per cent of their time filling in paperwork. Red tape is weighing down the aged care sector from improving their services, much to the detriment of older Australians, parliament has been told. ...

Last chance for nurses and midwives due to renew registration by May 31. Australia’s nurses and midwives who were due to renew registration by May 31 and have not done so have only days left to apply or their registration ...

One in four Australians predicted to have incontinence by 2030, reveals a new report. A recent report has found that almost 4.8 million Australians are living with some form of incontinence, limiting their ability to work and resulting in $34.1 ...

Queensland nurses have raised serious concerns about the failure of the state budget to address mental health. Queensland mental health professionals have slammed last week’s Queensland budget for failing to provide long term mental health funding. Christine Palmer from the ...

It will be “virtually impossible” for nurses to bargain for real pay rise under new IR laws, say unions. Changes to NSW public sector wages are worse than expected and foreshadow further cuts to come, according to the opposition and ...

Australians are living longer as the number of people dying from chronic disease falls, a new report shows. Premature death due to chronic disease has dropped by nearly 20 per cent in the last decade, a new report from the ...

New drug to prevent and treat ventilator-induced lung injury. A new drug to treat potentially fatal lung injuries caused by ventilators in hospital intensive care units is being developed by Flinders University researchers. Alison Elder, a PhD candidate in the ...

The number of girls developing medical problems which can lead to cervical cancer has begun to drop, following the introduction of a revolutionary vaccine. A study of schoolgirls and young women given the cervical cancer vaccine in Victoria as part ...

Governments achieve mixed results in improving hospital care for all Australians. Elective surgery waiting times are not improving across the country and people are putting off seeing a doctor because of the cost, a national report has revealed. However, the ...

New program provides opportunities for practice nurses and general practice. The Practice Nurse Incentive Program, which starts on January 1 of next year, will bring great opportunities to nurses, GPs and consumers, according to participants of a workshop convened in ...