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Nurses and midwives at more than 30 Sydney hospitals and community health centres to hold stop-work meetings. Nurses at hospitals and health centres across Sydney have voted to rally against the NSW government's industrial relations changes. The controversial public sector ...

Project aims to support family carers of loved ones at end-of-life. A Curtin University-led international collaboration is aiming to bring dignity and support to end-of-life patients and the people who care for them. In collaboration with Silver Chain Hospice Care, ...

St John of God Health Care has announced it will build Western Australia’s first ever regional coronary care unit. Each year, close to 3000 of the state’s South West residents are hospitalised in Perth for acute cardiac conditions, or have ...

Transition to national registration “too much, too soon, too quick”, finds inquiry. AHPRA should apologise to any practitioner who was mistakenly deregistered as a result of problems during the transition to a national registration system, and reimburse them for any ...

Researchers will investigate whether more AINs impact patient, staff and system outcomes. The impact of increasing the number of assistants in nursing has on patient, nurse and ward level outcomes will be investigated by a team of Australian and Canadian ...

Additional Medicare rebates for both the city specialist, and the healthcare worker physically with the patient. Medical specialists who provide videolink consultations to patients in remote areas will be paid a 50 per cent bonus in an effort to encourage ...

Unions plan first of “many rallies” against new IR laws. Protests against the NSW government's changes to public sector workplace laws have entered a new phase, with Sydney nurses to kick off state-wide strikes with a stop-work rally in Sydney ...

A new report is encouraging more Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to take up careers in health. Building a strong indigenous workforce is imperative to improving health outcomes and the life expectancy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people, with ...

A new study finds Australian nurses report greater job strain than their New Zealand counterparts, writes Fiona Cassie. Australian nurses are more likely to report high job strain than their New Zealand counterparts, the early data from a major longitudinal ...

Australian nurses are plagued by too many roles and titles. By Annie May The increasing number of new nursing roles and titles that exist in Australia is out of hand, say researchers. And with the many and varied titles comes ...