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Ministers step in to restore professional confidence in AHPRA. Extra resources will be provided to the national health registration agency in an effort to fix its significant administrative problems. The pledge was made by state and federal health ministers at ...

Award to be honoured regardless of the outcome of the March election. A new award the nurses union has negotiated with the NSW government has the backing of the coalition if it wins the March state election. Under the award, ...

New study finds Australians wait too long to go to the hospital. Australians in the early phase of a heart attack wait too long to go to hospital, a study has shown, pointing to less time for treatment to stem ...

While more details are needed, overall those in the health sector have welcomed the federal government’s new deal for national health reform. Julian Drape reports. Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled the latest incarnation of Labor’s plan to shake up the ...

Hiding your true feelings at work can damage your well-being, research has found. Murdoch University PhD candidate Steve Brown has researched some of the ways in which health care providers cope with ‘emotional labour’ – the act of suppressing your ...

By not seeing health care as an economic issue, we are denying ourselves powerful tools to help solve the problem, says BCA. COAG health reforms are a first step in improving the funding of the healthcare system but are a ...

For many, winning a campervan would be a ticket to enjoy a dream holiday but for one midwife, it is the perfect vehicle to help her make a difference. When Ona Macleod looks out the window of her Murwillumbah home ...

Extra spending would allow for hundreds of additional lives to be saved, a new study finds. As health experts await a decision on whether bowel cancer screening will continue to exist in Australia, a study has shown how an expanded ...

A Perth nurse and keen cyclist will ride more than 4200kms to raise money for research into cystic fibrosis. Thirty-three days, 4200km and two guys on their bikes doesn’t only add up to an epic adventure, but hope for thousands ...

Establishing an efficient price for hospital services is a very complex issue which will take time, warns experts. Health professionals are urging the government to go slowly in its introduction of activity-based funding for public hospitals, with concerns raised that ...