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Government announces new round of scholarships. The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler has announced a new round of scholarships under the Supporting a Professional Aged Care Workforce Program. "The scholarships available under this program provide aged care ...

Nurses use Mental Health Week to call for more action to treat chronic illness. The detrimental impact of untreated mental health disorders on patients suffering from chronic illnesses will be a focus of Mental Health Week. ANF federal secretary Lee ...

Specialist nurses are in high demand. Despite job vacancies nationwide falling in September, health care professionals remain in demand. Job agency IPA Recruitment said the number of job vacancies fell 5.7 per cent in September, following a steady August. IPA ...

World-first $100 million health research centre opens. After three years of constant pain and visits to numerous doctors and specialists, 18-year-old Sam McKnoulty thought the wound on his foot that refused to heal would be with him for life. That ...

A high number of people are presenting to the ED with elevated blood sugar levels but are unwilling to do anything about it, new research shows. More proof of Australia's looming diabetes "tsunami" has emerged, along with signs many of ...

Nurses welcome boost for clinical placements in regional Australia. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the start of more funding for health services in regional communities. The opening of applications for the new round of funding under the Health and ...

Despite the impending epidemic, annual spend on dementia research is $20 million, compared to $160 million for cancer. The release of the ‘World Alzheimer Report 2010’ in Sydney recently has reinforced the seriousness of the impending dementia epidemic, but it ...

Deal with WA looks as unlikely as ever. West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has said he believes several states are prepared to pull out of the national health reform agreement. It is nearly six months since WA became the only ...

Union welcomes the Victorian government's plan for more emergency department nurses. An additional 34 nurses will be employed as part of emergency department response teams at 14 key Victorian metropolitan emergency departments during peak times of the day. Making the ...

New QLD Health payroll model to help deal with pay issues at a local level. Queensland Health says it's on track with its payroll bungle fix - injecting extra staff into special pay hubs at local hospital district level across ...