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A Senate inquiry into Australia’s rural health workforce has supported a recommendation for the government to extend HECS relief to nurses relocating to rural areas. The final committee report said the current HECS reimbursement scheme was inequitable and should be ...

Health budget cuts in Tasmania have adversely affected patient outcomes and contributed to significant workforce retention and morale issues, a damning parliamentary committee report has found. The inquiry’s interim findings said the state’s ability to attract and retain a quality ...

The role of the occupational nurse has moved from mainly clinical duties to involve more on-the-job training and risk management. By Mardi Chapman Occupational health nurses might have to wear high-visibility vests on the job but their size and prominence ...

In an Australian first, a national study will map all the common gene mutations that cause deadly skin cancer in an attempt to find new ways to treat the disease. The $5.5 million Australian Melanoma Genome Project will initially screen ...

Infectious disease experts have warned that some Australian communities may be missing out on immunisations following an outbreak of measles in NSW. The Royal College of Pathologists of Australia (RCPA) has also called on health professionals to be aware of ...

Australians heading overseas for "surgery holidays" need better information about the potential risks involved, a peak national health body has warned. A better public awareness campaign is needed because of the growing number of Australians saving cash by undergoing surgery ...

The nurse who blew the whistle on former Queensland surgeon Jayant Patel says she is "devastated" to hear his manslaughter convictions have been quashed by the High Court. Nurse Toni Hoffman, who worked alongside Patel at the Bundaberg Base Hospital ...

Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg said the government will publish how long people are waiting to get on surgery waiting lists in an effort to "force a change in culture" in the system. Springborg said he hoped the move would ...

Victoria's abandoned multi-million-dollar e-health system implemented in just a handful of hospitals was overly ambitious and has not improved patient safety, an inquiry has been told. The HealthSMART rollout began in 2003, costed at $360 million, under the previous state ...

Almost half of all parents with a mental illness have failed to seek help because they feared losing custody of their child, according to a study by the national mental health charity SANE Australia. Even more - 64 per cent ...