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There are more working nurses, but 14 500 registered or enrolled nurses are still looking to get into the workforce, new survey data shows. The number of employed nurses has increased by 13 per cent since 2005, a report released ...

Researchers will explore how regional families experience the challenges of childbirth. A NSW study on childbirth will document the experiences and expectations of regional and rural families as they access maternity care. The research to be conducted by Shari Bonnette ...

Mental health professionals describe epidemic of self-harm and suicide within detention centres. Mental health professionals have renewed their call for an end to the indefinite detention of asylum seekers. Psychologists, psychiatrists and mental health nurses have united to issue a ...

While it is yet to commit to the PC’s timetable for a national disability insurance scheme, the government has defended the seven year lead-in period outlined. While it is yet to commit to the PC’s timetable for a national disability ...

While district hospitals receive a tick of approval, the state’s regional hospitals rate poorly in new consumer scorecard. Some of the major public hospitals in regional NSW are among the lowest rated for outpatient care in the state, a survey ...

Seniors risk being left behind in the move to a digital environment. More than 40 per cent of older Australians say the internet is too expensive, leaving them at risk of being shut off from health and other online services. ...

A new report has urged the Federal Government to extend Medicare to asylum seekers. The Federal Government is facing calls to extend Medicare benefits to thousands of community-based asylum seekers following the release of a report which scrutinised their access ...

National research will inform how nurses communicate to families about organ donation. Every year roughly half of Australian families turn down the opportunity to donate the organs of their loved ones. In new research, registered nurse and university researcher, Holly ...

ANF says the PC did not offer real solutions. The final Productivity Commission report into aged care saying it fails to address quality care for elderly Australians, says the ANF. ANF federal secretary Lee Thomas said the report Caring for ...

Payroll problems are causing a nursing black hole. Queensland nurses are refusing to work certain shifts out of fear they won't be paid properly, in the latest twist in the payroll saga. The nurses' union has anecdotal evidence of staff ...