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Aged care has been plunged back into the centre of a COVID-19 crisis as three people have tested positive for the virus in Victoria. Two staff members and one resident have contracted coronavirus at Arcare Maidstone, while it was also ...

The nurse who cared for British PM Boris Johnson when he was in intensive care with COVID-19, has quit the NHS over lack of respect for nurses. Kiwi Jenny McGee told the UK's Channel 4 that nurses felt the government ...

The Federal Government’s $17.7 billion of funding to the aged care sector is a significant start to improving outcomes for aged Australians, but it does not enough go far enough to solve the problems in aged care which are deep ...

As the world continues to navigate through an unprecedented and ever-changing pandemic, the role of nurses remains visibly crucial to the care of patients. After all, it is our nurses who spend, and continue to spend, enormous amounts of time providing direct care to patients who ...

A Victorian nurse who administered only one COVID vaccine during an eight-hour shift has aired her dismay as concern mounts around the public’s uptake of the jab. The nurse, who works at a mass vaccination hub in the state, was left fuming ...

Victorian health Minister Martin Foley says millions of dollars in funding slashed from the state’s hospitals will add intense pressure in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. Mr Foley said the federal government had cut an estimated $93 million from ...

The most significant budget for a generation was handed down last week. After years of debate about how we should go about caring for our elders, now and into the future, this budget was to be the answer. Much like ...

Almost a quarter of all available COVID-19 vaccine doses are not being used in Australia, the federal health department has revealed. According to the latest commonwealth vaccine data, the Northern Territory has the worst rate of vaccine utilisation, closely followed by Queensland. ...

"Australia is coming back," beamed treasurer Josh Frydenberg as he began his budget speech. "In the face of a once‑in‑a‑century pandemic, the Australian spirit has shone through. Doctors and nurses on the front line. Teachers and students in the virtual ...

Women’s services are tipped to be a winner in the federal budget with $354 million packages being spread across the issues of cervical and breast cancer, endometriosis and reproductive health. Among the funding announced by federal health minister Greg Hunt and MP Dr ...