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How are Australia’s nurses and doctors handling the COVID-19 crisis? That’s the question a new study will help unpack as it delves into the virus’ role in the psychosocial work environment. Nursing senior lecturer Dr Ashlyn Sahay from CQUniversity said ...

A research team from Monash University has designed portable units which can transform acute and sub-acute hospital rooms into temporary palliative care rooms. The Pal-care unit is the brainchild of the husband and wife team of Dr Thinn Thinn Khine and ...

COVID-19 has kept people away from the health system, meaning many have missed out on crucial care, but Australian researchers say it’s not all bad news. Across the globe, there was a 37 per cent reduction in healthcare use across ...

A Queensland aged care nurse who worked at an aged care facility while infected with COVID-19 has lodged a complaint against the state’s government officials. Back in May, the nurse was called out by the Queensland premier Annastacia Palaszczuk for ...

The lawyers assisting the aged care royal commission last week handed down 124 recommendations for the commissioners to consider – and Australia’s nurses say the majority must be implemented. Counsel assisting Peter Rozen said there has been an absence of ...

The Australian government has given the suppliers of two COVID-19 vaccines indemnity against liability for rare side-effects – but one academic argues Australia needs compensation schemes in place. Associate Professor Nicholas Wood, from the Faculty of Medicine and Health at ...

Despite all the scientific and medical advances of recent centuries, nothing can bring back the dead we have lost due to the pandemic. Nor can the prosperity and general affluence of modern life erase the pain of losing loved ones ...

The premise to Netflix’s new film, Dick Johnson is Dead, is simple. Documentarian Kirsten Johnson’s father, the eponymous Dick, is diagnosed with dementia, so to work through the grief, loss and impending death, she decides to chronicle the last few ...

The coronavirus pandemic and aged care were two of the big ticket items in last night’s Budget. One of the aged care centrepieces was $1.6 billion for 23,000 additional home care packages. There was also $81 million for additional surge ...

A Labor government would set up a centre for disease control to strengthen Australia's preparedness for future pandemics, party leader Anthony Albanese says. Albanese said lives and the economy depended on Australia getting its response to future pandemics right. "Ask ...