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In Australia, medical errors result in as many as 18,000 unnecessary deaths, while more than 50,000 patients become disabled each year. Estimates suggest that 86 per cent of these events occur in a hospital setting.1 Medical errors can be caused ...

Slowly reducing work hours and reshifting traditional retirement plans may help fulfil older workers and relieve worker shortages, new research has shown. A recent study from Edith Cowan University analysed data taken from 398 mature workers in the Australian public ...

Operating rooms and hospital wards are sitting empty, specialised health care workers are basically on leave and thousands of Aussies are missing out on crucial surgeries, a leading medical body has warned. As the current Omicron wave forces authorities to make tough ...

Australia’s top medical officer has hinted that other states and territories could soon follow Victoria’s lead in declaring a “code brown” for hospitals, as Omicron continues to wreak havoc around the country. Chief medical officer Paul Kelly said Victoria had ...

Australia’s most reliable rapid antigen tests have now been revealed, with the country’s peak health regulatory agency now giving the green light to dozens of tests. The federal government has received backlash amid a shortage in RATs, after millions of ...

A nurse who was bed-ridden with Covid two years ago has been struck down with the virus again, but this time it’s very different. The Adelaide nurse has described how “lightning does strike the same place twice” after being struck down by Covid-19 again. ...

Global death rates among people living with type 2 diabetes have declined, according to experts, who say recent improvements in prevention have helped people to live longer with the disease. A new study, published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology, ...

Aiming to wait at least 60 seconds before clamping the umbilical cord in premature babies can significantly reduce their risk of death and disability, new research has found. Researchers from the University of Sydney analysed the outcomes of 1500 pre-term ...

Older health workers in Australia are battling higher levels of fatigue and a lack of respect in the workplace, according to a new study. Researchers from the University of South Australia spoke with 50 nurses and midwives aged between 47 ...

Before it had hit nine o’clock on a Monday morning, school nurse Lisa Chalmers had already been greeted with a raft of changes made to COVID-19 protocols and a student returning home from South Africa. "That involves then working through ...