Danielle Harrop, The University of Queensland; Debra Pauza, Indigenous Knowledge, and William Wang, The University of Queensland A First Nations child born in Australia today can expect to live eight to nine years less than a non-Indigenous child born on ...
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Emergency Support Officers start at Hobart hospital
A newly established unit has been tasked with reducing the number of incidents at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) Emergency Department. Following the stabbing of a doctor at the North West Regional Hospital in April last year, the Department of ...
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Australian nurses are leaving permanent employment for contracting work at an unprecedented rate. With a survey from APNA revealing that 87% of nurses feel stressed at work, 80% report exhaustion and 73% say they work too much, it’s no surprise ...
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Australians are living longer than ever. But these extra years of life come with higher rates of long-term and complex conditions and greater health care needs. The government wants to improve Australians’ access to primary care services. These services would ...
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In Labor's first NSW budget, treasurer Daniel Mookhey makes $13 billion in cuts and savings, and increases a tax on big multinationals to fund a promised $3.6 billion in pay rises for public sector workers such as nurses and teachers. ...
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