After two years of negotiations, 250 days of protected industrial action and three no votes, NSW nurses and midwives have voted to accept the latest enterprise agreement proposed by employer Ramsay Health Care. Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives ...
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Class action launched against Bupa Aged Care
An Australian law firm has today announced that it has commenced a class action against Bupa aged care facilities on behalf of residents. Echo Law alleges that from July 1 2019 “Bupa Aged Care failed to provide staffing levels that ...
More »Better cleaning of hospital equipment could cut patient infections by one-third – and save money
Hospital-acquired infections are infections patients didn’t have when they were admitted to hospital. The most common include wound infections after surgery, urinary tract infections and pneumonia. These can have a big impact for patients, often increasing their time in hospital, ...
More »Tom Gleisner wrote a comedy musical – and it’s set in an aged care home
As one of the great minds behind The Castle, Frontline and Utopia, Tom Gleisner is someone you'd consider to be part of the country's comedy elite, so his latest project may come as a surprise – a musical about aged ...
More »NSW public system doctors start three-day strike
Doctors are walking off the job for three days in NSW public hospitals. The doctors say they can be paid 20 to 30 per cent more in Queensland or Victoria and are hoping to be awarded pay rises like the state’s ...
More »Soaring flu cases prompt warning from nation’s peak health bodies
Australians have been urged to get a flu vaccination as cases surge across the country, almost doubling in one state. The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reported there has been more than 46,300 cases of influenza across Australia this year ...
More »Australia will vote on May 3, could this be a turning point for healthcare?
The nation will head to the polls on May 3 to decide on the next Prime Minister of Australia, in what will be a key moment for the healthcare sector. After much anticipation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the general ...
More »Strikes, sales and a parliamentary inquiry: Healthscope on the brink
Turmoil surrounds private hospital operator Healthscope. The Canadian-owned health giant operates 38 private hospitals across the country, including Sydney’s Northern Beaches Hospital ,which has recently made headlines due to the death of two-year-old Joe Massa and subsequent NSW parliamentary inquiry. ...
More »Times up: Qld nurse and midwife strikes looms as tens of thousands of wage contracts expire
The Queensland government is on the brink of a major union showdown, as wage contracts for tens of thousands of nurses and midwives are being negotiated. Tensions have risen, with strike action looming alongside the critical March 31 deadline, as exhausted ...
More »What to expect from tonight’s federal budget: Health and cost of living relief
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down the federal budget at 7:30pm (AEDT) tonight, Tuesday March 25. Here's what we know so far. The Albanese government has already made a number of significant pledges towards the improvement of national healthcare, and ...
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