NSW Health are building a single digital patient record (SDPR) system that will store all patient records in one place to streamline health services. The state's government said there are currently nine systems used for electronic medical records, 10 administration ...

Existing Canberra walk-in health clinics will be able to treat a wider range of conditions through merging with new Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs). The scheme will be joint funded by the ACT government and will attract an extra ...

In 2021, over 300,000 babies were born in Australia, with 17 per cent requiring admission to a special care nursery (SCN) or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Despite only making up two per cent of the nursing workforce, the number ...

Federation University Australia's (Fed Uni) new Masters of Nursing offers opportunity for registered nurses to become nurse practitioners (NPs) in regional Victoria to aid GP wait times. Masters degrees in nursing are now on the curriculum at a number of ...

Virtual reality (VR) is helping to create safer birthing experiences for Queensland mothers and their babies in remote towns. Nurses in the remote and predominantly Indigenous towns of north-west Queensland are learning how to prepare mothers for childbirth with the ...

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 ...

Dr Odette Best, former nurse and pro-vice chancellor of First Nations education and research at the Australian College of Nursing (ACN), told Nursing Review improving unequal healthcare starts with addressing individual bias and racism head on. "Racism is alive and ...

Last Tuesday, the NSW government announced that healthcare students willing to make a five-year commitment to the state's public health system will receive $4,000 scholarships in an effort to boost the number of health workers in the public system. New ...

The Queensland Government has introduced new initiatives to boost regional maternity services in rural and remote areas. As part of the $42 million funding announced in June, five new actions have been introduced following stakeholder feedback from the Ministerial Maternity ...

Almost half of all Australians have experienced a mental health disorder in their life. However, a dramatic shortage of mental health nurses puts a heavy burden on individuals and nurses. To address the ongoing problem, Edith Cowan University (ECU) is ...