As several countries in Europe and Africa battle a fourth wave of COVID-19, concerns as to whether Australia will follow have begun to emerge.  Top epidemiologist Professor Adrian Esterman said he is optimistic about the future but affirms that vaccines ...

A WA nurse has been arrested on suspicion of 'administering' fake COVID-19 vaccinations. The 51-year-old female RN has been charged in "relation to the fraudulent recording of vaccine information" according to a statement from the Western Australia Police Force. On ...

Nurses are calling on the NSW government to introduce hazard pay for health workers who have risked exposure to COVID-19. Registered nurse and NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association delegate, Jennifer Le, started an online petition urging the state premier to ...

With reports of nurses in New York burning their scrubs in protest against vaccine mandates and footage of workers protesting in Melbourne against lockdown, the divide between 'vaccine mindsets' is growing. Around 90 per cent of health workers in Australia ...

Unprecedented circumstances and workforce pressure has led more nurses, midwives and students to call for mental health support during COVID, a national counselling service has told Nursing Review. Mark Aitken, a registered nurse and manager from the Nurse & Midwife ...

Nurses in regional NSW fear that ongoing staff shortages and daily changes in exposure sites will leave them overwhelmed in the coming weeks, advocates have told Nursing Review. Health authorities have flagged the Central Coast as a growing area of ...

A Sydney doctor has declared “pre-Covid life has died” as he made an impassioned plea for the nation to get vaccinated as the only way of returning to some form of normality. In a now viral Facebook post, Sacha Kepreotis described ...

The corporate leader of an aged care centre in Sydney’s northwest has confessed she has no idea how many of its staff have been vaccinated against Covid-19. Summit Care Baulkham Hills chief operating officer Michelle Sloane told the media on ...

Vaccination against COVID-19 will now be mandatory for anyone working in residential aged care, the government has announced. In a late night press conference after a national cabinet meeting, PM Scott Morrison said state and territory leaders agreed that by ...

More than five million Australians have received the Covid-19 vaccine as the federal government announced GPs will be able to administer doses for people with disabilities and the elderly at their homes. Health and Aged Care Minister Greg Hunt said 5.9 ...