The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association has called on the newly re-elected Baird Government to quarantine the state’s health system from what it described as a “pattern of privatisation” emerging within the sector. In a statement issued on Monday, NSWNMA ...

Australia's healthcare system is not making best use of available funding when deciding on allocating money to different services, a researcher has argued. Further, the Queensland University of Technology's Elizabeth Martin, who wrote the brief Rationing in Healthcare for the ...

Community and professional health groups have warned that despite the axing of the proposed GP co-payment, the remaining freeze on MBS rebates will still have a negative effect on primary healthcare. In announcing the government’s decision to abandon the policy under which adults without ...

The Australian Medical Association says the NSW opposition plan for nurse-led medical clinics to treat minor aliments won't relieve pressure on hospital emergency departments. But Labor leader Luke Foley is adamant the clinics will ease congestion at emergency rooms, and ...

Pressure continues to mount on the federal government to rule out plans for any form of Medicare patient co-payment. The ANMF is now backing criticisms from senior Liberal MP Mal Brough of his own party’s approach to primary care funding. Brough ...

The federal government is to commit $54.5 million over four years towards dementia support services for the establishment of a number of new Severe Behaviour Response Teams (SBRT). In a statement, assistant minister for social services Mitch Fifield explained that ...

A Liberal MP has called for the co-payment on GP visits to be dumped, as questions swirl about Tony Abbott's leadership. Queensland MP Mal Brough says Medicare spending on GP visits is not out of control. This contradicts the message from the government ...

Victorian nurses are calling on the state’s Royal District Nursing Service to stage the introduction of its new services model over a longer time period and are demanding a range of guarantees for any staff the changes affect. The demands come ...

Brisbane-based woman founds organisation to keep the innovation and vitality of younger staff in the fold.  Out of frustration over the lack of support for young staff, a Brisbane-based woman has established the Young Nurses Association. Nurse Emmy-Lou Hamley founded ...

Nurses and doctors have welcomed a government pledge for greater consultation with the health professions following the Coalition’s backdown on its controversial plans to slash rebates for shorter GP consultations. From next week, a scheduled change to standard, time-based GP ...