Quelling elder abuse will be the charge of a national alliance, officially launched yesterday by Commonwealth Attorney-General Christian Porter, at an event hosted by Seniors Rights Service. The Federal Government earmarked funding for a new elder abuse peak body in ...
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ANMF calls for more transparency in aged care financial reporting, staffing
Aged care providers should prove taxpayer funding will be spent on direct care for residents, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has argued. The union has submitted a number of key recommendations to the federal Senate Inquiry into the financial and ...
More »Labor promises boost to public hospital funding
If elected, the Labor Party will commit an additional $2.8 billion to fund Australia’s public hospitals, the party announced in its Budget reply. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the funding injection would put more beds in emergency departments and on ...
More »Budget 2018-19: How did nurses fair?
The 2018-19 Budget has been released and Minister for Health Greg Hunt says it’s guaranteeing the essential health services that Australians rely on. While key industry stakeholders continue to pick through the Budget with a fine-tooth comb, Nursing Review canvasses ...
More »Public hospitals not equipped to meet rising demand for obesity care
Australia’s public hospitals are not adequately resourced to treat the one million adults who currently live with clinically severe obesity. The research behind the finding, led by Western Sydney University, held that the small number of specialist obesity services that ...
More »Path to better aged care: mandated staffing ratios or better funding base?
When quality of residential aged care is called into question, two paths to improvement seem to form: improved funding and mandated staffing ratios. The peak body for all providers of age services, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), is helping forge ...
More »RN to pollie? Kearney discusses her run for federal election
A new voice for nurses might be headed to federal parliament. Former registered nurse and current union leader Ged Kearney will run for the federal seat of Batman. President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Kearney will contest the ...
More »Lack of attention on complication rate reductions a tragedy: Grattan Institute
Australian hospitals should release information on complication rates so patients can identify gaps between the best and the worst-performing and make more informed decisions, health experts have urged in a new report. The Grattan Insitute report, All complications should count: ...
More »Pressure injury focus downgraded in new standards: peak body
Wound experts have taken umbrage with the new edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Care Standards. The peak body for wound care and management, Wounds Australia, voiced its concerns that the new set of standards will lead to ...
More »ED stats a wake-up call on nurse-to-patient ratios: union
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) is calling for improved nurse-to-patient ratios on the back of figures showing that the winter season was the busiest quarter on record for emergency departments in NSW public hospitals. In its most recent ...
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