An Australian not-for-profit health and aged care organisation has reaffirmed its willingness to provide medical support and healthcare to asylum seekers currently held in offshore detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru. St Vincent’s Health Australia (SVHA) has lent its ...
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Workplace violence on the rise in Queensland: survey of nurses
Around half of Queensland’s nurses and midwives say they have experienced workplace violence in the three months prior to a survey of state union members. This is up from around 40 per cent reported in 2001. The survey of 2397 ...
More »Wyong Hospital to remain public, more work to be done: union
New South Wales health minister Brad Hazzard has announced that Wyong Hospital will remain in public hands, in a reversal of the state government's plan to move towards a public-private partnership. The announcement follows 10 months of campaigning from the state nursing ...
More »Nurses back recommendations from elder abuse report
Key nursing bodies have backed recommendations to explore the staffing and skills mix in residential aged care to combat abuse of elderly Australians. The Australian Law Reform Commission on Wednesday 14 June 2017 released its report, Elder Abuse – A ...
More »Human trafficking: what can healthcare organisations do?
A health and aged care provider is tackling Australia’s role in human trafficking head on. St Vincent’s Health Australia has joined forces with anti-human trafficking group Australian Catholic Religious Against Trafficking in Humans (ACRATH) to change the way hospitals treat ...
More »Nursing the planet: theatre staff champion sustainability program
Nurses at Epworth Richmond are leading a hospital-wide effort to divert an estimated 12 tonnes of hospital waste from landfill each year. Theatre nurse Rebecca Pascoe has been heading a team of staff that drives the recycling of aluminium and ...
More »Federal Budget 2017-18: the sector reacts
Following its release last night, health and aged care peak bodies and industry experts have sorted through the Turnbull Government’s 2017-18 Federal Budget with a fine-tooth comb. Here, Nursing Review shares what they believe are the biggest wins for the ...
More »Opinion: inexpensive hearing aids may not benefit consumers in the long run
On World Hearing Day – 3 March 2017 – while global initiatives were being rolled out to advocate for people with hearing loss and to ensure that effective systems are in place to deliver this, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...
More »Axing 457 visas: the remote bottom line
Peak bodies in healthcare have raised concerns over the capacity of rural and remote services to meet workforce demand following the government’s announcement that it will axe 457 visas. The calls follow Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement via a Facebook ...
More »No place like home: exploring the potential of community nursing
Could community nursing be the solution to the ever-growing hospital bed shortage? Many hospitals across Australia regularly struggle to cope with the number of patients versus the number of beds available. Beds are in high demand, and doctors and nurses ...
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