Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler has announced University of Newcastle's Professor Jennifer May is to take over as National Rural Health Commissioner. The University of Newcastle graduate has dedicated her career to rural health care, working as ...

A newly established unit has been tasked with reducing the number of incidents at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) Emergency Department. Following the stabbing of a doctor at the North West Regional Hospital in April last year, the Department of ...

Eleven months, 4000 submissions, and six hearings later the final report for the inquiry into NSW birth trauma has been released. The Select Committee on Birth Trauma released its 256-page report last week with five findings and 43 recommendations to ...

Victorian nurses and midwives have voted to reject a new pay offer with some calling for the branch secretary to stand down over her comments about it. A "last resort" industrial action by the members of the Victorian branch of ...

A boost to staffing numbers was welcomed by the nurses' union with the immediate introduction for nurse-to-patient ratios for NSW public hospitals. The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) has welcomed around 70 additional full-time equivalent nurses at the Royal ...

A nurses' union has warned the state government that it will be pursuing more action to build up the depleting public hospital workforce. In a statement released yesterday, the NSW Nurse and Midwives' Association (NSWNMA) called for a 15 per ...

Nursing, teaching, midwifery and social work students will be eligible for a $320-a-week payment in a bid from the federal government to ease the financial burden of unpaid placements. A day after revealing it will wipe $3bn worth of student ...

A $25.2m government program for nurses and midwives is being funded in hopes of combatting burnout, stress, and abuse that leads them to leave the industry. The Nurse Midwife Health Program Australia is in its first phase with a support ...

The Albanese government seeks to delay aged care wage rises of 23 per cent by almost two years due to concerns that a large pay jump could fuel labour shortages by attracting workers from other sectors. The government has requested ...

An increase to award wages for Certificate III aged care workers has "finally" been secured. The Fair Work Commission ordered pay increases of 23 per cent for assistants in nursing (AINs) and personal care workers (PCWs) with a Certificate III ...