The movement of consumer driven healthcare has become a growing phenomenon.  Engaging people accessing healthcare in the creation of policy, services, education and research is vital to address public needs, according to Dr Brett Scholz from ANU’S medical school. Dr ...

NSW looks set to make COVID-19 vaccination a mandatory condition of work for healthcare workers, as reported by the Sydney Morning Herald.  Health minister Brad Hazzard will sign a public health order this week which will mandate that health workers ...

Australia’s health inequality gap is growing, a new report has warned, and experts are calling for a cultural shift in policy to help curb preventable deaths in lower socioeconomic communities.  The 2021 Australia’s Health Tracker by Socio-economic Status report found ...

People with intellectual disabilities are hospitalised at significantly higher rates compared to the general population, according to an Australian-first study.The analysis, published last month in the Medical Journal of Australia, spotlighted the critical gaps present in our healthcare system.Researchers evaluated ...

Sydney state MP Alex Greenwich is leading the charge to legalise voluntary assisted dying in NSW, as he prepares to submit a bill for parliamentary debate next month. His campaign joins multiple states considering whether to grant people suffering from ...

The Federal Government’s $17.7 billion of funding to the aged care sector is a significant start to improving outcomes for aged Australians, but it does not enough go far enough to solve the problems in aged care which are deep ...

The most significant budget for a generation was handed down last week. After years of debate about how we should go about caring for our elders, now and into the future, this budget was to be the answer. Much like ...

The federal budget, which will be handed down on Tuesday, is expected to include a 10 billion package for aged care, which aged care minister Greg Hunt described as "the largest in Australian history". Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has told the ABC that ...

I started my nursing career 30 years ago in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit ward. During that time, I treated many diverse and complex cases and saw how my role as a nurse impacted patient lives. These experiences have motivated ...

‘When too much sport is barely enough’ is a much loved satirical credo made famous by the Australian sports comedians Roy Slaven and HG Nelson as they send up obsessed Australian sports fanatics. Something eerily similar seems applicable to the eight ...