Gary Sacks, Deakin University There are renewed calls for the Australian government to implement a range of measures aimed at improving our diets. These include restrictions on junk food advertising, improvements to food labelling, and a levy on sugary drinks. ...

Australia's largest not-for-profit healthcare provider, St Vincent’s Health Australia, has announced they will be cutting ties with private health insurance provider nib. St Vincent’s CEO Chris Blake said nib had left the organisation with no choice but to end their ...

The Minns government will issue up to 300 body-worn cameras to public hospital security personnel as part of a 12-month trial to improve safety and protect hospital staff. The trial, which will be conducted across nine public hospitals, is part ...

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 ...