Labor will continue to lobby key cross benchers on private health insurance reforms. Health Minister Nicola Roxon has admitted the federal government won't be able to get its changes to the private health insurance rebate through the federal parliament this ...

The ANF denies its industrial action has put patient safety at risk at today’s Fair Work hearing. The Victorian government will ask Fair Work Australia today to terminate industrial action being taken by nurses, following the cancellation of 150 operations ...

Significant underemployment of graduates is predicted for 2012. Linda Belardi reports on how government policymakers are managing this workforce challenge. Australia is currently experiencing a boom in tertiary nursing enrolments. Federal government figures released in September show new commencements in ...

Reform priorities for an ageing society were firmly on the agenda of the Canberra tax forum. The chairman of the government's advisory panel on the economic potential of senior Australians, Everald Compton said the changing demographic in the nation's population ...

As far as the Productivity Commission's recommendations go, the Opposition and independent MPs aren't ruling anything in or out. Observers, meanwhile, are hopeful the need for reform will overcome the politics. Darragh O Keeffe reports. The opposition has said it ...

Allowing women to make a more informed choice for their second birth might help reduce unnecessary surgery, writes Christine Catling-Paull. In the developed world the topic of caesarean section often gives rise to an emotional debate. Some view the caesarean ...

Story Code: 08-011111 High mortality rates and the poor physical health of people with serious mental illness is overlooked in policy, writes Brenda Happell. "There has never been a mental health equivalent to the likes of Slip, Slop, Slap; 30 ...

Mounting calls for community health nurses to be employed in all schools, coupled with the development of national professional standards, may finally harness their potential in the community, writes Mardi Chapman. They are independent practitioners who see a wide range ...

Hospital staff protest at cuts to elective surgery and closure of beds. By Flynn Murphy A Tasmanian government bid to slash $100 million from the state's health budget has renewed calls for a federal takeover of the system. Nurses around ...

Opposition calls for decision to be reversed at senate estimates hearing. By Lisa Martin The Australian Bureau of Statistics "missed an opportunity" by excluding Aboriginal children from voluntary medical tests in the national health survey, a Senate hearing has been ...