This International Women's Day allows us to honour the achievements and contributions of women in health who have kept communities safe during the pandemic. And yet nursing, the most female dominated profession in the world, continues to grapple with record ...

Nurses and public health officials have been locked in a "state of non-negotiations" following last week's historic industrial action, according to the peak nursing union. Nearly ten thousand nurses and midwives took to the streets in NSW last Tuesday to ...

While COVID-19 hospitalisations begin to slowly plateau across NSW, the state's intensive care nurses remain under intense pressure. “People are tired, people are angry, and helplessness and hopelessness are creeping in,” said ICU nurse and NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association ...

In Australia, medical errors result in as many as 18,000 unnecessary deaths, while more than 50,000 patients become disabled each year. Estimates suggest that 86 per cent of these events occur in a hospital setting.1 Medical errors can be caused ...

Australians living with mental illness are four times more likely to be hospitalised with a vaccine preventable illness compared to the rest of the population, according to recent studies. As NSW and Victoria emerge from extended lockdowns, experts are raising ...

The nursing and midwifery workforce is the largest group of regulated health professionals representing approximately 60 per cent of the registered workforce in Australia, and contributes significantly to the health outcomes of individuals, families and communities. As the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Unprecedented circumstances and workforce pressure has led more nurses, midwives and students to call for mental health support during COVID, a national counselling service has told Nursing Review. Mark Aitken, a registered nurse and manager from the Nurse & Midwife ...

Nursing, already under pressure, is reaching breaking point due to the pressures of COVID-19 and a disjointed healthcare system, including the acute, primary and aged care sectors. We must act now to protect our nurses and healthcare; the time has ...

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 ...