Victorians will get hundreds more nurses and midwives if changes to nurse-to-patient ratios are voted through parliament. The Labor Government announced plans to make amendments to the Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) that will ...
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Thousands of NZ nurses back to work after country-wide strike
New Zealand nurses and midwives have wrapped up industrial action this morning. The strike was held following an online vote by the New Zealand Nurses Organisation’s (NZNO) 30,000-strong membership through which the majority rejected the latest proposed District Health Boards ...
More »Proposed student loan threshold will unfairly handicap graduates: nurses
Prospective university students might be turned off a career in nursing under changes to university loan repayment thresholds, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has warned. The college said the move might exacerbate anticipated workforce shortages – a dearth of ...
More »Nurses to freeze some duties in Geelong industrial action
Maternal and child health nurses in Geelong will begin the first stage of industrial action on Wednesday after they rejected an annual leave offer by the city's council. Nurses from 20 maternal and child health centres across the Geelong region ...
More »Elder abuse alliance to work to end “scourge on society”
Quelling elder abuse will be the charge of a national alliance, officially launched yesterday by Commonwealth Attorney-General Christian Porter, at an event hosted by Seniors Rights Service. The Federal Government earmarked funding for a new elder abuse peak body in ...
More »ANMF calls for more transparency in aged care financial reporting, staffing
Aged care providers should prove taxpayer funding will be spent on direct care for residents, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has argued. The union has submitted a number of key recommendations to the federal Senate Inquiry into the financial and ...
More »Labor promises boost to public hospital funding
If elected, the Labor Party will commit an additional $2.8 billion to fund Australia’s public hospitals, the party announced in its Budget reply. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the funding injection would put more beds in emergency departments and on ...
More »Budget 2018-19: How did nurses fair?
The 2018-19 Budget has been released and Minister for Health Greg Hunt says it’s guaranteeing the essential health services that Australians rely on. While key industry stakeholders continue to pick through the Budget with a fine-tooth comb, Nursing Review canvasses ...
More »Public hospitals not equipped to meet rising demand for obesity care
Australia’s public hospitals are not adequately resourced to treat the one million adults who currently live with clinically severe obesity. The research behind the finding, led by Western Sydney University, held that the small number of specialist obesity services that ...
More »Path to better aged care: mandated staffing ratios or better funding base?
When quality of residential aged care is called into question, two paths to improvement seem to form: improved funding and mandated staffing ratios. The peak body for all providers of age services, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), is helping forge ...
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