Flooded rural communities are being urged to access the support available to them. Rural communities in Queensland, NSW and Victoria that are now entering the recovery and re-building phase will be assisted by community support workers through the Commonwealth funded ...

Report finds NSW is winning the battle against cancer and heart disease. A new report which compares the NSW health system with those in 10 other countries says the state is winning the battle against cancer and heart disease. But ...

Calls made for government to listen to the health sector’s ideas on local primary health organisations, including a change of name. The government must listen to the health sector’s ideas when establishing local primary health organisations, starting with renaming the ...

Bernard Salt warns of impending baby boomer tsunami. Australia is about to be hit by a tsunami of ageing and demanding baby boomers at the same time as residential facilities are declining to provide more beds due to low government ...

Pressure on the government builds as more beds close across NSW. Nurses have closed more than 400 hospital beds across NSW as their industrial action enters its second week. Another 14 hospitals on Monday voted to join the action to ...

Governments urged to provide increased and targeted mental health services to affected people. People affected by the floods devastating Queensland are being urged to look after their mental health. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is warning ...

Aged Care nurses and assistants in nursing welcome 2011 as the year of reform. Nurses and assistants in nursing working in the aged care sector are hoping the government holds good on its promises of reform for the coming year, ...

Significant investments have been made in mental health services, but more can be done. The federal government says it is spending more than ever before on mental health services but admits it can do better. Mental Health Minister Mark Butler ...

A long-running dispute on pay and working conditions in South Australia has come to an end. South Australian nurses will get a pay rise before Christmas after accepting a state government offer. A ballot of Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation ...

Health reforms at risk under new state governments. Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she will continue to press her case for health reforms despite the prospect of an agreement being threatened by new coalition state governments. The federal government has ...