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Qld hospitals overflowing, nurses ‘gagged’
Reports of overcrowding, poor treatment and misdiagnosis have emerged at two Queensland hospitals, with nurses’ unions expressing concern over the…
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Nurses key to combatting falling vaccination rates
A National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance report has confirmed that Australia’s childhood vaccination rates are in decline, a…
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Measles outbreak escalates in Qld, NSW
Masks are now compulsory in parts of Cairns Hospital to due growing concerns over the number of measles infections in…
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Record-breaking winter likely for hospitals
New data has revealed emergency rooms in NSW are treating record numbers of patients needing urgent attention, with the state…
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Ambulance ramping figures improving
A half-billion-dollar push to cut hospital waiting times in NSW has begun to have an effect, with a number of…
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Australia will soon have its own ‘centre for disease control’
In a milestone for public health in Australia, a permanent Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) is set to start…
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140,000 babies protected against RSV
Australia’s world-leading infant respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) immunisation program has demonstrated remarkable success this winter, significantly reducing hospital admissions for…
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Changes at the top of APNA, ACN and ANMF
The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) has found its new chief executive officer, after announcing in early June…
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No pressure to vaccinate as flu cases soar
Queensland Deputy Premier Jarrod Bleijie has said he was comfortable with current flu vaccination rates and would “deal with” the…
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Photo of 70yo that shook state ‘to the core’
A nurse at one of NSW’s busiest hospitals says staff are “burnt out” amid an unprecedented winter surge, after “frightening”…
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