An Australian law firm has today announced that it has commenced a class action against Bupa aged care facilities on behalf of residents. Echo Law alleges that from July 1 2019 “Bupa Aged Care failed to provide staffing levels that ...

Turmoil surrounds private hospital operator Healthscope. The Canadian-owned health giant operates 38 private hospitals across the country, including Sydney’s Northern Beaches Hospital ,which has recently made headlines due to the death of two-year-old Joe Massa and subsequent NSW parliamentary inquiry. ...

The NSW government will conduct a parliamentary inquiry into Northern Beaches Hospital after a two-year-old boy died after receiving care at the hospital. Joe Massa was taken to Northern Beaches Hospital on September 12 after he began vomiting. Two-year-old Joe ...

The second nurse caught up in an anti-Semitic video filmed at Bankstown Hospital has been charged. Sarah Abu Lebdeh and Ahmad “Rashad” Nadir were deregistered by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW, effective from February 13, after a video circulated online ...

A nurse who vowed to “kill” Israeli patients and another who claimed he had already sent Israeli patients to the afterlife have now been banned from practising “anywhere in Australia, in any context”. Ahmad “Rashad” Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh were deregistered ...

A western Sydney nurse masturbated in front of a dementia patient after turning the lights off and closing the curtains to her private room, a tribunal has heard. Ropes Crossing man Arnold Bulwayan Alunday, 48, had his nursing registration revoked for a minimum ...

A nursing assistant who took advantage of vulnerable patients in a series of fraud offences – including using a patient’s card to make transactions amounting to more than $100,000 – has been permanently banned from providing any health services in a bid ...

David Crisafulli has lead the Liberal National Party to victory in the Queensland state election, ending the Labor government's nine-year reign. The new premier has promised the state a "fresh start", with election promises centred on the state's youth crime ...

The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Department of Health and Aged Care, Professor Paul Kelly, has announced his intentions to retire by the end of the month. Professor Kelly joined the Department as Chief Medical Advisor in 2019, moving ...

Australia's largest not-for-profit healthcare provider, St Vincent’s Health Australia, has announced they will be cutting ties with private health insurance provider nib. St Vincent’s CEO Chris Blake said nib had left the organisation with no choice but to end their ...