Over thirty per cent of NSW residents are waiting over four hours for emergency medical treatment, new figures have shown, as a combination of worker shortages and rising flu cases take a toll on state hospitals. A NSW health department ...
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Nurses take a stand against fossil fuels
Health workers have withdrawn their savings en masse from a major Australian super fund with the aim of sending a powerful message. A group of over 130 nurses and doctors divested their money from industry fund HESTA on Friday in direct ...
More »Aged care and private nurses to miss out on workforce bonus
Nurses working in the private and aged care sectors will not qualify for NSW and Victoria's ‘thank you’ bonuses, state premiers have clarified. Last week, NSW and Victoria announced it would offer public healthcare workers $3,000 in bonus payments in ...
More »Finke Desert Race accompanied by trio of student paramedics
Student paramedics joined the medical team during the iconic Finke Desert Race in central Australia to gain hands-on experience. Held in Alice Springs from June 9 to 13th, the medical team welcomed three second-year students from Charles Darwin University. They ...
More »NSW health workers to receive pay rise, $3,000 ‘thank you’ payment
Health workers in NSW will receive a three per cent wage rise and a one-off $3,000 payment as recognition for their efforts during COVID-19. On Monday, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet announced the new wage policy with an additional 10,000 health staff staff ...
More »Staff shortages strain regional hospital
Peaks have called on the government to address severe staffing shortages in a state hospital after a nurse was allegedly stabbed by a patient during a busy emergency shift. According to the NSWMWA, emergency patients at Shoalhaven Hospital on the ...
More »Voluntary assisted dying to be legalised in NSW
Terminally ill people in NSW will have access to euthanasia following a landmark decision handed down by state parliament. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 passed the NSW upper house on Thursday, receiving 23 votes in favour and 15 against. ...
More »Unregistered Sydney nurse who injected vaccines convicted
An unregistered nurse who injected patients with vaccines, took blood samples and measured heart health has been convicted and fined $3000. Belinda Elwell, also known as Belinda Raynor, accepted a position as a registered nurse at a Sydney medical centre in October 2020 despite ...
More »NSW rural healthcare inquiry gives scathing review
Nurses have condemned the "shocking" findings of a NSW report which highlighted chronic understaffing, lack of access to services and discrimination in regional, rural and remote healthcare. This week, the state government published its report into rural health access in ...
More »Is Xanamem the Alzheimer’s breakthrough we’ve all been waiting for?
A local biotech company thinks it may have found the future drug to treat Alzheimer's disease. This week, Australian firm Actinogen announced that its latest trial of the drug Xanamem had shown improved attention and working memory in Alzheimer’s patients. CEO Dr ...
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