Aged care has been plunged back into the centre of a COVID-19 crisis as three people have tested positive for the virus in Victoria. Two staff members and one resident have contracted coronavirus at Arcare Maidstone, while it was also ...

A recent Roy Morgan survey of Australians’ perceptions of the professions has once again put nurses at the top of the list. The Image of Professions Survey 2021 found 88 per cent of Australians rated nurses ‘high’ or ‘very high’ ...

Victorian health Minister Martin Foley says millions of dollars in funding slashed from the state’s hospitals will add intense pressure in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. Mr Foley said the federal government had cut an estimated $93 million from ...

Almost a quarter of all available COVID-19 vaccine doses are not being used in Australia, the federal health department has revealed. According to the latest commonwealth vaccine data, the Northern Territory has the worst rate of vaccine utilisation, closely followed by Queensland. ...

"Australia is coming back," beamed treasurer Josh Frydenberg as he began his budget speech. "In the face of a once‑in‑a‑century pandemic, the Australian spirit has shone through. Doctors and nurses on the front line. Teachers and students in the virtual ...

Women’s services are tipped to be a winner in the federal budget with $354 million packages being spread across the issues of cervical and breast cancer, endometriosis and reproductive health. Among the funding announced by federal health minister Greg Hunt and MP Dr ...

A glitch in SA Health’s electronic patient record system has led to an additional digit being added to the end of some medication prescriptions, putting nurses on high alert. After the issue with the computer system — known as the ...

The federal budget, which will be handed down on Tuesday, is expected to include a 10 billion package for aged care, which aged care minister Greg Hunt described as "the largest in Australian history". Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has told the ABC that ...

In a fortnight, the government will reveal its Budget response to the royal commission’s final report, and worker and consumer representatives are this week ramping up their calls for government to act now. It’s not too much The Australian Nursing ...

Labor’s health spokesperson has slammed the Prime Minister over hotel quarantine, saying Scott Morrison has “done nothing” and urged him “to fix this mess”. It comes as health authorities in NSW and Western Australia investigate virus leaks in quarantine hotels ...