New drug to prevent and treat ventilator-induced lung injury. A new drug to treat potentially fatal lung injuries caused by ventilators in hospital intensive care units is being developed by Flinders University researchers. Alison Elder, a PhD candidate in the ...

The number of girls developing medical problems which can lead to cervical cancer has begun to drop, following the introduction of a revolutionary vaccine. A study of schoolgirls and young women given the cervical cancer vaccine in Victoria as part ...

Governments achieve mixed results in improving hospital care for all Australians. Elective surgery waiting times are not improving across the country and people are putting off seeing a doctor because of the cost, a national report has revealed. However, the ...

New program provides opportunities for practice nurses and general practice. The Practice Nurse Incentive Program, which starts on January 1 of next year, will bring great opportunities to nurses, GPs and consumers, according to participants of a workshop convened in ...

Nurses and midwives at more than 30 Sydney hospitals and community health centres to hold stop-work meetings. Nurses at hospitals and health centres across Sydney have voted to rally against the NSW government's industrial relations changes. The controversial public sector ...

Project aims to support family carers of loved ones at end-of-life. A Curtin University-led international collaboration is aiming to bring dignity and support to end-of-life patients and the people who care for them. In collaboration with Silver Chain Hospice Care, ...

St John of God Health Care has announced it will build Western Australia’s first ever regional coronary care unit. Each year, close to 3000 of the state’s South West residents are hospitalised in Perth for acute cardiac conditions, or have ...

Transition to national registration “too much, too soon, too quick”, finds inquiry. AHPRA should apologise to any practitioner who was mistakenly deregistered as a result of problems during the transition to a national registration system, and reimburse them for any ...

Researchers will investigate whether more AINs impact patient, staff and system outcomes. The impact of increasing the number of assistants in nursing has on patient, nurse and ward level outcomes will be investigated by a team of Australian and Canadian ...

Additional Medicare rebates for both the city specialist, and the healthcare worker physically with the patient. Medical specialists who provide videolink consultations to patients in remote areas will be paid a 50 per cent bonus in an effort to encourage ...