The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has angered nurses in the lead-up to the election slated for December this year by failing to address the immigration health surcharge (IHS) levied on nurses from outside the EU – who make up one-tenth of the ...
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Be proud of your roots: academic on lunatic asylums and mental health nursing
Halloween is over for another year and it’s likely more than a few revellers across the globe opted for one of the staples of any spooky dress up party – the evil nurse. Tied to that costume choice is their ...
More »Home care provider charged customer for visits that didn’t occur, royal commission hears
“I want to begin this hearing with a basic proposition. People living in rural, regional and remote communities of Australia ought to have the same levels of access to aged care as people living in metropolitan areas, and the aged ...
More »NSW hospitals performing well: patient survey
A survey of NSW hospital patients has found that approximately 94 per cent describe their care as “very good” or “good”. The Bureau of Health Information (BHI) surveyed 17,000 people across NSW about their public hospital experiences for the year ...
More »A ‘cruel and harmful system’: The royal commission interim report
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety has released its interim report, and although it did not make any recommendations – it is saving those for the final report due next year – it laid down the gauntlet ...
More »Balance of power: the nurses representing you in Canberra
Few nurses have served in the Australian Federal Parliament in recent memory. There was Judith Adams, elected in 2004, who represented WA in the senate until her death from cancer in 2012. And until Ged Kearney came along in 2018, closely followed ...
More »Mental health, car crash warnings for shift workers
Shift workers are at greater risk of poor mental health and of crashing their car after their first shift of the week, two separate studies suggest. In the first, an international team of researchers examined the schedules and mental health ...
More »Commonwealth MIA on aged care workforce: royal commission lawyer
The Commonwealth appears to be missing in action. That was counsel assisting Peter Rozen's assertion as he discussed governance and leadership within the aged care sector while wrapping up a week of royal commission hearings centred around the aged care ...
More »Hospitals could face rise in prosecutions for failing to protect nurses: lawyer
Health departments are risking an uptick in compensation claims if they don't take steps to ensure staff safety. That’s the warning from an injury compensation lawyer and former emergency department nurse. Following reports that Caboolture Hospital Mental Health Unit staff ...
More »Is there ever too much of a good thing? Oxygen use put to the test
Historically, oxygen has been treated like holy water but it's time to take a closer look at its role in hospitals. That’s the call from Professor Rinaldo Bellomo, a researcher at Monash University’s Australian & New Zealand Intensive Care (ANZIC) Research Centre. ...
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