A nurse in the US has been suspended after posting a video to social media where she appeared to admit flouting COVID-19 safety measures. A hospital in Salem, Oregon, announced it had placed the nurse on administrative leave after public ...
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Self-harm study prompts calls for earlier intervention
Australian children are reporting self-harm as early as grade 6, a new study shows. Researchers assessed more than 1200 children living in Melbourne each year from age 8-9 years to 11-12 years. Twenty-eight of the 1059 students in the study ...
More »An extra $7b, dividing Australia into 30 aged care regions: Grattan blueprint
A national aged care system divided into 30 regions and an extra $7 billion a year. Those are key parts of the Grattan Institute's blueprint to reform Australia's aged care sector. The report, Reforming aged care: a practical plan for ...
More »Survey shows Aussies who will forgo a COVID-19 jab
Six per cent of Australians are certain they won’t get a COVID-19 jab once one is made available. An Australian National University survey of 3,000 Aussie adults also revealed another seven per cent feel they will probably not get the ...
More »Staff, families, blow the whistle on scabies outbreak at aged care home
Another aged care home has become the centre of national attention for alleged poor treatment of its vulnerable residents. Channel Nine's A Current Affair (ACA) program uncovered widespread scabies and poor conditions at the Kindred Living facility in Whyalla, a ...
More »British nurse accused of killing eight babies appears in court
A UK nurse accused of murdering eight babies at the hospital where she worked has appeared in court. Lucy Letby was rearrested as part of a probe into deaths at the neonatal unit at the Countess of Chester Hospital. She ...
More »Push for 25 per cent more pay: union launches ‘historic’ aged care work value case
Australia’s aged care workers are fighting for a 25 per cent wage increase in a landmark case. Should the Health Services Union’s (HSU) “historic” work value case bear fruit, all aged care workers’ pay would rise by at least $5 ...
More »Nurses to unpack COVID-19’s impact on work environment
How are Australia’s nurses and doctors handling the COVID-19 crisis? That’s the question a new study will help unpack as it delves into the virus’ role in the psychosocial work environment. Nursing senior lecturer Dr Ashlyn Sahay from CQUniversity said ...
More »COVID-19 vaccine 90 per cent effective, says Pfizer
Phramaceutical brand Pfzier says its COVID-19 vaccine is 90 per cent effective in protecting people from the virus. The news has been welcomed worldwide and one leading scientist says life might be back to normal by the spring. "I am ...
More »New mobile units can create instant palliative care rooms
A research team from Monash University has designed portable units which can transform acute and sub-acute hospital rooms into temporary palliative care rooms. The Pal-care unit is the brainchild of the husband and wife team of Dr Thinn Thinn Khine and ...
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