A mobile teaching hospital is giving the gift of sight. Heather Machin never knows what her day will bring, but that’s to be expected when you work in a flying hospital and help treat blind patients all over the world. ...

Pressure on the government builds as more beds close across NSW. Nurses have closed more than 400 hospital beds across NSW as their industrial action enters its second week. Another 14 hospitals on Monday voted to join the action to ...

Peak in health pressures is still weeks away, predicts medical profession. Queensland's flood crisis will severely strain the state's health system for months, the Australian Medical Association has warned. AMA Queensland President Dr Gino Pecoraro says health workers are already ...

Governments urged to provide increased and targeted mental health services to affected people. People affected by the floods devastating Queensland are being urged to look after their mental health. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists is warning ...

Aged Care nurses and assistants in nursing welcome 2011 as the year of reform. Nurses and assistants in nursing working in the aged care sector are hoping the government holds good on its promises of reform for the coming year, ...

Curtin grant will make emerging health professionals job ready. Curtin University is set to produce job ready health professionals who can handle complex client cases due to a new training initiative giving students experience of working alongside peers from different ...

Significant investments have been made in mental health services, but more can be done. The federal government says it is spending more than ever before on mental health services but admits it can do better. Mental Health Minister Mark Butler ...

A long-running dispute on pay and working conditions in South Australia has come to an end. South Australian nurses will get a pay rise before Christmas after accepting a state government offer. A ballot of Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation ...

Unions have renewed calls for all states to declare Christmas Day a public holiday so workers can be awarded penalty rates. Workers in Victoria and South Australia will be the only ones to miss out on penalty rates for working ...

It has been revealed that the latest super clinic to open doesn’t have any doctors yet. Health Minister Nicola Roxon says she's keeping "a close watch" on the much-maligned GP super clinics program following fresh accusation of delays and mismanagement. ...