While nurses and midwives receive training to understand and respect cultural needs, Aboriginal women are still facing culturally unsafe care during their maternity journey. That’s one of the key findings of The Birthing on Noongar Boodjar Project, led by Murdoch ...
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Medicinal cannabis offer on the table
Patients in all states and territories could get faster access to medicinal cannabis under a deal to be put to health ministers today. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has already signed up NSW to the process which is expected to ...
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AMA President Dr Michael Gannon will tomorrow make an "impassioned plea" to the nation’s health ministers to adopt mandatory reporting laws and improve the mental health of staff. Gannon will address the COAG Health Council at a meeting in Sydney ...
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A ‘WHY not’ moment and a thirst for a new adventure was all it took to convince Brent Lang and his wife Taighen to pack their belongings into a few bags and head north. It didn’t take long for the ...
More »Path to better aged care: mandated staffing ratios or better funding base?
When quality of residential aged care is called into question, two paths to improvement seem to form: improved funding and mandated staffing ratios. The peak body for all providers of age services, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), is helping forge ...
More »Emergency departments, obesity and LGBTI health: a snapshot
The latest research from the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association has provided an analysis of how different population groups interact with Australia's heath system. The research, published in the organisation's peer-reviewed journal, was conducted by Monash University and looked at ...
More »Ready Patient One: nurses keeping kids calm in hospital using virtual reality
It might look like the nurses at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital (WCH) in Adelaide are gearing up for the new Steven Spielberg movie, Ready Player One, but there’s a good reason they’re equipping young patients with virtual reality glasses. ...
More »A quick chat with…a Nursing Unit Manager
What is your name, and where are you based? I am Nerys Brackman from the Metro North Hospital and Health Service in Brisbane. What hospital do you work at and what do you do there? I am Nursing Unit Manager ...
More »Staying nourished with Parkinson’s disease
Research estimates that more than 110,000 Australians may be living with Parkinson’s disease, a neurodegenerative disorder characterised by reduced control of fine motor skills, tremors, slowness of movements, impaired mobility, swallowing issues and impaired speech. As a result, staying nourished ...
More »Community care workers taking on falls prevention in WA
Training up community care workers in falls prevention may help curb the declining number of clients taking part in preventive exercise programs, new research suggests. Study lead Dr Elissa Burton, from the School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science at Curtin ...
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