Following its release last night, health and aged care peak bodies and industry experts have sorted through the Turnbull Government’s 2017-18 Federal Budget with a fine-tooth comb. Here, Nursing Review shares what they believe are the biggest wins for the ...
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Medicare levy hike to pay for NDIS
Taxpayers will split the bill for the national disability insurance scheme through a 0.5 per cent hike to the Medicare levy. The Turnbull government has also earmaked more than $200 million to establish an independent commission to scrutinise the quality of ...
More »Screen for abnormal heart rhythm in older people to reduce stroke risk: white paper
Widespread screening for atrial fibrillation (AF), an irregular heart rhythm that can cause blood clots to form in the heart and travel to the brain, in people aged 65 years and over could reduce the risk of strokes and premature ...
More »Selfridges, Sydney Opera House and a convent: nurse tells of colourful career in new book
Registered nurse Maggie Groff has worn many hats throughout her career, including staff nurse, island nurse and industrial nurse. She now wears another: award-winning author. Groff has penned a new book called Not Your Average Nurse, which explores the true story ...
More »Antibiotic resistance fight is in healthcare workers’ hands: WHO
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) has lent its voice to a World Health Organization (WHO) campaign to fight antibiotic resistance through good hand hygiene practices. Dr Trent Yarwood, from the Commission, said when ...
More »Live fearlessly and wear purple on World Inflammatory Bowel Disease Day
19 May is not just Malcolm X Day in the United States, Ho Chi Minh Day in Vietnam and rugby league legend Andrew Johns' birthday, it's also World Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Day. In fact, the whole of May is ...
More »Prepare patients for an asthma emergency: council
The National Asthma Council Australia is calling on health professionals to check whether patients and carers know what to do in an asthma emergency. The call coincides with World Asthma Day and comes off the heels of the final report ...
More »Prostate cancer nurses to receive $6 million in funding support
The work prostate cancer specialist nurses do in Australia will be bolstered by just under $6 million in funding from the Federal Government. The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) will use the renewal of funding to secure the positions ...
More »Singing groups to raise voices for Parkinson’s research
People with Parkinson’s disease will lend their voices to a new research project that aims to better the lives of those living with the condition. The 6-month project will evaluate whether singing can help improve quality of life, wellbeing and ...
More »Mounting evidence of exploitation tainting the production of healthcare goods: union
Whose hands do the medical goods Australians use pass through? This question was at the heart of a new Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) report, conducted in conjunction with The Australia Institute, which held there are high-levels of exploitation ...
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