Artificial intelligence could be used to explore how the Covid-19 virus might evolve, according to a team of international researchers. William Kelton, from the University of Waikato in New Zealand, has been involved in the ETH Zurich research, aimed at preparing for ...

The Victorian branch of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, in their submission to a federal parliament Senate committee, has called for a one-day reduction in the working week, or for a 32 hour week rather than 38. The ANMF told the Select ...

Overseas visas will be processed faster and foreign students will be able to work in the country longer under a plan to attract ‘thousands’ of nurses into Australia.  The federal government’s Job and Skills Summit, held last week, saw peak ...

After just four days of evidence, the coronial inquest into a young mother’s death in August 2017 has raised serious questions about her treatment and highlighted startling failures among medical professionals at two prestigious Victorian hospitals. But the precise findings ...

Nursing groups have welcomed Victoria's proposal to pay off university debts for nursing and midwifery students but warn that a nationwide strategy is needed to tackle sector wide shortages and burnout. On Sunday, the Victorian government announced it would spend ...

Aged care staff and residents were left waiting for COVID-19 vaccines last year due to a profound lack of planning by the federal government, a new report has shown. An analysis by the auditor-general found the health department failed to ...

The Sydney Local Health District has agreed to spend $3 million to implement a new workplace safety model for hospital workers in response to a violent incident in 2019 which saw three nurses stabbed. Following an investigation by Fair Work ...

Five new GP-led priority primary care centres are being established across Victoria in an attempt to ease the unrelenting pressure on the state’s emergency departments. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced the $14.3m move on Sunday amid the state’s ongoing healthcare struggles ...

The monkeypox outbreak that has been recognised as affecting mainly men who have sex with men has raised concerns over possible stigmatisation of the gay community when accessing healthcare. Since the virus' numbers began to rise in May, there have ...

New research from the University of South Australia shows that children’s fears of vaccination and needles can be lessened when nurses spend additional time supporting children in the vaccination process. Working with children aged 8-12 years, the preliminary study found that ...