Nurses in two major Sydney hospitals have walked off the job to highlight dangerously low staffing levels. As hospitals prepare for the predicted surge of new Covid cases before the August peak, nurses gathered outside Blacktown and Westmead Hospitals on Monday morning to ...
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‘Step up’: Australian hospitals running low on blood
Australian hospitals have issued a plea for blood donations after back-to-back disasters have diminished supplies. Floods, road closures, the flu season and Covid-19 are all being blamed for reducing people’s ability to donate life-saving blood. With the impact of recent ...
More »Scientists unravel a key driver of Alzheimer’s disease
A new Flinders University study has shown how a protein called tau, a critical factor in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, turns from normal to a disease state. Researchers say the discovery could help to prevent the tau transformation process ...
More »Vic nurse suspended over patient relationship
A psychiatric nurse has been suspended after she formed a personal and intimate relationship with a “highly vulnerable” patient. Jaclyn Stratton was working in regional Victoria when she began a six-month relationship with a patient under her care. The relationship included regular ...
More »NSW nurses and midwives strike for the third time this year
Hundreds of nurses and midwives across 80 NSW hospitals will walk off the job today to demand the government raise wages and address staff shortages. Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) will stop work for between two and 24 ...
More »NSW emergency wait times skyrocket
Over thirty per cent of NSW residents are waiting over four hours for emergency medical treatment, new figures have shown, as a combination of worker shortages and rising flu cases take a toll on state hospitals. A NSW health department ...
More »Nurses take a stand against fossil fuels
Health workers have withdrawn their savings en masse from a major Australian super fund with the aim of sending a powerful message. A group of over 130 nurses and doctors divested their money from industry fund HESTA on Friday in direct ...
More »Aged care and private nurses to miss out on workforce bonus
Nurses working in the private and aged care sectors will not qualify for NSW and Victoria's ‘thank you’ bonuses, state premiers have clarified. Last week, NSW and Victoria announced it would offer public healthcare workers $3,000 in bonus payments in ...
More »Finke Desert Race accompanied by trio of student paramedics
Student paramedics joined the medical team during the iconic Finke Desert Race in central Australia to gain hands-on experience. Held in Alice Springs from June 9 to 13th, the medical team welcomed three second-year students from Charles Darwin University. They ...
More »NSW health workers to receive pay rise, $3,000 ‘thank you’ payment
Health workers in NSW will receive a three per cent wage rise and a one-off $3,000 payment as recognition for their efforts during COVID-19. On Monday, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet announced the new wage policy with an additional 10,000 health staff staff ...
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