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 ...

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will push for a fourth jab for healthcare workers following concerns over waning Covid immunity. The Premier on Monday revealed plans to seek federal government support in including healthcare workers among those eligible for a fourth dose as ...

Peaks have called on the government to address severe staffing shortages in a state hospital after a nurse was allegedly stabbed by a patient during a busy emergency shift. According to the NSWMWA, emergency patients at Shoalhaven Hospital on the ...

Nurses play a crucial role in detecting, preventing and helping those experiencing domestic violence (DV). DV involves complex patterns of physically and mentally abusive behaviour and is still shockingly common in our country. For instance, one in six women and ...

A local biotech company thinks it may have found the future drug to treat Alzheimer's disease.  This week, Australian firm Actinogen announced that its latest trial of the drug Xanamem had shown improved attention and working memory in Alzheimer’s patients. CEO Dr ...

After nurses reported escalating rates of workplace assault, a state inquiry has been launched into the working conditions inside a Canberra mental health facility. Yesterday, the ACT government announced an inquiry into the Dhulwa Mental Health Unit following repeated calls ...

Aged care workers across QLD, WA and SA have backed taking industrial action over “chronic understaffing” and low pay, as the union warns walkouts are highly likely before the federal election. More than 7000 United Workers Union members employed at aged care providers across three ...

Third-year nursing student Shamsiya Hassam Mooradun recently attended a virtual Public Health Study Tour (PHST) program about Indonesia’s public health sector to aid in the development of her nursing career. The two-week intensive program is intended to equip students with ...

Federal Labor has promised to launch a national health and wellbeing service for nurses and midwives to help ease “relentless” burnout and exhaustion across the sector. Speaking to health workers on Wednesday, opposition leader Anthony Albanese said Labor would commit ...

With 170,000 Australians breaking a bone annually, University of Southern Queensland PhD student Janitha Jeewantha thought it was time to redesign the old way of casting injuries. With help from his professor, Jeewantha developed a hybrid shape memory polymer 'smart ...