British nurses are staging a 48-hour strike and 'won't back down' in a bitter row with the government over wages and nurse-to-patient ratios. Members of the Royal College of Nurses (RCN) have walked off their jobs six times since December ...

Australia’s plan to recruit healthcare staff from Britain to fill more than 30,000 job vacancies has been met with overseas backlash. The British Medical Association is up in arms over a plan to lure thousands of doctors from the UK ...

Federal health authorities have failed to provide support for nurse immunisers in vulnerable health settings, the nation's peak nursing group has said. Last week, the federal government announced the next phase of its Covid vaccination program. It included a doubled ...

The Northern Territory government will strengthen alcohol restrictions in Alice Springs following a rise in alcohol-fuelled crime. Frontline workers, including a nurse, have opened up to the media about their experiences during shifts, which included cases of child abuse and ...

Registered nurses and aged care workers have been flagged as the occupations most likely to grow in-demand by 2025. A report from the National Skills Commission (NSC) released last week said demand for health staff will rise by 40 per ...

The Andrews government has opened ten new priority health centres in Victoria to alleviate pressure from busy emergency departments The ten free priority care centres have already seen more than 6,000 patients walk through their doors. At a time when ...

Indigenous student nurses in WA will be supported through their studies as part of a nationwide initiative to help fill chronic hospital shortages.  Australia's largest private hospital provider, Ramsay Healthcare, announced it will be expanding its undergraduate cadetship program this ...

Authorities are urgently investigating a major outbreak of salmonella after almost 70 people attending a fancy gala dinner suffered horrific food poisoning. NSW Health confirmed at least 69 people from across the state, as well as Queensland and the Northern ...

A new multi-million dollar training facility in Western Sydney will use virtual reality and artificial intelligence to train nurses how to better manage violent situations. On Tuesday, the University of Sydney announced plans to build a $10M 16-bed simulation ward ...

A controversial decision to move lifestyle and admin staff into carer roles has raised significant concerns among one of Australia's major nursing unions. Southern Cross Care Tasmania announced in mid-November its plans to train lifestyle, kitchen and leisure staff to ...