One of Sydney's largest private hospitals is set to open in June 2023.  Located in Gregory Hills of Sydney's Southwest, the George Centre is a $100m project that began construction in September 2021 under Acurio Health and Buildcorp. The hospital ...

Nurses and midwives across NSW are filing a major case in the Supreme Court over claims patients are missing out on more than 100,000 hours of care in public hospitals. Health Minister Brad Hazzard has argued the action is “purely ...

As a sector, aged care has a breadth of responsibility that sets it apart. Supporting not only older people’s daily activities, living arrangements, and social needs but also attending to many of their health-related care needs. For aged care clients ...

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 ...

The Australian War Memorial will exhibit its first statue of a female nurse by the end of 2023 in honour of wartime nurses and their services to the country. Former World War II nurse and prisoner of war Vivian Statham ...

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 ...