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 ...

A new bill has passed this weekend that will allow workers, including nurses and midwives, to push for higher pay with their employers. The 'Secure Jobs, Better Pay' bill introduces a new multi-employer bargaining system where staff can join forces ...

One of Australia’s leading academic journals on nursing has welcomed a new editor-in-chief. Professor Lisa Whitehead, who'll take up position of ACN's research journal by January next, has thirty years of experience in studying and providing work on nursing, rehabilitation ...

Less than a month out from the Victorian state election, the Liberal opposition has made another massive funding announcement, this time promising $800 million in new and upgraded hospitals in Melbourne’s outer suburbs. On Wednesday, a day after the writs ...

News of a 15 per cent interim wage increase for Australia's aged care workforce has been welcomed by peak nursing groups who say more needs to be done to retain and recruit staff into the hardened sector. The Australian Nurses ...

Escalating industrial action by nurses and midwives in Western Australia has seen an overtime work ban put in force by the state's union. In early October, the Australian Nursing Federation WA (ANF) initiated a ban on overtime work and double shifts after a ...

South Australians who have received at-home medical care are the next targets in a major data leak. On Wednesday, SA Health body Wellbeing SA was notified that the personal information and medical records of My Home Hospital patients who accessed ...