Nine nursing and midwifery organisations are coming together to advocate for better utilisation of the nursing workforce ahead of the upcoming federal election. In a move reminiscent of the push to professionalise the roles some 40 years ago, nine of ...

The NSW government will conduct a parliamentary inquiry into Northern Beaches Hospital after a two-year-old boy died after receiving care at the hospital. Joe Massa was taken to Northern Beaches Hospital on September 12 after he began vomiting. Two-year-old Joe ...

If you’ve tried to get an appointment to see a GP or specialist recently, you will likely have felt the impact of Australia’s doctor shortages. To alleviate workforce shortages, the Queensland government is considering introducing health workers called physician assistants ...

Using federal funding to come up with a better pay offer for NSW nurses has been ruled out, just one day after union members gathered to demand increased pay in line with other states. Members of the NSW Nurses and ...

In a bid to circumvent ongoing global supply chain issues of vital intravenous fluids, the Albanese government has announced they will invest $20 million to ramp up local manufacturing. Baxter Healthcare production facility in Western Sydney, Australia's only onshore manufacture ...

The second nurse caught up in an anti-Semitic video filmed at Bankstown Hospital has been charged. Sarah Abu Lebdeh and Ahmad “Rashad” Nadir were deregistered by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW, effective from February 13, after a video circulated online ...

Labor has announced $644 million to open 50 more urgent care clinics, building on Anthony Albanese’s centrepiece $8.5 billion election promise to boost bulk-billing GPs. Saturday’s announcement will increase the number of urgent care clinics in the country from 87 ...

The Universities Australia Solutions Summit took place in Canberra last week, bringing together academia from across the country, as well as industry leaders and government. The flagship event aims to support national priorities with an exchange of ideas on everything ...

You’ve heard of the gender pay gap. What about the gap in medical care? Cardiovascular diseases – which can lead to heart attack and stroke – are one of the leading causes of death for women in Australia. But women ...

Registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care will soon be paid more under the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) changes to the Nurses Award 2020. The pay increases, outlined in the FWC's final determination in December of last year, will ...