The Australian Primary Heath Care Nurses Association (APNA) has stationed its first 76 student nurses in aged care homes to complete their clinical placements. The students are part of a new Commonwealth-funded aged care placement program, where eventually, the residential ...

Australia will hold a first-ever public consultation exclusively for the LGBTIQA+ community to identify the greatest disparities affecting access to healthcare. Last Friday, a newly established expert advisory group for people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, ...

A leading academic in domestic violence prevention has underscored the influence of stigma towards abuse among people seeking healthcare support. In Australia, nearly eight women and two men are hospitalised daily due to spousal or partner assault. Chair in Family Violence ...

A recent study has revealed a potential link between Covid-19 and neurological symptoms, such as brain fog, raising concerns about the long-term health implications. Research conducted by scientists at Macquarie University uncovered that the SARS-CoV-2 virus could fuse brain cells ...

Hundreds of nurses and midwives from two prominent private hospitals in Sydney have voted against a new enterprise agreement. Over the past six months, the NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association (NSWNMA) pleaded with St Vincent's Health (SVHA) to address the ...

Peta Marks, a renowned mental health nurse, has dedicated over 20 years to improving the quality of care for people living with eating disorders.  Peta specialises in psychological therapy for people with Anorexia Nervosa (AN), a mental illness characterised by ...

In the face of climate change-induced health challenges, nurses could emerge as vital healthcare providers by drawing from their unique perspective and experiences. Global warming is one of the greatest challenges of our time, with projections indicating it could lead ...

A new project has been launched to provide training and support for nurse educators and facilitate clinical placements for second-and third-year nursing students. The University of Canberra was awarded $2.1m as part of the Commonwealth’s Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program ...

New quarterly data has revealed that people in NSW continue to wait beyond clinically recommended guidelines for elective surgeries.  The latest Healthcare Quarterly data, covering the first quarter of 2023, also found that elective surgery activity has bounced back to pre-pandemic ...

Australians won't be given a new time frame for the introduction of 24/7 nurses onsite in aged care homes after Labor conceded the July 1 deadline would be 'impossible to meet.' On Sunday, Aged Care Minister Anika Wells said she ...