The movement of consumer driven healthcare has become a growing phenomenon.  Engaging people accessing healthcare in the creation of policy, services, education and research is vital to address public needs, according to Dr Brett Scholz from ANU’S medical school. Dr ...

Picture the scene. It's 2.00am and you're three coffees and two bags of m&ms down and you've lost count of how many laps of the ward you've done. You're on the first shift of a week of nights and sure, ...

NSW looks set to make COVID-19 vaccination a mandatory condition of work for healthcare workers, as reported by the Sydney Morning Herald.  Health minister Brad Hazzard will sign a public health order this week which will mandate that health workers ...

A new factual reality series has ushered audiences behind the frontlines of Australia's busiest hospitals, from the eyes of the nurses who work inside. Nurses premiered on Channel 7 last week, beating The Bachelor to attract almost 900,000 viewers nationwide. ...

Melbourne-based artist and researcher Dr Erica Tandori has enabled people with low-vision or blindness to touch, feel and experience the world of infection, immunity and nutrition in a new exhibition.  As part of Science Week 2021, Monash University’s Rossjohn lab ...

A Sydney doctor has warned of a distressing reality for some families hospitalised with Covid-19 – leaving their kids “Covid orphans” with nobody to care for them. Dr Lucy Morgan, an associate professor at Sydney University and a respiratory physician ...

Australia’s health inequality gap is growing, a new report has warned, and experts are calling for a cultural shift in policy to help curb preventable deaths in lower socioeconomic communities.  The 2021 Australia’s Health Tracker by Socio-economic Status report found ...

Women will soon be able to safely and privately access abortion health services in Western Australia after landmark legislation finally passed through state parliament. Advocates have expressed relief and described the passing of the legislation as “historic” and “momentous” for ...

With COVID-19 severely restricting physical activity on wards, nurses have spoken out about the most significant challenges they face when getting their patients up and moving. Professor Danny Hills and his colleagues at Federation University surveyed 138 nurses and found ...

A drug commonly used to sedate children receiving treatment in intensive care has been identified as a “possible predictor” of post traumatic stress symptoms (PTSS), a study led by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has found. The study, which ...