A new study by Monash University has found multiple barriers holding female nurses back from being considered, applying for, or accepting leadership positions. Research spanning decades identified that healthcare systems and organisations limit female nurses' skill acquisition, motivation, and opportunities ...

A record-breaking 1,400 students have been enrolled for a TAFE nursing diploma, fully funded by the Queensland Government. Students will save almost $25,000 with the initiative supporting 3,500 training places. Queensland Premier Steven Miles welcomed the first cohort last week, ...

Growing demand for Canberra's home-birthing service has led to an expansion to all of the ACT following 100 successful deliveries. The publicly funded home-birthing program has a 100 per cent success rate – meaning the 100 women involved in the ...

Western Australian nurses have reluctantly accepted a pay rise offer from the WA government, with union members saying yes to one of the two offers that were put to them. After a lengthy battle with the state government, the WA ...

The Albanese Government's early campaign promise of establishing more than 50 urgent care clinics (UCC) has taken shape as 58 UCCs are now open across Australia. Health Minister Mark Butler said the UCCs were starting to deliver care seven days ...

The coronial inquest into the death of Rozalia Spadafora continued last Monday. The five-year-old is believed to have died of myocarditis brought on by influenza A in July last year – a day after her fifth birthday. She was taken ...

Queensland’s health authorities have admitted to “significant failings” that led to the “preventable” death of a man with an intellectual disability at a hospital on the Gold Coast. Stewart Kelly, 45, died at Robina Hospital in August 2022 after being admitted 33 days earlier ...

A study by Monash University found that work policies must be designed to target barriers night shift workers face when managing weight and metabolic health conditions. Published in Obesity Reviews, researchers investigated the barriers that night shift workers face when ...

A 39-year-old nurse has been found guilty of injecting a 15-year-old girl multiple times with methamphetamine after the girl was admitted to Cairns Hospital for drug abuse. Nurse Shantali Suzann Bramble pleaded guilty to three charges of supplying dangerous drugs ...

The Albanese Government is committing a further $166m for an Australian Cancer Nursing and Navigation Program, with $74.5m of it allocated to cancer care nurses. The investment is set to improve cancer outcomes across Australia, from cancer prevention and early ...