The most significant budget for a generation was handed down last week. After years of debate about how we should go about caring for our elders, now and into the future, this budget was to be the answer. Much like ...
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New data reveals one-quarter of Australia’s available COVID-19 vaccines going unused
Almost a quarter of all available COVID-19 vaccine doses are not being used in Australia, the federal health department has revealed. According to the latest commonwealth vaccine data, the Northern Territory has the worst rate of vaccine utilisation, closely followed by Queensland. ...
More »Federal budget 2021: an aged care response
"Australia is coming back," beamed treasurer Josh Frydenberg as he began his budget speech. "In the face of a once‑in‑a‑century pandemic, the Australian spirit has shone through. Doctors and nurses on the front line. Teachers and students in the virtual ...
More »Women’s health to get budget increase
Women’s services are tipped to be a winner in the federal budget with $354 million packages being spread across the issues of cervical and breast cancer, endometriosis and reproductive health. Among the funding announced by federal health minister Greg Hunt and MP Dr ...
More »SA nurses on high alert after computer glitch adds extra digit to medicine dosages
A glitch in SA Health’s electronic patient record system has led to an additional digit being added to the end of some medication prescriptions, putting nurses on high alert. After the issue with the computer system — known as the ...
More »Budget expected to hand aged care 10bn funding boost
The federal budget, which will be handed down on Tuesday, is expected to include a 10 billion package for aged care, which aged care minister Greg Hunt described as "the largest in Australian history". Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has told the ABC that ...
More »Elevating the nursing profession to stop the bleed: opinion
I started my nursing career 30 years ago in the cardiothoracic intensive care unit ward. During that time, I treated many diverse and complex cases and saw how my role as a nurse impacted patient lives. These experiences have motivated ...
More »Expanding health sector opens up nursing leadership opportunities
The COVID-19 pandemic and the Federal Government’s record budget boost to healthcare spending is opening up more management positions in the healthcare sector for nurses, and those with postgraduate degrees will be perfectly positioned to advance into leadership roles. The ...
More »How the sustained physical, emotional and psychological demands of work in the nursing sector is literally destroying lives
Burnout is on the rise in our health sector. It is an occupational phenomenon resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed – and, in the health and social sectors, chronic stress is the rule, not the ...
More »COVID-19 could spread through toilet flushing, Medical Journal of Australia report says
There are concerns toilets could spread COVID-19 because flushing could generate aerosols that linger in the air. A report published in the Medical Journal of Australia highlighted several examples of how coronavirus was spreading via airborne transmission including by “faecal ...
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