With the recent rise of media reports about overwhelmed emergency departments across Australia, calls to the Federal Government have been made to utilise and increase nurses. Hospitals nationwide are struggling to cope with overcrowded emergency departments – resulting in prolonged ...

While healthcare workers will be able to join the front of the COVID-19 vaccine queue, some might skip it entirely. In an article written for The Conversation, Associate Professor Holly Seale from UNSW pointed out that health systems represent a ...

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) wants Australia to quickly develop a national plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccination. AMA president Dr Omar Khorshid said it was pleasing to see that efforts of the medical and scientific community to fast track a ...

Being open to changing tack mid-career is something we’re told we need to get used to, and that’s exactly what Jason Honnery from the mid-north coast of NSW is about to do. Currently a patient transport officer at Macksville hospital, the ...

It is often challenging for older adults to make the transition into aged care. Many new residents experience grief as they are leaving behind their homes, spouses and possessions. Being placed into an unfamiliar environment with new people can lead ...

A devastated mother has pleaded for people to be wary of meningococcal after it claimed the life of her teenage daughter on the NSW Central Coast. Health authorities on Monday confirmed 19-year-old Mischelle Rhodes died from the disease at Gosford ...

Bullying in nursing is often dismissed as a rite of passage, yet the definition remains poorly defined. What exactly is bullying and is it in the eye of the beholder? That’s the question James Cook University’s Peter Hartin will answer ...

Allah yerhamu – “God have mercy on him”. This is one of the first lines of Arabic I needed to learn after arriving in Tal Abyad Hospital in northern Syria. They are the only words of comfort to offer when ...

New virtual reality technology has been applied to midwifery for the first time, in what researchers say is a "huge step for practitioners" around the world. The VR technology developed by the University of Newcastle has given what is believed ...

University of Queensland researchers have found that the key to preventing Type 1 diabetes could be found in a person's gut. In the study, lead researcher Dr Emma Hamilton-Williams investigated differences in gut microbiota, and specifically compared those susceptible to Type ...