An unregistered nurse who injected patients with vaccines, took blood samples and measured heart health has been convicted and fined $3000. Belinda Elwell, also known as Belinda Raynor, accepted a position as a registered nurse at a Sydney medical centre in October 2020 despite ...

A Melbourne doctor who continued to practise after being suspended and then hid from authorities by locking himself in a bathroom, has been convicted and ordered to do 300 hours of community work. Nicholas Sevdalis was handed a two-year community ...

An experienced nurse says she can’t get a job in Western Australia’s healthcare sector. The woman, Ebony, obtained her nursing degree in Australia and recently returned home after almost 14 years in the UK. She said it was “easy as pie” to ...

A man who falsely claimed to be a nursing director at an aged care facility has been fined $60,000. The Victorian man was convicted in the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court last week of charges laid by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation ...

Health profession regulators have their eye on an algorithm that can identify practitioners at high risk of complaints. Called PRONE-HP (Predicted Risk of New Event for Health Practitioners) and developed by a team from The University of Melbourne and Stanford ...

Health professionals from Australia and the UK met to address the issue of patient safety and practitioner regulations at a seminar last week. Held in Melbourne, the event saw members of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and the ...

Nurses for Nurses webinars provide round-the-clock access to materials for professional development.  Since June 2010, nurses in Australia have been required to meet the refined legislated requirements set out in a national registration and accreditation scheme. Nurses for Nurses Network ...