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Industry & Reform
AMA calls for expansion to practice nurse role
The AMA is calling for urgent reforms to expand the role of practice nurses in GP‑led teams, warning that outdated…
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News
‘Hospitals not a target’: Nurses protest against bombing of Gaza hospital
Hundreds of health workers from Liverpool Hospital in Sydney’s south-west held a snap protest and vigil last Wednesday following the…
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Industry & Reform
AMA calls for private health regulator to boost at-home recovery
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) president Stephen Robson on Friday called for a private health authority to regulate out-of-hospital care,…
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Clinical Practice
Five new initiatives to help rural QLD maternity services
The Queensland Government has introduced new initiatives to boost regional maternity services in rural and remote areas. As part of…
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Top Stories
Nurses are the solution to overwhelmed emergency departments
With the recent rise of media reports about overwhelmed emergency departments across Australia, calls to the Federal Government have been…
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COVID-19
‘Triple threat’: Virus alert as winter looms
Healthcare staff have been warned of a 'triple virus threat' this winter, prompting medical experts to push Australians to get…
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News
Labor pledges support for nurses under ‘relentless’ pressure
Federal Labor has promised to launch a national health and wellbeing service for nurses and midwives to help ease “relentless”…
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News
Nurses and doctors unite to call out government on aged care
Nurses and doctors have joined forces today, calling on the government to act now on the “crisis” in aged care.…
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News
Rise in out-of-pocket costs
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has released its annual report – Health Expenditure Australia 2017–18 – and it shows…
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News
AMA calls for change to safeguard staff mental health
AMA President Dr Michael Gannon will tomorrow make an "impassioned plea" to the nation’s health ministers to adopt mandatory reporting…
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