A $35m investment will be made into a new aged care, disability support and mental health care and support TAFE centre in Cairns in an effort to fill gaps in industries facing skills shortages. The boost comes as part of ...
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Supply and demand: Nursing shortfall predicted to grow
As Australian nurses grapple with sector wide staff shortages, the Department of Health and Aged Care has revealed that demand will continue to outweigh supply for more than a decade. The Nursing Supply and Demand Study has forecast the workforce ...
More »“Private healthcare crisis” – St Vincent’s cuts ties with nib
Australia's largest not-for-profit healthcare provider, St Vincent’s Health Australia, has announced they will be cutting ties with private health insurance provider nib. St Vincent’s CEO Chris Blake said nib had left the organisation with no choice but to end their ...
More »Wage boost for thousands of Vic nurses
Thousands of Victorian nurses could score a massive wage boost of almost 30 per cent under a new agreement with the State Government just a month after industrial action shut down hospital beds and planned surgeries. The Victorian branch of ...
More »Sydney key workers in line for subsidised housing
The NSW government will invest $450m to build at least 400 new apartments in metro Sydney for essential workers to rent at a subsidised rate under the recently announced Key Worker Build-to-Rent Program. Essential workers including nurses, paramedics, teachers, allied health ...
More »Inadequate pay rises for NSW nurses and midwives’ creates “wage curse”
A new report claims that the public sector 'wages cap' enforced by the NSW Treasury between 2011 and 2023 has had a profoundly detrimental effect on the remuneration of nurses and midwives, resulting in a labour market in NSW under ...
More »Budget ’24: What’s in it for nurses and midwives?
The 2024-25 Federal Budget was announced by Treasurer Jim Chalmers last Tuesday night, with $8.5bn being invested into health. There are many indirect and direct measures, such as for placement payments for students studying nursing, that the Australian College of ...
More »Nurses at St Vincent’s scaled back due to financial pressure
Staff at St Vincent's Hospital in Darlinghurst have been told the number of nurses rostered will be scaled back due to financial pressure. The Sydney Morning Herald revealed last week that nurses received an email on January 12 stating close ...
More »Government allocates $74.5m for the “biggest investment in cancer nurses”
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 ...
More »Government health spending increases as Covid lingers
This year, Australia has spent a total of $241.3b on healthcare goods and services, which is a six per cent increase from 2021. So far from last year, a total of $241.3b has been spent on healthcare goods and services ...
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