healthcare
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News
Record-breaking winter likely for hospitals
New data has revealed emergency rooms in NSW are treating record numbers of patients needing urgent attention, with the state…
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Industry & Reform
Ambulance ramping figures improving
A half-billion-dollar push to cut hospital waiting times in NSW has begun to have an effect, with a number of…
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Industry & Reform
Ministers meet to address bed block crisis
The nation’s health leaders are demanding “urgent action” from the federal government to tackle a $1bn aged care crisis that…
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Wages
NSW nurses accept interim pay offer
The interim offer includes a three per cent pay increase, backdated to 1 July 2025, along with an additional 0.5…
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News
Australia will soon have its own ‘centre for disease control’
In a milestone for public health in Australia, a permanent Australian Centre for Disease Control (CDC) is set to start…
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Clinical Practice
Nurses key to improved chronic wound care
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) is urging the federal government to prioritise nurse-led models of care, asserting they are…
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Industry & Reform
NSW Premier grilled on hospital crisis
The Premier was repeatedly questioned about whether he would back an inquiry during a heated exchange with the opposition during…
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Industry & Reform
Patchwork of healthcare workforce policies
Despite long-standing concern about shortages of health workers in both rural and urban areas, there’s no overarching national strategy for…
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Industry & Reform
‘Care central to our lives and economy’: PC
The Australian Productivity Commission has released its ‘Delivering quality care more efficiently’ interim report, making a host of recommendations to…
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Wages
60,000 hospital workers receive wage bump
The NSW government and Health Services Union NSW have finalised a pay offer for healthcare workers, which will see salaries…
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