healthcare
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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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Wages
NSW nurses offered ‘interim’ pay deal
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) will vote on whether to accept an interim pay deal from the state…
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Workforce
Nurses wanted for Qld Health Boards
The Queensland state government are now accepting expressions of interest from nurses, doctors and other frontline clinicians for its Hospital…
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Aged Care
Medication laws tightened for Vic aged care
In an Australian first, the Victorian government has introduced legislation to ensure only authorised health professionals can administer certain medications…
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Culturally Informed Care
Prioritise First Nations kids’ health – QNMU
The Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) has demanded to know how the state government is addressing the significant disparity in…
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AI
AI in healthcare could save lives and money
Proponents of the technology say that over the coming decades, AI has the potential to save hundreds of thousands, even…
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News
Photo of 70yo that shook state ‘to the core’
A nurse at one of NSW’s busiest hospitals says staff are “burnt out” amid an unprecedented winter surge, after “frightening”…
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News
Ramsay axes 85% of mental health clinics
The country’s biggest private hospital company will shut the majority of its psychology clinics in a matter of months. With…
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