The Greens are vowing to push major healthcare reforms into any parliamentary negotiations after next year’s election, banking on Labor being forced to form a minority government. Last Thursday, Greens leader Adam Bandt unveiled his party’s ambitious plan to make ...

Many people with atrial fibrillation don’t have any symptoms. But this heart condition – which involves an irregular and often rapid heartbeat – increases the risk of stroke and heart failure, especially if untreated. Wearable devices such as smart watches ...

Anthony Scott, Monash University and Terence C. Cheng, Monash University A battle between private hospitals and private health insurers is playing out in public. At its heart is how much health insurers pay hospitals for their services, and whether that’s ...

The federal government is investing $3.5 million for the expansion of preventative Indigenous health program Deadly Choices. The program is an initiative of the Queensland Institute for Urban Indigenous Health (IUIH) aimed at "empowering Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples ...

Health Minister Mark Butler has declined to say how the government intends to respond to a damning report that found both the health system and workplaces were failing women. Released last week, the Senate Community Affairs References Committee's report made ...

A new study published in The Lancet has forecast that drug-resistant infections will be the direct cause of tens of millions of deaths by the middle of the century. The Global Research on Antimicrobial Resistance Project (AMR) predicts that by ...

National peak body for nurses, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN), has released a position statement proposing that all school-aged children in Australia have access to a registered nurse that is suitably qualified to provide guidance on maintaining a healthy ...

After a lengthy research and engagement process, the draft of Australia's first National Nursing Workforce Strategy is now open for public consultation.  The federal and Victorian governments, in collaboration with all states and territories, are seeking feedback from a range ...

From Albury to Tweed, NSW public sector nurses and midwives will walk off the job today (10th September) for more than 12 hours, saying they are "fed up with being ignored" by the state government. NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association ...

The Albanese government is being called on to give all workers 12 days reproductive leave to cover IVF treatments, severe period pain, menopause, vasectomies and gender transitioning therapies. The powerful Health Services Union (HSU) on Monday began a national campaign for the ...