When was the last time you felt truly energised by your work? Do you find yourself emotionally drained, struggling to muster empathy for your team or patients? Are you aware of compassion fatigue creeping into your leadership, or have you ...

After two years of negotiations, 250 days of protected industrial action and three no votes, NSW nurses and midwives have voted to accept the latest enterprise agreement proposed by employer Ramsay Health Care. Members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives ...

An Australian law firm has today announced that it has commenced a class action against Bupa aged care facilities on behalf of residents. Echo Law alleges that from July 1 2019 “Bupa Aged Care failed to provide staffing levels that ...

Hospital-acquired infections are infections patients didn’t have when they were admitted to hospital. The most common include wound infections after surgery, urinary tract infections and pneumonia. These can have a big impact for patients, often increasing their time in hospital, ...

Doctors are walking off the job for three days in NSW public hospitals. The doctors say they can be paid 20 to 30 per cent more in Queensland or Victoria and are hoping to be awarded pay rises like the state’s ...

Australians have been urged to get a flu vaccination as cases surge across the country, almost doubling in one state. The National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System reported there has been more than 46,300 cases of influenza across Australia this year ...

The nation will head to the polls on May 3 to decide on the next Prime Minister of Australia, in what will be a key moment for the healthcare sector. After much anticipation, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the general ...

Turmoil surrounds private hospital operator Healthscope. The Canadian-owned health giant operates 38 private hospitals across the country, including Sydney’s Northern Beaches Hospital ,which has recently made headlines due to the death of two-year-old Joe Massa and subsequent NSW parliamentary inquiry. ...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down the federal budget at 7:30pm (AEDT) tonight, Tuesday March 25. Here's what we know so far. The Albanese government has already made a number of significant pledges towards the improvement of national healthcare, and ...

Seven million Australians live in rural and remote areas and many struggle to access the same quality of health care as those in metropolitan areas. More than 18,000 Australians have no access to primary health care services within an hour’s ...