Concerning figures have been released regarding the mental, physical and financial wellbeing of the nation's carers. The Palliative Care Australia (PCA) national workforce survey has analysed the impact of the growing demand and resource challenges associated with palliative care on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Contrary to what most men believe, their bodies aren’t bulletproof. As men age, the body does indeed change. The most common issues are some of the more confronting – prostate enlargement, weight gain, rising blood pressure, and heart problems are ...

John L. Hopkins, Swinburne University of Technology This month, changes to the Australian Fair Work Act will give workers the formal right to disconnect from all work communication outside their usual work hours. The main driver for introducing “right to ...

University of Queensland (UQ) research shows violence against healthcare workers is increasing in frequency and severity, not only in Australia but worldwide. The study, which was headed up by Dr Conor O’Brien, looked at 3000 studies and examined the "causes, ...

The COVID pandemic saw a mass exodus of health-care workers across developed countries, exacerbating an existing health-care staffing crisis. In Australia, turnover rates among hospital staff reached nearly 20% in 2022. Hospital waiting lists in Victoria alone ballooned to 80,000 ...

NSW has been criticised for the lack of mental-health funding in the new state budget, which was released mid-September. It is the only state in which mental-health funding has decreased per capita over the last 10 years. October is Mental ...

Last Tuesday, the NSW government announced that healthcare students willing to make a five-year commitment to the state's public health system will receive $4,000 scholarships in an effort to boost the number of health workers in the public system. New ...

Almost half of all Australians have experienced a mental health disorder in their life. However, a dramatic shortage of mental health nurses puts a heavy burden on individuals and nurses. To address the ongoing problem, Edith Cowan University (ECU) is ...