South Australian public hospitals have reached near-record ambulance ramping levels, with the government citing "extreme pressure on the health system". According to figures provided by SA Health, patients spent 4095 hours on the ramp in March – almost reaching November's ...

An increase to award wages for Certificate III aged care workers has "finally" been secured. The Fair Work Commission ordered pay increases of 23 per cent for assistants in nursing (AINs) and personal care workers (PCWs) with a Certificate III ...

Katie Attwell, The University of Western Australia and Jessica Kaufman, Murdoch Children's Research Institute Months after COVID vaccines were introduced in 2021, governments and private organisations mandated them for various groups. Health and aged care workers were among the first ...

Around 60 aged care nurses and carers from across Australia travelled to Canberra to address "ongoing failures" by providers, and to call for accountability. The group stood together to call out aged care providers, saying "they can't be trusted" to ...

Western Australia's new abortion laws came into effect last Wednesday, six months after they were passed last year. Abortion has officially been removed from WA's criminal code, putting an end to clinically unnecessary barriers, and improving access to reproductive healthcare ...

After unanimously rejecting the government's wage and conditions offer, Victorian nurses and midwives have threatened to walk off the job following the start of protected industrial action by union members. On Thursday, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) members voted ...

The forthcoming flu season is forecast to be just as bad or worse than 2023, with one in three people tipped to get a cold or influenza. Flu cases are already double the weekly rate of last year, but one ...

A recent TAFE graduate proves it's never too late to follow your passion after switching from a small business owner to a nursing graduate aged 46. Daniella Goodridge owned and operated a thriving swim school in the eastern suburbs of ...

Independent MPs and unions have formed an alliance in an effort to get a parliamentary inquiry into how the New South Wales government can deliver housing for essential workers, such as nurses, teachers, and paramedics. In a joint letter sent ...

New figures from the Department of Health and Aged Care found that residential aged care is facing a gap of 5,918 nurses by 2024-25 – an improvement of only 44 from government forecasts during the December quarter. The Australian has ...