Uncertainty over the future of Bendigo private St John of God Hospital's maternity ward has led midwives and parents to fight to save it from closing. Chief of the hospital Michael Hogan said that closure may be an option due ...
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Rozalia Spadafora inquest: mistakes and miscommunication in 5yo’s death
The ACT Coroner's Court inquest has found a lack of communication and preventable mistakes among Canberra Hospital's staff led to a delay in her diagnosis and, ultimately, Rozalia's death. The five-year-old is believed to have died of myocarditis brought on ...
More »AMA says ACT Medicare UCCs ignores federal government policy
Existing Canberra walk-in health clinics will be able to treat a wider range of conditions through merging with new Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs). The scheme will be joint funded by the ACT government and will attract an extra ...
More »‘Hospitals not a target’: Nurses protest against bombing of Gaza hospital
Hundreds of health workers from Liverpool Hospital in Sydney’s south-west held a snap protest and vigil last Wednesday following the bombing of the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, which killed 471 Palestinians and wounded 314 others. They observed a ...
More »Tasmanian nurses and midwives accept new pay deal, however ‘not a silver bullet’ for staff vacancies
Tasmanian nurses and midwives have accepted a deal with the state government, which will pay them in the same league as other Australian states. Although welcomed by unions, one advocate said it wouldn't be "a silver bullet" to the sector's ...
More »Healthcare workers priority in new apartment block
Sydney healthcare workers could be allocated 15 per cent of a new housing development in Crows Nest to combat the lack of affordable housing that is close to hospitals or medical centres. The Hume Place project, by developers Phoenix Property ...
More »Free enrolments for RNs at La Trobe’s Bendigo Rural Health School
La Trobe University's Rural Health School has opened new enrolments to retain and strengthen the rural nursing workforce. Once completed, the short online course results in a certificate, allowing nurses to brush up on skills in a rural setting. The ...
More »AMA calls for private health regulator to boost at-home recovery
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) president Stephen Robson on Friday called for a private health authority to regulate out-of-hospital care, a practice he said could save the sector millions. The 'Out-of-hospital models of care in the private health system' AMA ...
More »Challenging and rewarding – Q&A with NICU nurse Seona Emanuelli
In 2021, over 300,000 babies were born in Australia, with 17 per cent requiring admission to a special care nursery (SCN) or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Despite only making up two per cent of the nursing workforce, the number ...
More »VR stroke training for NSW nurses rolls out
Emergency department nurses across New South Wales are set to benefit from a new virtual reality (VR) training program about stroke care. Developed by the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation and the Centre for Advanced Training Systems at the University ...
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