Queensland has passed new legislation to allow nurse practitioners, endorsed midwives, and registered nurses to prescribe termination-of-pregnancy drugs, as well as laws that reform midwife-to-patient ratios Last week, laws allowing nurses and midwives to provide the drug MS-2 Step passed ...

Misdiagnosed, misled, and miserable – these are some words Queensland women have used in relation to their their experiences in healthcare, according to a government survey. Almost 12,000 females were consulted for the government's landmark Women and Girls' Health Strategy ...

Nurses dismissed for refusing the Covid-19 vaccine rallied outside a major Queensland hospital, demanding re-employment. Dozens of nurses and midwives waved placards outside Gold Coast University Hospital on Saturday, following leaked Qld Health emails in The Courier Mail revealed a ...

A record-breaking 1,400 students have been enrolled for a TAFE nursing diploma, fully funded by the Queensland Government. Students will save almost $25,000 with the initiative supporting 3,500 training places. Queensland Premier Steven Miles welcomed the first cohort last week, ...

Queensland’s health authorities have admitted to “significant failings” that led to the “preventable” death of a man with an intellectual disability at a hospital on the Gold Coast. Stewart Kelly, 45, died at Robina Hospital in August 2022 after being admitted 33 days earlier ...

A 39-year-old nurse has been found guilty of injecting a 15-year-old girl multiple times with methamphetamine after the girl was admitted to Cairns Hospital for drug abuse. Nurse Shantali Suzann Bramble pleaded guilty to three charges of supplying dangerous drugs ...

Queensland nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives will be allowed to prescribe termination-of-pregnancy drugs to a person in their early stages of pregnancy under proposed changes to legislation. Under these changes, it's also proposed nurses and midwives will be able to ...

Virtual reality (VR) is helping to create safer birthing experiences for Queensland mothers and their babies in remote towns. Nurses in the remote and predominantly Indigenous towns of north-west Queensland are learning how to prepare mothers for childbirth with the ...

Yesterday, Queensland midwives rallied outside of Parliament House, calling for urgent funding from the state government. In June this year, the state government invested $42 million to help maternity services in rural and remote communities. However, it was revealed that ...

Australia is facing a sharp rise in influenza cases across several states, including New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland, putting health authorities on alert. While Covid cases in Australia have decreased by 20 per cent compared to last week, there's been a ...