Unannounced audits have begun rolling out across Australia’s aged care homes. July 1 marked the start date for the new system, under which aged care homes will no longer receive notices for the dates of re-accreditation audits. The move was ...

Patients presenting to Victorian emergency departments may expect greater delays due to the growing number of bed closures. Dr Anthony Cross, president of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (ACEM), believes that the closure of over 340 beds across the ...

Overseas nurses may face more hoops to nurse in NZ Nurses trained in India and the Philippines may have to sit an exam and face tougher English language requirements to nurse in New Zealand. The Nursing Council of New Zealand ...

Just as a round of government funding gets underway, new research looks at the growth of teaching nursing homes in Australia and highlights the role they can play in improving quality of care and countering workforce issues. Darragh O Keeffe ...

Nurses raise the issue of wages and quality training in aged care with federal minister for ageing during recent public forum, reports Darragh O Keeffe and Natasha Egan. Federal Minister for Ageing Mark Butler has said the government may respond ...

A new report paints a bleak picture of aged care, particularly when it comes to nurse numbers, write Annie May. The ratio of aged care residents per nurse will double in the next decade if the current rate of decline in ...

Many GPs don’t consider ethnicity to be relevant to quality of care, according to a new study. Better identification of indigenous patients in general practices would improve their access to Medicare benefits such as health checks that could help ‘Close ...