Midwives working at a private Victorian hospital have claimed staffing shortages are putting mothers and babies at risk. Last month, members from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation Victoria (ANMFVIC) passed a unanimous motion to express "grave concerns" about inappropriate ...

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 ...

Yuting Zhang, The University of Melbourne; Jongsay Yong, The University of Melbourne, and Ou Yang, The University of Melbourne The more people take up private health insurance, the less pressure on the public hospital system, including shorter waiting lists for ...

Midwife April Jardine has been honoured as HESTA's Midwife of the Year for her instrumental role in integrating the continuity of carer model. Ms Jardine became Midwifery Clinical Coordinator and Educator at Dhelkaya Health in regional Victoria three years ago ...

The Andrews government has opened ten new priority health centres in Victoria to alleviate pressure from busy emergency departments The ten free priority care centres have already seen more than 6,000 patients walk through their doors. At a time when ...

People are being urged by health experts to work from home to curtail pressures on the healthcare system, with the latest Covid wave forecasted to peak around Christmas. Cases have surged in NSW and Victoria in recent weeks after steadily rising ...

Less than a month out from the Victorian state election, the Liberal opposition has made another massive funding announcement, this time promising $800 million in new and upgraded hospitals in Melbourne’s outer suburbs. On Wednesday, a day after the writs ...

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will push for a fourth jab for healthcare workers following concerns over waning Covid immunity. The Premier on Monday revealed plans to seek federal government support in including healthcare workers among those eligible for a fourth dose as ...

“Bigoted quackery has no place in this state.” That’s what Victorian premier Daniel Andrews had to say about his decision to ban gay conversion therapy. The state will introduce new legislation to ensure the practice is against the law. “For ...

Victorian hospitals will now be charged with reporting cases of potentially fatal anaphylaxis to the state’s health department. The new scheme, which came into effect on 1 November, was set up in response to the death of a 10-year-old boy ...