The Victorian state government has released what is is calling a “responsible budget focused on what matters most.” Treasurer Jaclyn Symes’ first budget has projected a $600m operating surplus, which is about $1bn less than its forecast last year. Net ...

Victorian nurses and midwives have voted to reject a new pay offer with some calling for the branch secretary to stand down over her comments about it. A "last resort" industrial action by the members of the Victorian branch of ...

Hospital beds could be closed and and elective surgeries cancelled across Victorian public hospitals if a pay dispute is not resolved by the Allan government within the next week. The "last resort" action was supported by members of the Victorian ...

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 ...