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Feb- 2015 -5 FebruaryIndustry & Reform
Nurses back Liberal MP’s call to dump co-payment
Pressure continues to mount on the federal government to rule out plans for any form of Medicare patient co-payment.Ā The ANMF…
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5 FebruaryNews
Inhaled insulin launched in US
Hoping to appeal to millions of needle-phobic diabetics, drugmakers Sanofi and Mannkind have launched Afrezza, an insulin that's inhaled, rather…
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5 FebruaryNews
Nurse’s Ebola infection possibly linked to visor
A British nurse who contracted Ebola whilst working in Sierra Leone possibly caught the virus by wearing a visor and…
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4 FebruaryIndustry & Reform
$54.5 million to build dementia response teams
The federal government is to commit $54.5 million over four years towards dementia support services for the establishment of a…
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4 FebruaryNews
Doctors confirm: Screen time affects teens
Parents have long suspected it, but now doctors have proof: the more time teenagers spend on computers or mobile phones,…
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4 FebruaryIndustry & Reform
Brough calls for GP payment to be dumped
AĀ Liberal MP has called for theĀ co-payment on GP visits to be dumped,Ā as questions swirl about Tony Abbott's leadership. Queensland MP…
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3 FebruaryNews
Bulk-billing and quick visits not linked
Patients who have short GP appointments are no more likely to be bulk-billed than those who have longer appointments, a…
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2 FebruaryIndustry & Reform
Nurses dig in over RDNS service changes
Victorian nurses are calling on the stateās Royal District Nursing Service to stage the introduction of its new services model…
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Jan- 2015 -28 JanuaryNews
OA honours nurse as reformer, educator
A nurse and academic with almost half a century of international and Australian experience has received one of the highest…
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27 JanuaryNews
Online forums winning trust over doctors
A leading computational bioinformatics researcher has warned about the risks of online health information forums, saying many users are endangering…
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22 JanuaryNews
New draft guidelines for choosing organ recipients
With demand for donor organs greatly outstripping availability, the NHMRC has released new draft guidelines it hopes will make decisions…
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21 JanuaryNews
PM still promises Medicare reform
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has reaffirmed his intention to pursue Medicare cost savings measures and reform, including a āprice signalā…
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15 JanuaryIndustry & Reform
Coalition drops controversial MBS changes
Nurses and doctors have welcomed a government pledge for greater consultation with the health professions following the Coalitionās backdown on…
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14 JanuaryNews
Researchers commence Ebola vaccine trials
Oxford University researchers have begun the first trials of an experimental preventive Ebola vaccine regimen developed by Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies.…
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14 JanuaryNews
Marching on sedentary behaviours
For the next 100 days Australians will be urged to march against sedentary behaviour as part of an initiative launched…
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13 JanuaryIndustry & Reform
APNA boss stands down
The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) is on the hunt for a new CEO following the resignation of…
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12 JanuaryNews
Former nurse banned over failure to disclose criminal past
A former enrolled nurse who admitted he failed to inform the nursing and midwifery board of his previous criminal convictions…
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7 JanuaryClinical Practice
Violence against student nurses rampant
New research has indicated that a significant percentage of WAās nursing students have been exposed to aggression and violence while…
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6 JanuaryIndustry & Reform
New minister a chance for policy rethink
Peak health bodies have expressed hope that the appointment of Sussan Ley as federal health minister will signal an opportunity…
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5 JanuaryClinical Practice
Water ways
Nursing professor uses aquatic exercise to help people living with dementia. There are few meaningful physical activity programs for people…
