With demand for donor organs greatly outstripping availability, the NHMRC has released new draft guidelines it hopes will make decisions about choice of recipients and allocation easier. The draft document, Ethical Guidelines for Organ Transplantation from Deceased Donors was released ...
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PM still promises Medicare reform
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has reaffirmed his intention to pursue Medicare cost savings measures and reform, including a “price signal” to patients, despite conceding that such measures would face a tough battle in the Senate. Speaking to reporters this week, ...
More »Coalition drops controversial MBS changes
Nurses and doctors have welcomed a government pledge for greater consultation with the health professions following the Coalition’s backdown on its controversial plans to slash rebates for shorter GP consultations. From next week, a scheduled change to standard, time-based GP ...
More »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. The trials come as the ongoing Ebola epidemic is affecting a growing number of countries including Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, ...
More »Marching on sedentary behaviours
For the next 100 days Australians will be urged to march against sedentary behaviour as part of an initiative launched by Tasmanian nurse, exercise physiologist and aged care professional Peter Bradley. Bradley, who is also service manager at RDNS Home ...
More »APNA boss stands down
The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) is on the hunt for a new CEO following the resignation of longstanding chief executive Kathy Bell. In announcing Bell’s resignation yesterday, APNA president Karen Booth praised the outgoing CEO’s leadership over ...
More »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 has been found guilty of professional misconduct and disqualified from registration for at least one year. The NSW Civil and ...
More »Violence against student nurses rampant
New research has indicated that a significant percentage of WA’s nursing students have been exposed to aggression and violence while on clinical placement. The study, carried out by Murdoch University PhD student Martin Hopkins, surveyed 150 second and third year ...
More »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 to make headway against what they say are potentially negative government policy initiatives. The promotion of Ley to the prominent ...
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Nursing professor uses aquatic exercise to help people living with dementia. There are few meaningful physical activity programs for people with dementia, especially plans that take into account significant disabilities, an academic says. Her solution? A dip in the pool. ...
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