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Oct- 2020 -6 OctoberIndustry News
Albanese promises centre for disease control
A Labor government would set up a centre for disease control to strengthen Australia's preparedness for future pandemics, party leader…
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Sep- 2020 -29 SeptemberOpinion
Why aged care residents with COVID-19 should be transferred to hospital: opinion
More than a third of care residents who have contracted COVID-19 have died.[1] Thatās more than 36 times higher than the rest of…
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25 SeptemberIndustry News
Who should be at the front of the vaccine queue? Aussies have their say
Australians want frontline nurses, paramedics, and aged care and disability workers to be first in line to receive a COVID-19…
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22 SeptemberIndustry News
Nurses call for climate change focus in preventive health strategy
Nurses, doctors, psychologists and dietitians are among the healthcare workers calling on government to recognise climate change in the National…
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22 SeptemberIndustry News
Aged care system needs āfundamental resetā: Murphy
Secretary of the Department of Health Brendan Murphy believes the aged care system needs a āfundamental resetā. Murphy, who was…
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15 SeptemberIndustry News
Questions remain surrounding Oxford vaccine trial pause
Scientists around the globe celebrated news the University of Oxford would restart the trial for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, but…
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15 SeptemberIndustry News
Keating pitches HECS-style aged care loans
Former Prime Minister Paul Keating has told the aged care royal commission it should consider recommending a HECS-style loan for…
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8 SeptemberIndustry News
COVID-19: How to support visits for next-of-kin at end of life
To date, many Australians who have died from COVID-19 have died alone and many others have missed out on visiting…
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8 SeptemberIndustry News
Aged care minister censured: What the pollies had to say
The Senate on Thursday censured Minister for Aged Care Richard Colbeck for failing to recall āthe most basic and tragic…
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8 SeptemberIndustry News
PM details $1.7b deal for COVID-19 vaccines
Australians will get free access to a COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 under a $1.7 billion supply and production agreement between…
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Aug- 2020 -25 AugustIndustry News
Oxford, Russian, homegrown: regardless of the vaccine, Australia ‘needs a distribution plan’
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) wants Australia to quickly develop a national plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccination. AMA president Dr…
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18 AugustOpinion
Is there an alternative future for aged care?
The coronavirus has been described as a cunning and invisible enemy by virologists and politicians. They should know what it…
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11 AugustCOVID-19
Should COVID-positive aged care residents be transferred to hospital?
Aged care providers are equipped to deal with the flu and gastro, not unprecedented worldwide pandemics. Thatās why Aged and…
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4 AugustOpinion
Beyond COVID-19: How can we prepare the nursing workforce for the new reality?
As a former nurse, it breaks my heart to know that more than 600 nurses have lost their lives fighting…
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Jul- 2020 -30 JulyIndustry News
Paid pandemic leave announced: union says it wonāt reach all workers
Victorian aged care is struggling to contain the COVID-19 outbreak tearing through the system, with 952 active cases linked to…
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28 JulyIndustry News
Aged care workers to get pandemic leave
Casual aged care workers will be eligible for paid pandemic leave after a Fair Work Commission decision to try to…
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28 JulyIndustry News
Family of St Basilās resident told father was fine, in reality he was in hospital fighting for life
The COVID-19 crisis in Victorian aged care homes is worsening as the St Basilās aged care home has been evacuated…
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21 JulyCOVID-19
Experts call out activewear companyās anti-virus claims
Clothing company Lorna Jane has been fined $40,000 for claiming it sold "anti-virus activewear". The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) last…
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21 JulyClinical Practice
Check twice, click once: The legal implications of incorrectly sending patient information via email
Nurses are required to maintain patient confidentially due to their legal, moral, ethical, employment and professional duties as they are…
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14 JulyIndustry News
Aussie researchers testing gown fabrics, 3D printed mask seals
Australian researchers are testing fabric samples from gown manufacturers to find out how to best keep healthcare workers safe from…
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7 JulyCOVID-19
Aged care residents dying at 3 times the normal rate in the UK during pandemic
Aged care residents died at three times the normal rate in the UK during the COVID-19 peak in April, according…
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7 JulyIndustry News
239 scientists say COVID-19 is airborne
Scientists from around the world are pushing for recognition that it is possible COVID-19 can spread through airborne transmission. In…
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Jun- 2020 -30 JuneIndustry News
New Zealand aged care nurses push for pay parity
Just under 14,000 New Zealanders have signed a petition calling for an end to the pay disparity between the countryās…
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19 JuneIndustry News
Nursing fees to be slashed, others to soar under new uni scheme
School leavers who are hoping to study humanities will either have to foot a bill double that of their predecessors…
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18 JuneCOVID-19
Dexamethasone: Scientific community reacts to potential COVID-19 treatment
Itās low-cost and widely available and yet dexamethasone is the drug that has researchers' tongues wagging after a UK trial…
