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Workers, community members sound off on aged care
Health professionals and community members have listed increasing government funding and implementing regulated nurse ratios as steps that should be taken to improve aged care. The calls come from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation’s phone-in and online questionnaire in ...
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Bone fracture figures a public health warning: expert
Australian adults can now assess their bone fracture risk using a tool that aims to address figures showing there will be a new broken bone in Australia every 3.4 minutes. The Osteoporosis Australia data also found that more than 155,000 fractures will ...
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Report on antimicrobial use a wake-up call: peak body
A recent report showing that the number of antimicrobials being prescribed in Australia continues to grow should be a wake-up call to community members and health professionals, NPS MedicineWise has said. Chief executive Dr Lynn Weekes said the Australian Commission ...
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