More advice and support on child health and parenting has been welcomed by Queensland doctors and mums. A Liberal National Party Queensland government would spend $92 million on a new Queensland maternal and child health service. LNP leader Campbell Newman ...

The Australian Greens have introduced legislation to allow employers and employees to bargain on job security and workloads. Greens workplace relations spokesman Adam Bandt has introduced a private member's bill to parliament yesterday which he says would give Fair Work ...

A parliamentary inquiry is generating calls for FASD to be recognised as a disability. Parents, foster carers, nurses and other health workers who have experience with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders have been urged to tell their story to federal parliament. ...

Hospital deaths have declined in EDs where new targets have been introduced. Hospitals that introduced the four-hour rule to reduce overcrowding in emergency departments have experienced a 13 per cent decline in overall mortality, new research has found. The research ...

Different work conditions between states is behind a push for an industry-wide agreement. Linda Belardi reports. Almost half of surveyed practice nurses say they are looking to resign in the next six months. The Australian Practice Nurse Association’s survey of ...

Nursing schools are reducing the number of clinical placement hours offered to students to manage increasing demand on practical training. By Linda Belardi. Average nursing clinical placement hours have declined over time as universities try to ease placement and resourcing ...

The QNU has welcomed the details of plans to break up Qld Health but doctors’ groups remain sceptical. By Mardi Chapman. The plan to restructure Queensland’s health and hospitals system by July is being received with cautious optimism by the ...

While the number of part-time workers rose by 33,600 in November, overall employment fell, the latest job figures show. By Colin Brinsden. An unexpected tumble in the number of people employed in full-time work justified the Reserve Bank of Australia's ...

Patients can shy away from looking after their teeth, which leads to more serious conditions, writes Karen-Leigh Edward. The importance of special attention to oral problems for people with mental disorders can’t be stressed enough since the lifespan of people ...

Inquiry report rejects Victorian plan to introduce armed guards in Emergency Departments. By Jennifer Bennett The Victorian nurses union has welcomed the results of a report into safety in Victorian hospitals and hopes it will pave the way for attacks ...