The George Institute for Global Health and the Heart Foundation are calling for reforms in healthcare to try to reduce the number of repeat heart attacks. By Aileen Macalintal. They have presented a five-point plan, part of which is to ...

The dramatic increase in reported drug theft from West Australian hospitals may not be as bad as it sounds. The annual report of the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) recently revealed that 462 health-related complaints were received over the past ...

A diary kept by hospital staff, family and friends could help intensive-care patients prevent psychological complications. “Being admitted to ICU can be a time of significant psychological and physical stress for patients and their families,” said Bev Ewens, a PhD ...

Three nurses from Wynnum Hospital, Brisbane, are the subject of a dispute over interrupted meal breaks. Currently before the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, the matter was lodged on behalf of the nurses by the Queensland Nurses’ Union (QNU). “They get ...

The NSW government has applied to vary the Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of Employment) Award in an effort to change the pay and working conditions of public-sector employees. The move is set to affect thousands of public servants, disability ...

A project to improve nursing practice and patient outcomes has won the Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) a prestigious national award at the 2012 Project Management Achievement Awards, run by the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM). The Connected Wound ...

In a first for Australian health, private-practice midwives are being given access to the birthing and postnatal services of hospitals. Nurses and midwives now have the opportunity to work in self-employed mode within the health service. “It opens up a ...

In the past two months, nurses at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) have worked more than 400 double shifts of 17 hours. It’s a situation that Neroli Ellis, Tasmanian branch president of the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF), classifies as an ...

Communications has moved on and more hospitals are moving to systems where staff can use their own mobile device to stay in touch at work. Nurses might be using a wider range of mobile devices at work in the future, ...

Quotes from health portfolio holders on both sides of politics: Lawrence Springborg, Queensland Health Minister, on Queensland health cuts: • “We are about revitalising front-line services and I’m very confident that these changes will not impact on front-line services, anything ...