As policymakers and politicians discuss the future of home birth in Australia, a new documentary screening here and in New Zealand illuminates the issues at the centre of the debate and lets women describe their experiences. By Linda Belardi. As ...

Developing important collaborative ties with nurses overseas can help Australia improve its nursing system here. Linda Belardi reports. Stepping into the hospital ward for the first time as a student nurse can be daunting, but do they immediately feel a ...

From dementia to palliative care, the ageing population will present myriad issues for the health system. Darragh O Keeffe asks nurse educators how they are preparing the future workforce to meet the challenge. Whether you are a nursing, medical or ...

It is critical that the current whooping cough epidemic should not undermine public trust in vaccination programs, write Jodie McVernon and Julie Leask. Even though we have had a whooping cough (pertussis) vaccine since the 1950s, the disease is proving ...

Health professionals have backed a Climate Commission report that warns of the threat to the young and old of a warmer planet. By Cathy Wever. Climate change has implications we are only beginning to truly comprehend. While natural resource depletion ...

It is worth investigating if there are compelling health and financial benefits from mandatory flu vaccinations for aged care staff, writes Robert Booy. Residential aged care staff are a major potential source of infection, yet research shows that only about ...

An alliance of health and consumer groups will begin another round of government lobbying to introduce food labels. Health groups are still pushing for front-of-pack labels on foods to be colour-coded despite their preferred "traffic light" system being rejected late ...

Monash University is playing host to Japanese students to boost their transcultural nursing skills. Nursing students from Nagasaki, Japan are spending two weeks with their peers in Melbourne to gain firsthand experience of the Australian health system. In a collaboration ...

Additional child centres announced but still no plan to address shortage of child health nurses. Child and parent centres aimed at helping families with children at risk will be set up at 10 West Australian primary schools under a $29 ...

NSW govt has dismissed reports that hospitals have experienced a jump in violent incidents. NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner says there are no plans to boost powers for hospital security following reports that assaults on nurses are on the rise. ...