Delegates at the ALP national conference have rejected WA plans to privatise elements of the public hospital system. Federal Labor has declared war on the WA Liberal government's privatisation of public hospitals. At the ALP national conference in Sydney on ...

College members have voted in favour of a single national professional body, Linda Belardi reports. Royal College of Nursing Australia and the College of Nursing are to merge, forming what will be Australia’s largest peak professional body for nurses. At ...

Nurses who want to return to the NSW public health system can now apply for scholarships to help them pay for mandatory refresher courses. In a bid to lure nurses back to the system, the NSW Minister for Health Jillian ...

Flight Lieutenant Leigh Molloy is a Nursing Officer in the 1 Expeditionary Health Squadron at Amberley Medical Centre outside Brisbane. She tells Linda Belardi about her career highs and lows and how she stays connected to her profession. At Amberley ...

A study has shown private nurse practitioner clinics do not conflict with or duplicate the traditional roles of the pharmacist. By Linda Belardi. Nurse practitioners in community pharmacies provide a timely, accessible, primary healthcare service and do not necessarily encroach ...

Trauma nurse recognised for her high impact research An internationally respected trauma nurse and researcher has won the Frank McDermott award for her research into trauma nurse case management. The prize, from the National Trauma Research Institute, is awarded to ...

New research explores the experience of non-English speaking nurses on their journey to registration in Australia. By Linda Belardi. The English language requirements for registration as a nurse or midwife in Australia will come under scrutiny in the first independent ...

National survey paints bleak picture of nurse dissatisfaction. By Linda Belardi. The nursing workforce is facing a staff turnover crisis with 15 per cent of nurses saying they will leave the profession within a year, the first national survey of ...

New research hopes to pave the way for a significant reduction in the number of Aboriginal children with ear disease. The study of 400 babies from remote communities in the Northern Territory will evaluate two different vaccines used to help ...

NSW patients face high care costs in comparison to other nations NSW patients pay more for out-of-pocket medical expenses than do citizens of every country except the US, a report has found. The Bureau of Health Information’s second annual report, ...