Kate Leaver reports on the latest developments in Health Workforce Australia's (HWA) reform agenda. It's more than three decades since a group of 130 remote area nurses congregated in Alice Springs with a collective goal in mind; getting the government ...

The westernisation of Asian societies will see its pre-term birth rate boom, predicts an Australian researcher at the forefront of advising China about how to manage this trend. Linda Belardi reports. Women living in Western Australia are almost three times ...

While international collaboration between nations in times of disaster and medical crisis is common, Australian health professionals are now turning their attention to the rising global burden of mental illness. Linda Belardi reports. It is estimated that up to two ...

A multidisciplinary mobile team is improving the quality of life for older people living in the community, reports Darragh O Keeffe. It may be just 16 months in operation but a multidisciplinary 'geriatric flying squad' has already made a world ...

For decades medical science has long focused its research efforts on saving lives, now it's turning its attention to an emerging research field - survivorship. Louise Williams reports. Professor Andrew Lloyd had always imagined his career as an infectious diseases ...

Sexuality needs to be a central aspect of the breast cancer agenda, and nurses need to be empowered to discuss it, writes Jane Ussher. Changes to sexual wellbeing can be one of the most problematic aspects of life post-breast cancer. ...

Parents should not be given the choice to vaccinate their child, Professor Ian Frazer tells a Sydney audience. By Linda Belardi. The public has a right to vaccinations and parents who fail to comply should be fined, says a leading ...

Final year students rally over cuts to Tasmania's graduate nurse intake, Linda Belardi reports. One-third of Tasmania's annual graduate nurse intake has been slashed, due to public cost cutting. The Tasmanian Minister for Health, Michelle O'Byrne announced a 2012 employment ...

Nursing dean calls on the profession to break its policy silence, writes Linda Belardi. A ''virtual policy'' school to encourage the active involvement of nurses in public policy is to be established. The school will be an international collaboration between ...

Southern Health management withdraws request to meet with employee over evidence given to a parliamentary inquiry on security and violence. By Darragh O'Keeffe and Linda Belardi. Victoria's largest public health service provider has apologised to a nurse it summoned to a ...