Seniors risk being left behind in the move to a digital environment. More than 40 per cent of older Australians say the internet is too expensive, leaving them at risk of being shut off from health and other online services. ...

A new report has urged the Federal Government to extend Medicare to asylum seekers. The Federal Government is facing calls to extend Medicare benefits to thousands of community-based asylum seekers following the release of a report which scrutinised their access ...

National research will inform how nurses communicate to families about organ donation. Every year roughly half of Australian families turn down the opportunity to donate the organs of their loved ones. In new research, registered nurse and university researcher, Holly ...

ANF says the PC did not offer real solutions. The final Productivity Commission report into aged care saying it fails to address quality care for elderly Australians, says the ANF. ANF federal secretary Lee Thomas said the report Caring for ...

Payroll problems are causing a nursing black hole. Queensland nurses are refusing to work certain shifts out of fear they won't be paid properly, in the latest twist in the payroll saga. The nurses' union has anecdotal evidence of staff ...

Health workers urged to ‘do something real in indigenous health’. Nurses, doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other health practitioners are being encouraged to consider extending their careers to help provide care to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders across Australia. The Minister ...

Survey raises fears that many heart attack survivors are not receiving adequate long-term care. Heart attack survivors underestimate the danger of suffering another attack within a year and struggle to make crucial lifestyle changes, a survey has revealed. Some also ...

Independent midwives exemption to continue until 2013. Independent privately practising midwives have been given a further 12 month extension of the professional indemnity insurance exemption. The extension was agreed upon at the Australian Health Ministers Conference held in Darwin last ...

For health researcher Tricia McCabe developing strong clinical relationships with indigenous patients is first and foremost about building relationships of trust. She tells Linda Belardi. Researchers from the University of Sydney and James Cook have launched a series of online ...

Midwives urge government to relook at legislation. The government's maternity reforms are "doomed to fail" as a result of obstetricians refusing to enter into collaborative arrangements with midwives. This is according to the Australian College of Midwives (ACM), which said ...