Pregnant women are not receiving enough information from midwives and health professionals on the effects of alcohol consumption on their babies, a new research study has discovered. Researchers from the University of Wollongong’s Centre for Health Initiatives (CHI) found that ...

The highly variable quality of Certificate III training across the country has emerged as an unlikely recurring theme in the Productivity Commission’s ongoing public hearings. At various hearings in Melbourne, Hobart, Brisbane and Sydney, providers, unions and academics have raised ...

A program to boost immunisation rates among four-year-olds on the Limestone Coast has been shortlisted in the HESTA Australian Nursing Awards. When local midwife Angela Cutting saw the need to increase pre-school immunisation rates in rural South Australia, she came ...

An internationally renowned bioethics expert has said there are reasonable concerns why health advocacy organisations should not take a definitive position on euthanasia. Professional organisations, representing both consumers and health workers, risk polarising the debate and alienating their broad constituencies ...

Legally forcing midwives into compulsory collaborative arrangements won’t work, says a midwifery academic. Writing in a recent issue of Women and Birth, Karen Lane, a lecturer at Deakin University criticised what she called the new “militarised” arrangements for midwives. She ...

The death of a baby during delivery demonstrates the need for collaborative arrangements between doctors and midwives. Coroner John Hutton last month handed down his findings of an inquest into the newborn’s death following a birth intervention at Gold Coast’s ...

Providing better patient outcomes in Australian hospitals by improving the management of acute patient deterioration events is the focus of a new research project at the University of Technology, Sydney. UTS has received funding from the Australian Commission for Safety ...

Some girls are missing out on the vaccination that helps protect against cervical cancer because of fears related to the vaccination process, a study has found. In the study, carried out at nine Sydney metropolitan schools, researchers from the University ...

Robots and other assistive technology may be inevitable in aged care moving into the future, but can they replace the human touch? Annie May reports. Standing at just 40cm tall and looking suspiciously like the latest toy their grandchildren have ...

Announced as part of the 2010 Health Reform, Medicare Locals will be rolled out as early as in the middle of this year. However, groups in the field are still divided in opinion regarding the plan, writes Jeff Li. In ...