Significant investments have been made in mental health services, but more can be done. The federal government says it is spending more than ever before on mental health services but admits it can do better. Mental Health Minister Mark Butler ...

A long-running dispute on pay and working conditions in South Australia has come to an end. South Australian nurses will get a pay rise before Christmas after accepting a state government offer. A ballot of Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation ...

Unions have renewed calls for all states to declare Christmas Day a public holiday so workers can be awarded penalty rates. Workers in Victoria and South Australia will be the only ones to miss out on penalty rates for working ...

It has been revealed that the latest super clinic to open doesn’t have any doctors yet. Health Minister Nicola Roxon says she's keeping "a close watch" on the much-maligned GP super clinics program following fresh accusation of delays and mismanagement. ...

New report provides timely information on emergency department care and elective surgery waiting times. The number of people seeking either emergency treatment, or elective surgery, in Australia's public hospitals continues to rise but it is not all bad news on ...

NSW government agrees to talks with nurses. The NSW Department of Health says it will enter into discussions with nurses following the Nurses Association's decision to lift the proposed industrial action. However, NSW Health has warned that any further industrial ...

Health reforms at risk under new state governments. Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she will continue to press her case for health reforms despite the prospect of an agreement being threatened by new coalition state governments. The federal government has ...

CSU researcher announces end of 'obesity epidemic'. A controversial new book by a Charles Sturt University (CSU) researcher argues that the so-called ‘obesity epidemic’ has been grossly exaggerated by both the media and the medical mainstream. In his second book ...

Victorian nurses and midwives to renew registration. Victoria’s 90,000 nurses and midwives are now due to renew their registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). Nurses and midwives in Victoria have until 31 December to renew their ...

A new material will make it possible to check wounds without changing the dressing: if an infection arises, the material changes its colour. Whether a small cut with a knife, a surgical wound or a major injury caused by a ...