While the share of expenses per patient on management and administration in the public psychiatric sector has increased, the share spent on nursing care has decreased. A study of expenditure trends in the public psychiatric sector raises questions about the ...
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Numbers still don’t meet demand
New figures show there are more doctors and nurses, but supply varies across regional areas. There has been an increase in nurses and doctors over the past year, new figures reveal, however, there is concern that the numbers aren’t enough ...
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Concern continues about the shortage of graduate positions. In six years time it is predicted Queensland will face a shortfall of up to 5000 registered nurses. This year about 1500 new graduates couldn’t find employment in a state facility. It ...
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Clinical training for health professionals has been given a shot in the arm. Extra undergraduate places for health professionals will be supported by a boost in clinical training days, with nurses to see the highest increase. The government has announced ...
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Public hospital and community healthcare nurses across NSW want a major overhaul of the state's public hospital and healthcare system. Nurses want minimum nurse-to-patient ratios to improve the quality and safety of patient care in NSW. Brett Holmes, general secretary ...
More »Aged care needs 2020 vision: Salt
The retirement of the baby boomer generation will significantly alter how and where aged care services are delivered in the future, Bernard Salt has told the ACSA conference. Australia needs to increase skilled migration to prevent a crisis in aged ...
More »Most ovarian cancer diagnosed ‘promptly’
Study challenges anecdotal evidence of diagnostic delay in ovarian cancer. Concerns Australian women with ovarian cancer endure a "long and circuitous" path from their first GP visit to eventual diagnosis have been declared unfounded. A study taking in more than ...
More »Union to leave ALP behind
The move to separate is not a result of the ongoing payroll bungle, say the QNU. The Queensland Nurses Union and its 42,000 members will end their affiliation with the Australian Labor Party. QNU state secretary Gay Hawksworth said the ...
More »Government must continue momentum for health reform
Nurses seek confirmation that a carefully considered health reform plan remains a key priority of government. Health Minister Nicola Roxon says she will press on with Labor's program of reforming the health system. Roxon said she was pleased and honoured ...
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Study to improve palliative care for people who have dementia. Curtin University and partner organisations have launched a research study that brings together health service providers to improve care for people who are dying with dementia. The Commonwealth funded Communities ...
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