The Australian Vocational Educational and Training (VET) sector is underperforming, excessively complicated and suffers from ad hoc policy approaches according to an interim report released by the Productivity Commission last week. The sector costs the government $6.1 billion each year ...

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation's South Australian branch is concerned that a plan to offer redundancies to some of the state’s nurses will forge ahead despite the looming threat of a second wave of COVID-19. In a statement released ...

The NSW government is pushing ahead with plans to put a freeze on all public sector pay, including nurses and other frontline workers. The freeze would scrap the planned 2.5 per cent wage increase and the treasurer said this would ...

The family members of a mental health nurse who died while working in a rehabilitation ward in a hospital west of Sydney have spoken about the heartache of knowing so little about the events that led to his death. Praween ...

There have been no residential aged care deaths due to COVID-19 in either South Korea or Hong Kong, despite both regions having thousands of positive cases. Experts told British MPs and members of the Commons Health and Social Care Committee ...

A nurse who works to improve care for patients with cleft and craniofacial conditions, a midwife dedicated to delivering culturally safe maternity care, and an ovarian cancer support network – these were the winners of the latest HESTA Nursing & ...

UK street artist Banksy has unveiled his latest work and this time he has depicted nurses as superheroes. The new piece by the famously reclusive artist has appeared at Southampton General Hospital and is hanging in a foyer near the ...

The beef between the aged care sector and the government over restrictive measures in the sector looks to have been settled, with the announcement of a draft code of conduct on visitation rights as well as a $205 million bump ...

Boris Johnson made international headlines earlier this month when he contracted COVID-19, and now, discussing his recovery, the British Prime Minister has credited two nurses with saving his life. In a public statement, Johnson said: “The reason in the end ...

More deaths confirmed over Sunday and Monday takes the nation’s COVID-19 death toll to 45, with a reported 5,844 cases nationwide. In a daily press conference, NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian warned that: "no matter was restrictions there are in the ...