The Stillbirth Centre of Research Excellence (SCRE) and Safer Care Victoria have launched a campaign to raise awareness of the importance of decreased fetal movements (DFM) among expectant parents and their care providers in Victoria. Every day in Australia at ...

A devastated mother has pleaded for people to be wary of meningococcal after it claimed the life of her teenage daughter on the NSW Central Coast. Health authorities on Monday confirmed 19-year-old Mischelle Rhodes died from the disease at Gosford ...

The South Australian coroner is set to take further evidence from a stroke specialist after it was revealed a roster bungle – which may have contributed to the deaths of two patients – had been repeated. State Coroner Mark Johns ...

Nurses and midwives at Blacktown Hospital are wearing grey armbands to highlight the need for improved safety after a patient attacked their colleague with a knife. NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members hope the move sparks changes to hospital ...

Australian hospitals still aren’t doing enough to make osteoporosis plans a priority for patients leaving hospital after a hip fracture – but they’re getting better at it. The Australian and New Zealand Hip Fracture Registry (ANZHFR), based at Neuroscience Research ...

A Sydney-based researcher and lecturer at Notre Dame’s School of Medicine has been awarded a grant to examine the effectiveness of antenatal education in reducing the rate of caesareans. Australia has one of the highest rates of caesareans in the ...

Are child health nurses equipped to challenge racism in the workplace? The findings of a new study suggest that they don’t believe so. Flinders University researchers held focus group discussions with 31 child and family health nurses to find out ...

It’s commonly thought that working as an aged care nurse comes with certain stereotypes. While some say it’s the end of a career, others believe helping people age is one of the most rewarding parts of the job. Envigor Home ...

Around the world, more and more nursing support workers are being added to wards to address ongoing staff shortages but there is little known about their impact. That’s the issue Australian researchers hoped to help tackle through new research into ...

Big savings would be made if all Australian hospitals could match the safety performance of the best 10 per cent. That’s the call from the Grattan Institute’s new report ‘Safer care saves money: How to improve patient care and save ...