The AGPAL and QIP Excellence Awards have been run and won, with Inala Primary Care taking out the prized gong for General Practice of the Year. Australian General Practice Accreditation Limited and Quality Innovation Performance presented the awards covering the timeframe ...

The ACT Government recently announced $7.3m in funding for a new centre that will allow researchers and doctors to explore the area of personalised medicine. Minister for Health Simon Corbell said the centre, called Canberra Clinical Genomics, would give Canberrans ...

A number of peak health bodies are demanding that all political parties state what they plan to do to protect people from the worsening effects of climate change. In the lead up to the July 2 election, the Climate and Health Alliance ...

Wearable devices made to track and log data are putting the focus on self-monitoring and reducing costs in the sector. We’re living longer and we want to live better. We’re also living more measured lives as our smart devices and wearables track and ...

Language and cultural barriers to obtaining informed consent must be overcome, for the sake of the patient and the worker. Obtaining a patient’s consent before providing treatment and care is a fundamental duty for nurses. In obtaining a valid consent, ...

The subject of weight gain during pregnancy may be a touchy one to discuss with women, but it’s important to bring it up. Pregnancy is a time when many women become motivated to improve their health, not just  for themselves ...

A workforce shortage looms even as unemployment plagues the sector; greater commitment to teaching nurses at all levels new skills can address both problems. Mentoring is underused in addressing nursing workforce challenges. Australia’s healthcare system is facing an impending crisis, as ...

Australia can no longer adopt an 'ambulance at the bottom of the hill' approach to health. Political parties must act to reduce the burden of chronic disease. This is the call from more than 25 health and community leaders, who ...

Australian nursing students will travel to Thailand to learn how local health professionals and community members approach the issues they encounter, while also delivering much-needed eye glasses for locals. The Charles Sturt University (CSU) students will travel to villages in ...

New diagnostic and screening technologies may be doing more harm than good in some cases. This was a key point raised during a public forum on the issue of overdiagnosis and over-treatment. Public health researchers from the University of Sydney ...