Nurses are once again front and centre during a contentious UK election campaign. This time because of dubious promises made by the prime minister, Boris Johnson. A key pledge from the Tory manifesto was the introduction of 50,000 extra nurses for ...
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How would you respond to a patient who wants to die?
It has been six months since the Voluntary Assisted Dying Act was passed into law in Victoria and the idea of state sanctioned euthanasia has been a topic continuously debated in state parliaments across the land. The full effect of ...
More »Fake nurse who worked with cosmetic injectables convicted
A man who falsely presented himself as a nurse while working in a West Australian cosmetic clinic has been convicted and fined $15,000 in the state’s Magistrates Court. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) laid the charges on the ...
More »Morrison pledges $537 million for aged care
The federal government will spend more than half a billion dollars on aged care. Following the release of the aged care royal commission’s interim report – which identified boosting the number of home care packages, a response to over-reliance on ...
More »Caring for the homeless: video
https://youtu.be/DtQxJY3_74Q Managing your own health while navigating the health system can be hard enough for most of us, but imagine having to do it with the added burden of being homeless. That’s the scenario facing clients of Erin Longbottom, ...
More »Hospitals, aged care providers could hire, fire over religious beliefs
Religious hospitals and aged care providers would be able to make staffing decisions based on faith under a redrafted bill. Speaking to the National Press Club, Attorney-General Christian Porter said the changes will be contained within the redrafted Religious Discrimination ...
More »From the operating theatre to the flight deck: video
https://youtu.be/HtMLcz1cbII Making the transition from nurse to commercial pilot might seem an unusual career trajectory, but that’s the path Geoff Hay took after training as a nurse at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital in the 1980s and working in operating ...
More »‘Do I have cyberchondria?’: Helping people stay away from Dr Google
‘Do I have…’ Insert any disease name and there’s a good chance the question has popped up on more than a few Google searches. And people who take obsessional worrying about health online might find that the only ailment they’re ...
More »New research aims to tackle suicide in pregnant women
Suicide is the leading cause of maternal death for Australian women during pregnancy and a new research project is being funded to develop ways to help this vulnerable group. Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, James Cook University, and service provider and ...
More »Nike releases new shoe for ‘everyday heroes’
Sportswear giant Nike has released a new shoe specifically designed for “everyday heroes” – doctors and nurses. The Nike Air Zoom Pulse was designed and product tested with the insights of medical workers at the OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital located in ...
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