Amelia Morris and countless other mentally ill Victorians are waiting to see how the state's royal commission will fix a broken system. Public hearings for the inquiry into mental health care in Victoria wrap up on Friday, following four weeks ...
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Home and Away, Crocodile Dundee and nurses? Australia’s new big export
Australia and Scotland have longstanding cultural links and the Scots have given Australia many important historical figures. Sir George Hoist Reid for example, was the fourth prime minister of Australia. Peter Dodds McCormick, the composer of the national anthem 'Advance ...
More »What one doctor’s ‘vulgar’ online posts mean for all health professionals
When nurses use social media, whether at home or at work, they need to be aware of their professional obligations. Their online behaviour is governed by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia’s codes of conduct and ethics, as well ...
More »Secrets of our ancestors’ breastfeeding habits unlocked
Our two-million-year-old ancestors continually breastfed infants from birth until they were about one year old, an analysis of teeth has revealed. Led by Southern Cross University and Monash University, the international team behind the study looked at teeth from Australopithecus ...
More »Queensland promises staffing level reports, mandated ratios
Private aged care providers operating in Queensland will be asked to publicly report staffing information. If they don’t, it may be published for them, should legislation proposed by the State Government go ahead. The move by premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is ...
More »New ‘one-stop shop’ for osteoarthritis promotes more holistic approach to care
A hospital in Sydney’s west has launched a scheme aimed at reducing the stress and pain of osteoarthritis. Described as a ‘one-stop shop’, the Osteoarthritis Chronic Care Program (OACCP) at Auburn Hospital allows patients to see a range of different ...
More »Improving maternal outcomes in rural and remote communities
The health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people starts at birth. The target to halve the gap in child mortality rates is not on track. In fact, it has widened to 2.4 times higher for Indigenous children. Preterm births are ...
More »‘No other alternative’: HSU approves strike action
The NSW branch of the Hospital Services Union today unanimously voted to take industrial action across all NSW hospitals over concern for health workers' safety. At the annual delegates conference, the vote was carried unanimously by the 500 members in ...
More »Aged care facility shuts with no notice, leaves 70 homeless
Seventy aged care residents have been left homeless after the operator closed the private facility abruptly and without warning on Thursday afternoon. Police were called to Earle Haven Retirement Village on Queensland’s Gold Coast amid reports of a disturbance. The 70 ...
More »Fake aged care nursing director guilty
A man who falsely claimed to be a nursing director at an aged care facility has been fined $60,000. The Victorian man was convicted in the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court last week of charges laid by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation ...
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