A new nursing scholarship at the University of Sydney will honour the memory of the late Trace Richey and the nurses who cared for him during his battle with cancer. A $160,000 gift will be used to establish the Trace ...

GPs and practice nurses now have access to a tailored dementia care training program that aims to reduce stigma and help empower people with dementia, their families and carers. Through the Dementia Care Training and Education Program – pioneered by ...

Nurses may be able to double their income by taking on further study, with workforce shortages predicted for the near future. This conclusion was made in a new report, The Future of Work: Occupational and Education Trends in Nursing in Australia, ...

Australia's healthcare system will not improve without access to more data, the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association says. The comments came from acting chief executive Dr Linc Thurecht, as he called for another Australian Health Survey. "To this end the ...

A group of immunisation experts has again lent its weight to the push for mandatory healthcare worker vaccination. The Immunisation Coalition, which advocates for whole-of-life immunisation, said flu shots should be mandatory for all care, allied health and ancillary staff ...

Pharmacists are a "largely untapped resource" during a flu outbreak and could be better utilised, according to a new paper by the Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research. Written by Queensland University of Technology scholar Libby McCourt, the paper – Improving ...

The federal government has committed $128,000 to fund mental health course materials for undergraduate nursing degrees across the country. Minister for rural health, senator Bridget McKenzie, said the funding would be provided to the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses ...

A team of Australian researchers is using human stem cells to develop light-focusing eye lenses that could significantly improve the lives of children born with cataracts. Dr Michael O'Connor from the School of Medicine at Western Sydney University said the researchers ...

The New South Wales town of Berrigan has been identified as the first Australian township to have all health and aged care services connected to the My Health Record system. MHR acts as a secure online summary of a resident's ...

As part of National Close the Gap Day today (Thursday), the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association has urged governments to act in favour of Indigenous health. AHHA strategic programs director Dr Chris Bourke said Australia had great foundations for a ...