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 ...

Three more SA Health staff have been sacked over inappropriately accessing patient records. The sackings were made over the past three months and come on top of two dismissals earlier this year for the same issue. In February, SA Health ...

Palliative Care Victoria (PCV) is hosting its biennial Insight Outside: Keeping The Essence Of Palliative Care Alive at Bayview Eden hotel in Melbourne from Thursday 28 July 2016 through Friday 29 July 2016. There are also several pre-conference workshops on ...