Lyn McBain will celebrate 50 years as a nurse in this, The World Health Organization’s Year of the Nurse. Leaving school as a fifteen-year-old and working as a registered nurse across brain injuries, aged, disability, palliative and rehabilitation care, Lyn ...

The Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Richard Colbeck, has confirmed that the lifting of restrictions on the number of hours international student nurses are allowed to work also applies to the aged care sector. Yesterday Prime Minister Scott ...

In the wake of a coronavirus outbreak at a Sydney aged care facility, with two staff confirmed to have contracted COVID-19, along with two residents – both of whom have died – health service unions are calling on the government ...

The royal commission has urged the aged care sector to reform its approach to the workforce, with counsel assisting Peter Rozen telling those gathered that “the time for action … is now”. At the third Adelaide hearing, Rozen handed the ...

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 ...

The Commonwealth appears to be missing in action. That was counsel assisting Peter Rozen’s assertion as he discussed governance and leadership within the aged care sector while wrapping up a week of royal commission hearings centred around the aged care ...

Many community organisations are hiring ex-corporates for their C-suite to bring in some new thinking and business acumen. A logical strategy given the depth and nature of government reforms to operate more in a business-to-consumer way rather than business-to-government. Boards ...

At the recent ACN National Nursing Forum Georgina Willetts gave the key note speech on nursing’s past, present and future. Willetts joined the profession aged 17 because she “didn’t want to go to university,” and had no aspirations of leadership or pursuing a ...