rural health

“A grim picture”: Rural Aussies are dying younger than urban counterparts

A new report shows that a tree change may actually be bad for your health, revealing avoidable deaths in Australia's…

Collaborative Arrangement laws abolished, more nurses to work to full scope

Legislation to remove Collaborative Arrangement laws that will allow nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives to work to their full scope…

No. of people who can’t afford a visit to the GP doubles

Data has revealed a large increase in the number of people living in New South Wales who cannot afford to…

$900 million for rural, remote and specialist aged care

Following the Albanese government's recent reform announcements, Minister for Aged Care Anika Wells has confirmed that $900 million will be…

Funding for 100 additional aged care facilities for rural and remote communities

Further government funding has been made available for 100 regional and rural aged care providers to either expand a current…

Rural Australia delivers quality aged care, despite many homes doing it tough

Michael Woods, University of Technology Sydney and Nicole Sutton, University of Technology Sydney Around half of Australian aged care homes…

Fixing Australia’s ‘broken’ rural aged care system

Aged care policy experts are calling on the federal and state government to introduce a stewardship based model to fix…

Government announces long term health blueprint, Medicare priorities

The government has released Australia’s Long-Term National Health Plan, promising to make the health system “the world’s number one”. “The…

Safe as houses? Mitigating the risks for children living on a rural property

In the emergency department, the ‘bat phone’ is reserved for urgent referrals of incoming patients. One busy afternoon, the bat…

Remote incentives for nurses

There is a desperate need for nurses in rural areas, but there’s also a great sense of potential for the…