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What aged care staff say about their grief

Research suggests aged-care staff experience a unique type of grief when residents die. However, their grief often goes unrecognised, and…

$21.5m in scholarships for aged care workforce

Scholarships will allow recipients to progress their careers in aged care with formal qualifications, like a Cert III or Masters…

The state of our care economy explained

A co-author of the Productivity Commission's recent interim report into the care economy explains their findings, and outlines how Australia…

Aged care grads caught in diploma scam, again

Even more aged care workers are likely to lose their qualifications after another Vocational Educational Training (VET) provider was cancelled by…

Superheroes: ACED thanks aged care workers

Today, on Aged Care Employee Day, we say thank you the more than 400,000 invaluable aged care workers making a…

$30m to rural and regional aged care workforce

In a bid to bring more than 6,000 extra care workers to the bush, Labor has announced it will distribute…

Bupa is cutting staff hours, union claims

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has lodged a Fair Work dispute claiming Bupa is changing rosters of nurses and…

“Wiping its hands of injured nurses”: Backlash to NSW govt proposed cuts to workers’ comp

Compensation payments for psychological injuries will cut off after two and a half years, unless an injured worker can prove…

“Enough is enough”: NSW doctors strike enters third day

Thousands of public hospital doctors across NSW walked off the job this week, calling for pay and conditions to be addressed. Doctors…

“Cruel and financially reckless”– another Vic council to axe in-home care services leaving 300 workers in the lurch

The City of Greater Geelong Council has blindsided locals with the sudden announcement that it will be voting to cease…

“Should not be rushed”: Peaks express post-budget concerns for reform rollout

As the deadline for the new Aged Care Act is drawing ever closer, providers are under increasing pressure to adapt.…

Despite some key milestones since 2000, Australia still has a long way to go on gender equality

Australia has a gender problem. Despite social, economic and political reform aimed at improving opportunities for women, gender gaps are…

BaptistCare now third biggest provider as merger finalised

Three not-for-profit aged care providers have successfully combined forces, leading to a shift of the major players in Australian aged…

Close the gap: 10-year plan for First Nations aged care

The Department of Health and Aged Care has released a 10-year plan to strengthen the nation's aged care system for…

Pay rises for aged care nurses funded with additional $2.6 billion

The Albanese government has quashed any remaining questions of how it will afford a pay rise for over 60,000 aged…

50 new urgent care clinics are on the cards. But are the existing ones working? Here’s what we know so far

Over the weekend the Australian government announced $644 million to build an extra 50 Medicare urgent care clinics around Australia.…

Universities Summit: Three health experts weigh in on solutions to the workforce crisis

The Universities Australia Solutions Summit took place in Canberra this week, bringing together academia from across the country, as well…

Aged care nurses set to earn more from March 1

Registered and enrolled nurses working in aged care will soon be paid more under the Fair Work Commission's (FWC) changes…

Tit for tat: Major parties put health at the centre of pre-election promises

The Prime Minister has promised the largest single investment in Medicare in its 41 years, tripling the current bulk billing…

“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…

Health sector reacts to antisemitism – Pollies speak out, nurses rally, migration questioned

A nurse who vowed to “kill” Israeli patients and another who claimed he had already sent Israeli patients to the afterlife have…

“Vile, dehumanising and unacceptable”: NSW Health employees investigated for antisemitic video

Two Sydney nurses have been stood down after disturbing footage emerged of the pair saying they would “kill” and refuse to…

Hospitals will get $1.7 billion more federal funding. Will this reduce waiting times?

Henry Cutler, Macquarie University Last week, the federal government announced it will pay states and territories an extra, one-off, A$1.7…

$18.4m for clinical placements in aged care

The Albanese government has announced that it will invest $18.4 million to support more nursing students to enter the nation's…

Gender pay disparity still rife in nursing

New data has shown that the gender of an Australian nursing graduate has a profound effect on how much they…