Workplace Conditions

When a patient leaves the operating theatre and arrives in the intensive care unit (ICU), it marks a critical transition — one that can influence outcomes, safety, and

A man is under arrest after a recording device was found in a toilet at a major hospital. Police say a phone was found at a restricted toilet for staff inside

Nurses and midwives will stop answering phones, attending meetings and entering data if a state government does not deliver "nation-leading" wage increases.

Gender discrimination, ageism and lack of job security are among the obstacles causing many female science researchers to exit the sector prematurely. It's

Nurses and parents of premature babies are battling to find space in a tight intensive care unit, using a former storeroom at one of Australia's busiest hospitals.

A leading fertility clinic has been embroiled in a second embryo transfer blunder. Staff at Monash IVF's Clayton laboratory on Thursday incorrectly transferred

Nurses are expected to escalate their protest for better pay over the coming weeks as union members take industrial action for the first time in two decades.

French scientist Etienne-Emile Baulieu, best known as the inventor of the abortion pill RU 486, has died aged 98 at his home in Paris. Both a doctor and a researcher,

Thousands of nurses and midwives have voted to strike for the first time in 20 years, saying promised "nation-leading" wage increases never transpired.

Qualifying to be a surgeon takes years of study and hard work, but that journey is even longer for desperately needed overseas-trained surgeons. Between January

IVF regulation is in the spotlight after a mix-up that led to a women giving birth to a baby not related to her, with little chance the genetic parents can claim custody.

Thousands of surgeries, appointments and cancer treatments have been cancelled as hospital doctors walk off the job over staggering workloads and low pay. Doctors

Doctors are being urged to reconsider a planned three-day strike with the government of the largest health system in the nation warning the job walk-off will put patient safety

Doctors are being urged to reconsider a planned strike with threats of legal and financial consequences, as further elective surgery cancellations risk adding to an extensive

Doctors will strike for the first time in decades after almost a year of unsuccessful negotiations for a pay rise they are told is impossible. But both sides

Nurses and midwives at a network of private hospitals will become the highest paid in their state after accepting a pay deal following lengthy negotiations.

Hundreds of nurses and midwives at a public hospital run by a private conglomerate under the spotlight of an inquiry, are walking out for more than 24 hours calling for better

A controversial privately run public hospital will face a parliamentary probe after critical failings led to the death of a toddler. Two-year-old Joe Massa

Doctors will no longer be muzzled from initiating voluntary assisted dying conversations with terminally ill patients under long-called-for law changes. A "gag

Emergency departments at regional hospitals are under immense pressure, despite more specialist doctors working in the bush. There has been a 75 per cent increase