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Thousands of nurses have hit streets across NSW to demand a pay rise, defying an order to call off the strike. Nurses and midwives walked off the job on Tuesday

Workers with certain health issues could be given 12 more days off part of a push to expand reproductive leave to all Australian employees. Hundreds of workers

A pay dispute between NSW nurses and the state government will ramp up when thousands of union members walk off the job at public hospitals in a day-long strike.

A cancer cluster among workers in a suburban Sydney office appears to have occurred by chance after extensive radiation testing. Teams of nuclear radiation

Victoria's hospitals came within days of being unable to pay staff or creditors, prompting the health minister to request $422 million be urgently pumped into the system.

Families worried their concerns about patients' deteriorating health are not being heard by hospital staff will be given a voice to escalate their concerns to an advocate.

Claims a baby died during understaffing at a major hospital and regular checks on mothers aren't being completed are being investigated by Tasmania's health department.

A junior doctor took intimate photos of patients and secretly filmed his colleagues getting changed at a major regional NSW hospital for sexual pleasure, court documents reveal.

In an environment where the healthcare sector is being constantly reshaped by technological innovations and rigorous regulatory demands, healthcare organisations in Australia

Thousands of Victorian ambulance service staff were paid the incorrect amount of superannuation for more than six years. Three days after Ambulance Victoria's

A push to roll out mandatory health checks for older doctors must strike a balance between protecting patient safety while also keeping medics in the shrinking workforce,

Security staff at nine hospitals will trial body-worn cameras to see if they can play a role in reducing aggression at health facilities. The year-long trial

Deaths at a major hospital were incorrectly certified by an experienced former staffer who acted outside the law and signed off on patients he hadn't seen, a review has

Victorian nurses and midwives have scored massive wage increases that will boost some pay packets by $600 a week on top of more than 70 improvements to allowances and penalties.

The looming threat of more hospital beds closing could be brought to a halt as Victorian nurses and midwives vote on a revised pay offer. Australian Nursing

A major pay rise for NSW nurses is possible without hurting the state budget by using billions of dollars in untapped federal funds, a union says. Inaccurate

More free telehealth appointments, a boost to Urgent Care Clinics and expanding emergency departments are part of a $480 million bid to ease pressure on NSW hospitals.

Major hospitals in London have declared a critical incident after a cyber attack led to the cancellation of operations and the loss of blood transfusions. Memos

Nurses have lost a legal fight over claims of staffing shortfalls at public hospitals, with a judge throwing out a union bid to have the NSW government hit with penalties

Cardiac surgery at one of Melbourne's busiest hospitals has been temporarily suspended due to a bypass equipment fault. Staff became aware of a technical