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Medical trainees report appalling racism, harassment AAP - 04-12-2024
Racism towards Indigenous medical trainees and interns is prompting more than a quarter to consider other careers, a survey shows. Health authorities say societal
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Record number of GPs in training but 'job not done' AAP - 21-11-2024
Australians could have improved access to local doctors as a record number of medical students train to become GPs. More than 1500 junior doctors will undergo
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Nurses strike, reject staff ratio delay to fund wages AAP - 13-11-2024
Striking nurses have rejected an offer to fund their requested pay rise in return for delaying the rollout of their "big ask" for more staff, NSW's health minister
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'Furious' nurses won't back away from day-long strike AAP - 12-11-2024
More than 50,000 public nurses and midwives are perplexed by a seismic pay overhaul for police and will resist calls to back down from a 24-hour strike. The
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Health service workers get pay bump, better conditions AAP - 30-10-2024
Workers across hospitals and health departments in NSW will receive a pay bump while nurses and midwives continue to negotiate for better wages and conditions.
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Third baby death at hospital sparks new probe AAP - 22-10-2024
The death of a third baby in a regional hospital is being investigated by a healthcare watchdog. Three babies have died at Gippsland's Latrobe Regional
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Taxpayers are topping up health fund profits AAP - 18-10-2024
One state's taxpayers appear to be helping boost the profits of major health insurers amid a stand-off over public hospital bills New analysis released
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Workplace hearing damage impacting one in 10 Aussies AAP - 17-10-2024
Hearing loss from a workplace incident has impacted one in 10 Australians, despite most saying ear protection is not necessary, a report has revealed. Hearing
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More injecting rooms needed as overdose deaths persist AAP - 03-10-2024
More medically supervised injecting rooms are needed across Melbourne, advocates say, as figures reveal overdose deaths remain at near-record highs. In 2023,
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Striking nurses to sit down with NSW premier over wages AAP - 26-09-2024
NSW Premier Chris Minns will wade into an escalating pay dispute with his state's 50,000 nurses and midwives after rebuffing earlier demands to address striking workers.
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Surgeries cancelled as nurses strike over pay rise row AAP - 24-09-2024
More than 400 surgeries have been cancelled as nurses strike across NSW despite an independent recommendation to accept an interim pay rise and continue negotiations.
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Hospitals still have to monitor IV bags amid shortage AAP - 22-09-2024
Hospitals will still have enough IV bags for treatments, the health minister has assured, but admits health systems are not "out of the woods" over a possible shortage.
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Nurses strike to go ahead despite recommended wage rise AAP - 20-09-2024
Nurses will go ahead with a planned strike in NSW after rejecting an interim wage rise recommended by the state's industrial umpire. Members of the NSW
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Healthcare Outsourcing India: Cynergy BPO - How Advanced Tech is Revolutionising Patient Care HealthTimes - 18-09-2024
In today’s healthcare industry, the demand for efficient, scalable, and technologically advanced solutions has never been greater. Providers across Australia, the UK,
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Nurses, midwives hit streets to press pay-rise demands AAP - 10-09-2024
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
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'Critical': union urges reproductive leave for all AAP - 09-09-2024
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
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Nurses pay row escalates with thousands to strike AAP - 06-09-2024
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.
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Council's cancer cluster a chance occurrence AAP - 05-09-2024
A cancer cluster among workers in a suburban Sydney office appears to have occurred by chance after extensive radiation testing. Teams of nuclear radiation
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Health minister defends 'urgent' $422m hospital funding AAP - 05-09-2024
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.
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Families given a voice to escalate concerns in hospital AAP - 02-09-2024
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.
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