Workplace Conditions
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NSW hospitals overwhelmed with patients AAP - 02-09-2015
Hospitals across NSW and specifically in Sydney's west are under extreme with an influx of patients. NSW emergency departments are overwhelmed
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A health check on our health system - surviving change HealthTimes - 19-08-2015
The Australian health and human services sector is a complex and rapidly growing industry of tremendous scale. Nearly three times larger than the global banking
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Teaching by humiliation common in hospitals AAP - 17-08-2015
A new survey has found that teaching by humiliation is rife in hospitals, leaving some medical students regretting their career choice. Three-quarters
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Children 'at risk' in botched hospital opening AAP - 14-08-2015
A review of the opening of Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital has found patients were put at risk, but no one is to blame for the debacle.
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Medicine still plagued by sexism AAP - 09-05-2017
A high-profile academic says the medical profession is failing to stamp out sexism, and the only way is to change the people training female students.
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Nurses and midwives vow to safeguard penalty rates Karen Keast - 05-08-2015
Public sector surgical nurse Ellen McRae works most Sundays. In fact, Ms McRae works 10 shifts a fortnight and all fall outside the traditional 9am-5.30pm working
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Work bans in WA to affect patient services AAP - 29-07-2015
Patient services in WA public hospitals such as meal delivery and cleaning will be affected by industrial action this week, a union has warned.
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New WA hospital floods twice in 3 months AAP - 10-07-2015
Ambulances are being diverted from Perth's new Fiona Stanley Hospital and operating theatres have been closed because of flooding. Flooding
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NSW hospitals to be in crisis by 2017: AMA AAP - 16-06-2015
The state's leading medical body has warned that NSW hospitals will reach crisis point in 2017 if the Abbott government keeps its health spending cuts.
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Transitioning to eMedication Management Systems HealthTimes - 26-05-2015
Implementing eMM to drive improvements in medication safety 15th & 16th September 2015, Victoria University Convention Centre, Melbourne www.hospitalmedicationsafety.com[subscribe]
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WA health minister takes swipe at AMA AAP - 22-05-2015
WA health minister Kim Hames says he is becoming concerned about the AMA's criticism of government projects. West Australian Health Minister
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WA premier says RPH could be knocked down AAP - 21-05-2015
The WA premier has denied the government was abandoning plans for Royal Perth Hospital's future after admitting the building might need to be torn down.
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OVA systems fail nurses, midwives and paramedics Karen Keast - 24-07-2015
The systems and processes designed to protect health care workers are not as robust and comprehensive as those in place for patients, according to the Victorian Auditor-General’s
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Subsidised nannies for nurses, midwives and paramedics Karen Keast - 28-04-2015
Shift-working nurses, midwives and paramedics can apply to access subsidised nannies for childcare at home, under a new Federal Government trial. The $246 million
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Qld children's hospital opening slammed AAP - 31-03-2015
A report into the much-maligned early operations of the Lady Cilento Children's Hospital in Brisbane found a long list of problems from missing medical records to disoriented
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Swiss target 'live cell' injection clinics AAP - 27-03-2015
Swiss health regulators have launched a criminal probe into clinics suspected of giving clients potentially dangerous animal cell injections as part of anti-ageing treatments.
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Male nurses earn more than female nurses Karen Keast - 02-08-2016
Male nurses are earning an average of $5100 more a year than female nurses despite working in a female-dominated profession, according to new research to come out of the United
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Baird promises 3500 doctors, health staff AAP - 18-03-2015
The NSW coalition has rolled hundreds of millions more in spending pledges for health services on the 2015 campaign trail. The NSW government
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Qld govt 'lowering the bar' on health: LNP AAP - 11-03-2015
The Queensland government will scrap Australia's first elective surgery wait time guarantee and allocate $30 million to address current wait list blowouts.
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NSW hospital waiting times down: data AAP - 04-03-2015
Admissions to NSW hospitals are up but emergency waiting times are improving, new data shows. NSW hospital waiting times have dropped despite
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