Workplace Conditions
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Nurse disqualified for dragging psychiatric patient AAP - 27-06-2023
A nurse who stripped and dragged a mental health patient into the shower has been suspended from nursing for five years. Francis Logan, known as Richard, has
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Nurses, doctors hurt by patient in hospital attack AAP - 21-06-2023
Two nurses and three doctors were injured in an incident involving a mental health patient at South Australia's Port Pirie Hospital, prompting a security investigation
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Pharmacy jobs at risk with dispensing change AAP - 20-06-2023
More than 600 pharmacies and 20,000 jobs might be at risk if the federal government follows through with plans to change rules around medicine dispensing. The
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GP shortage facing Australia after 'decades of neglect' AAP - 15-06-2023
Australia's peak medical body says the nation's general practitioners have been undervalued by successive governments, with the country now paying the price for "decades
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Full birthing resumes at hospital after staff shortage AAP - 13-06-2023
Birthing services at a Central Queensland hospital have returned to full operations after almost 12 months on bypass because of staff shortages. Gladstone Hospital
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Traumatic miscarriage case triggers hospital review AAP - 07-06-2023
Allegations by a woman who says she was traumatised by her treatment after a miscarriage have sparked a review at a major Queensland hospital. Nikkole Southwell,
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'It's simple': calls for protections for NSW doctors AAP - 31-05-2023
The peak NSW health body is calling for doctors to be awarded the same protections from aggressive patients as emergency workers. In an amendment to the NSW
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NSW health workers take action over stalled pay rises AAP - 29-05-2023
NSW paramedics, nurses and other health workers are ramping up their industrial action, impatient that a promised pay hike has failed to materialise two months after Labor
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WA nurses union fined $350,000 over strike for pay rise AAP - 28-05-2023
The nurses union has copped a $350,000 fine for organising a strike during which thousands of West Australian health workers fought for better pay and conditions.
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'Action needed on staffing' after day-long nurse shifts AAP - 20-05-2023
Nurses working 24-hour shifts at a major WA hospital demonstrates the risks facing staff and patients in the public health system amid ongoing staffing pressures, a union
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Medical supply workers walk off job in Sydney over pay AAP - 15-05-2023
Almost 100 workers at a medical supplies distribution centre in western Sydney have walked off the job, demanding better pay and conditions after stalled industrial negotiations.
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Pandemic leaves medicos with burnout pains of their own AAP - 06-05-2023
Two out of three pain specialists experience severe burnout, in some cases compromising the treatment of patients. Australian social psychologist Claire Ashton-James
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Call for nursing patience as NSW lift staffing ratios AAP - 27-04-2023
It will take time to improve nurse-to-patient ratios in NSW hospitals, the government concedes, as it sets up an advisory panel of health leaders to deliver a key election
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Patient confronts doctor who sexually assaulted her AAP - 04-04-2023
No matter how many times a day she washes, Shafiul Milky's victim can never cleanse herself of his sexual assault. A County Court of Victoria jury last
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Doctors demand apology as Medicare fraud myth busted AAP - 04-04-2023
Doctors are demanding an apology after researchers debunked "baseless" accusations of widespread Medicare fraud. Nicole Higgins from the Royal Australian
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Research debunks myth of widespread Medicare fraud AAP - 03-04-2023
About 85 per cent of GPs nationwide have saved Medicare over $350 million from undercharging patients in consultations, a new study has found. Of the 2760 GPs
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Preventable errors rise in WA hospitals, new data shows AAP - 01-04-2023
Western Australia's hospitals have recorded an uptick in preventable serious incidents including medication errors and bungled surgeries. Data released
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Doctor linked to baby deaths banned from practising AAP - 20-03-2023
The former director of a Victorian medical service where 11 babies died is unlikely to practice again after being banned for 10 years. Lee Gruner was a consultant
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Calls to boost overseas doctor numbers in Australia AAP - 19-03-2023
International medical graduates should have their applications to work in areas of need in Australia fast-tracked, according to the nation's peak body representing general
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Nurses to sue NSW government over staff shortages AAP - 16-03-2023
Nurses and midwives are launching legal action against the NSW government over staffing ratios they say are putting patients at risk. The NSW Nurses and Midwives'
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