Workplace Conditions

Thousands of workers have reported being assaulted on the job at hospitals right across Queensland. Fractured skulls, chemical burns, death

A US study has discovered that nearly a third of young doctors are depressed, which has been linked to poor patient care and more medical errors.

October 2015 Survey Results The October 2015 HISS survey of over 600 Australian health professionals has indicated an overall improvement in

Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick has ruled out a second tertiary teaching hospital for children in Brisbane. The Queensland government

Operating theatres at Perth's new Fiona Stanley are sometimes left uncleaned, a parliamentary inquiry has been told. A parliamentary inquiry

Discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment is widespread among surgeons, report finds. Experts who investigated discrimination, bullying

Hospitals across NSW and specifically in Sydney's west are under extreme with an influx of patients. NSW emergency departments are overwhelmed

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

A new survey has found that teaching by humiliation is rife in hospitals, leaving some medical students regretting their career choice. Three-quarters

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.

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.

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

Patient services in WA public hospitals such as meal delivery and cleaning will be affected by industrial action this week, a union has warned.

Ambulances are being diverted from Perth's new Fiona Stanley Hospital and operating theatres have been closed because of flooding. Flooding

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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WA health minister Kim Hames says he is becoming concerned about the AMA's criticism of government projects. West Australian Health Minister

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.

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

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