Workplace Conditions

Ambulance ramping at hospitals in Tasmania will be investigated by an inquiry after a coronial report criticised care provided to a grandmother who died after waiting eight

An unregistered doctor who worked for six days in the emergency department of a South Australian hospital repeatedly lied about his status, investigations have found.

There is an unacceptable level of abuse, neglect and violence in Victoria's disability and mental health facilities. That's according to the 2021-22

A grandmother who died after waiting almost eight hours for a bed at a Tasmanian hospital received substandard treatment and her illness was underestimated in the extreme,

A Queensland hospital has apologised after a review into it's paediatric audiology care found serious failures and urgent follow-ups required for children.

The provision of gender-affirming care in NSW is not working and has to improve, the state's health minister says. The main gender-affirming clinic for

The death of a 14-year-old boy while awaiting specialised gender-affirming treatment is unbelievably tragic, the acting NSW premier says. Prue Car on Monday

Medical receptionists facing a barrage of verbal and physical abuse dished out by angry patients are suffering long-term harm. Frontline health workers frequently

Almost 650,000 appointments and operations have been postponed due to the wave of strikes which have hit the UK's National Health Service in the run up to its 75th anniversary.

The head of Queensland Heath is stepping down after his department recommended criminal penalties for staff who disclosed "inappropriate" information to journalists.

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

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

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

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

Birthing services at a Central Queensland hospital have returned to full operations after almost 12 months on bypass because of staff shortages. Gladstone Hospital

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,

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

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

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.

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