Workplace Conditions
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Patients warned as double strike hits UK health service AAP - 06-02-2023
UK health officials have warned the country's National Health Service is facing its worst day of disruption yet as tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff are
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Calls for action to address problems in health care AAP - 05-02-2023
A Medicare review initiated by the federal government has been criticised for not providing tangible recommendations to address immediate problems in Australia's health
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Medicare report puts patients at heart of reforms AAP - 04-02-2023
CANBERRA, AAP - STRENGTHENING MEDICARE TASK FORCE REPORT FINDINGS * The federal government will commit $750 million to strengthening Medicare funds at the next
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Business as usual for SA hospital AAP - 26-01-2023
The Renmark Hospital, which was saved from Murray River flooding by a major levee, has returned to full operation as water levels continue to recede. Acute
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#ProtectNurses highlights occupational violence Haley Williams - 20-01-2023
The #ProtectNurses Campaign, an initiative The Australian College of Nursing (ACN), highlights the unacceptable levels
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General practice 'worst shape' in 40 years AAP - 19-01-2023
Australian doctors are facing a crisis after a "decade of neglect", with warnings the costs of running general practices are becoming too much to bear.
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Healthy jump in overseas doctor arrivals AAP - 20-12-2022
With borders back open, thousands of international doctors are again coming to work in Australia. Close to 3000 new doctors arrived in Australia in the past
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Hospital sex-abuse report rebukes leaders AAP - 15-12-2022
Senior management at a Tasmanian hospital where a male pedophile nurse worked for almost two decades showed "inertia" to implementing child safety reforms after
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Hotel nurses concerned for patient safety AAP - 14-12-2022
A Melbourne nurse who signed up to support hotel quarantine nearly walked out on day one because of a lack of consistent procedures. Despite concerns he couldn't
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Parents warned to steer clear of hospital AAP - 06-12-2022
Melbourne parents with sick children may face waits of more than 12 hours at the Royal Children's Hospital's emergency department as it buckles under demand.
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Report urges revamp of 'failing' Medicare AAP - 05-12-2022
Medicare isn't working for patients or doctors and the way GPs work and get paid needs an overhaul so more people are kept out of hospital and poorer Australians get the
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Offer to film in Sydney hospital 'wrong' AAP - 03-12-2022
A western Sydney hospital's ad offering filming space in empty hospital wards was a "mistake", the NSW premier says despite support for the initiative from his
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Vic health dept in court over quarantine AAP - 28-11-2022
A hearing to determine if Victoria's health department will face trial over alleged hotel quarantine failures is set to begin. Worksafe charged the Department
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NSW hires student doctors to ease pressure AAP - 28-11-2022
More than 1000 NSW final-year medical students will be working in hospitals in paid positions to reduce pressure on hospitals in the state's latest bid to aid the system
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'Exhausted' WA nurses walk off the job AAP - 27-11-2022
Angry nurses and midwives have defied the West Australian government and gathered in their thousands as part of a statewide strike. Staff walked off the job
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Health system 'racist to Indigenous Aust' AAP - 26-11-2022
Going to an emergency department as an Aboriginal person is a profoundly more racist experience than for non-Indigenous Australians - and it could even prove fatal.
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'Burnt out' nurses call for patient ratios AAP - 24-11-2022
Newly-trained nurse Vanessa is fed up after less than a year in NSW's health system. She regularly cares for six patients during a shift and sometimes as
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NSW Nurses strike for 24 hours AAP - 23-11-2022
Nurses and midwives will walk off the job for 24-hours on Wednesday in the fourth such action this year over staffing and pay issues Rallies will be held across
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NSW nurses to walk off job again AAP - 16-11-2022
Nurses across NSW will stop work again next week amid concerns about 'dangerous' staffing levels. Thousands of nurses will strike for 24 hours from
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Qld public health workers seek wage talks AAP - 09-11-2022
Frontline Queensland health staff, including doctors, health practitioners and administrative staff, have accused the state government of stalling wage talks.

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