Staff ratios emerge as key issue as Royal Commission into Aged Care begins

More than half of the 300 public submissions already received by the Royal Commission into Aged Care have raised concerns about substandard or unsafe care and staffing issues, including staff ratios, evidence at the opening hearing of the inquiry into Australia’s aged care system has revealed. About 81% of the public submissions detailed concerns over […]

ANMF leads way at South Pacific Nurses Forum (SPNF)

The South Pacific Nurses Forum (SPNF) began in 1982 after a group of nurses from the region connected at the 1980 International Council of Nurses (ICN) conference in Los Angeles. Held every two years, SPNF draws nursing leaders from across the South Pacific who come together to debate key issues facing the professions. In 2018, […]