Nuclear weapons and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Nuclear weapons are by far the most evil, destructive and indiscriminate of weapons ever created. Both in the scale of the devastation they cause and in their uniquely persistent, genetically damaging radioactive fallout, they are unlike any other weapons. Nuclear weapons have been used twice in warfare- targeting the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki […]
Climate change loss and grief in the Pacific
The way Pacific Island communities on the frontline of climate change are experiencing and working through loss and grief will be documented in a project set to start in 2020. University of Queensland (UQ) researchers will work with people in the Cook Islands, Marshall Islands and Vanuatu to document the impact of climate change on […]
Hike in complaints about AHPRA
Complaints about the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) and health practitioner boards were up by 32% in the last financial year, new data shows. The office of the National Health Practitioner Ombudsman and Privacy Commissioner (NHPOPC) released its annual report this week. The NHPOPC oversees AHPRA and the 15 health practitioner boards, including the […]
Hands off Medevac laws
Supporters of the Medevac legislation held an overnight vigil at Parliament House on Sunday urging Senators to reject a repeal Bill. The Coalition is calling to overturn the Medevac legislation with the Migration Amendment (Repairing Medical Transfers) Bill 2019 [Provisions] in a Senate-only sitting this week. The Medevac legislation passed in February 2019, allows the […]
Reducing low value and unnecessary care
A national scale-up of an initiative to reduce low value care and reduce unnecessary treatment was the focus of a nationwide meeting recently. The Choosing Wisely Australia national meeting was held in Melbourne in late May and showcased innovative projects both national and international. A nurse discontinuation protocol of telemetry implemented at Johns Hopkins Hospital, […]
Reducing low value and unnecessary care
A national scale-up of an initiative to reduce low value care and reduce unnecessary treatment was the focus of a nationwide meeting recently. The Choosing Wisely Australia national meeting was held in Melbourne in late May and showcased innovative projects both national and international. A nurse discontinuation protocol of telemetry implemented at Johns Hopkins Hospital, […]
Taking a stand on workplace violence
Hundreds of NSW nursing and midwifery delegates stood up in unison to send a message about the growing prevalence of workplace violence and urgent need for action to the state’s Health Minister Brad Hazzard at the 74th Annual Conference of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) in Sydney last Thursday. A recent series of […]
Blowing the whistle
What drives nurses and midwives to turn whistleblower and report wrongdoing outside their organisation? What ramifications surface personally and professionally in the aftermath? Robert Fedele investigates. “If you’ve got a gut feeling that something is wrong it probably is wrong,” says Toni Hoff man, perhaps Australia’s best-known nurse whistleblower. “Even if it takes a bit […]
Democracy improves health outcomes
Democracy is linked with decreases in mortality caused by cardiovascular disease and road deaths, as well as increases in government health spending. The global study published in international journal The Lancet found that democracy appears to play a bigger part in health outcomes than a country’s GDP. Democratic governance accounted for about 25% of the […]
Aged Care Royal Commission: What does it mean for the ANMF?
The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety provides a ‘once in a lifetime’ opportunity to identify, examine and address the multitude of issues facing the aged care sector. Paramount being the objective of ensuring the safety, health and wellbeing of older Australians who rely on care. The ANMF is uniquely placed to participate […]