‘Knock off after work’: Right to disconnect laws start today
Millions of Australian workers can now refuse to respond to their bosses outside of work hours as landmark ‘right to disconnect’ laws come into effect.
New AI tool to help beat brain tumours
A new AI tool to more quickly and accurately classify brain tumours has been developed to enhance patient diagnosis and treatment. A new AI tool to more quickly and accurately classify brain tumours has been developed to enhance patient diagnosis and treatment. Australian National University (ANU) researchers, in collaboration with experts from the National Cancer […]
Breaking Barriers: Advancing women nurses in healthcare leadership
In Australia, women make up the majority of the nursing profession, yet they are under-represented in healthcare leadership. ROBERT FEDELE talks with researcher Mihirika Pincha Baduge about efforts to break down barriers. The glaring under-representation of women nurses in healthcare leadership is currently being explored by Victorian critical care registered nurse and PhD candidate Mihirika […]
Australia falling short in supporting military veterans with the basics, study finds
Australia isn’t doing enough to support military veterans once they finish serving, according to a new study. Flinders University and La Trobe University researchers argue that too much emphasis is being placed on psychiatric and psychological support and medical interventions for mental health care, yet not enough is being done to ensure veterans have the […]
Woman sentenced for working as a nurse without registration at Gold Coast hospital
A Gold Coast woman who worked without registration at a Gold Coast Hospital for two years after her registration lapsed has been fined $5,000 and ordered to pay $1,750 in legal costs. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) prosecuted the woman for holding herself out as an enrolled nurse when she was not registered, […]
Developing digital health capability in residential aged care
Recommendation 68 of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety Report1 outlined implementation of digital technology and My Health Record into residential aged care facilities (RACFs). Progress on implementation of Recommendations2 focus on My Health Record (MHR) and several funded projects to support registration of MHR and electronic medication charts.2 Further projects are […]
‘On notice’: Health Star Ratings set to become mandatory if industry fails to improve infant nutrition
Public health groups have welcomed government commitment to make Health Star Ratings mandatory if the food industry continues to drag its feet. After a decade of inaction, health groups have praised news that food regulators will make Health Star Ratings compulsory if the industry fails to reach 70% voluntary uptake by November next year. At […]
A big heart
This article discusses reflections from staff and family (who consented and contributed to this article); and provides an insight into clinical collaboration to assist a person accessing voluntary assisted dying (VAD) to become an organ donor. The NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) Act (2022) allows an eligible adult to access medical help to end their […]
Rollout of nurse and midwife to patient ratios in Western Australia welcomed by ANF
After years of campaigning for safe staffing levels, nurse-to-patient ratios will be rolled out across Western Australia in October. WA’s North Metropolitan Health Service (NMHS) will begin implementing nurse and midwife to patient ratios across its general medical and general surgical wards. This first phase of the staged implementation will commence at the NMHS at […]
Gender disparity in loss of exercise habits
Forming a long-term recreational exercise habit as a young person has a beneficial impact on physical and mental health later in life, but some groups, such as females and academic high-achievers, miss out on these benefits disproportionately. A University of Adelaide study found females, people with low self-efficacy, reluctant exercisers, higher academic achievers, and those […]