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Telehealth reform key to making voluntary assisted dying work long-term, clinicians say

How can voluntary assisted dying (VAD) be improved across Australia over the next two years? According to hundreds of clinicians working in the field who attended the country’s first national VAD conference in Sydney last week, run by charity Go Gentle Australia and VADANZ, improved access to telehealth, which involves some consultations via phone, video […]

Suffering in silence: The reality of elder abuse

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines elder abuse as “a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within any relationship where there is an expectation of trust, which causes harm or distress to an older person.”1 Abuse can be financial (manipulation of financial decisions, seizing of assets), psychological (threats, name-calling, belittling), social […]

Social media drives rise in cosmetic surgery as industry faces further reforms

Young women who regularly engage with social media are excessively self-judgemental and more likely to consider cosmetic surgery – with the number of cosmetic procedures having almost doubled in eight years, new research has revealed. The findings follow the health regulator’s calls this month for further reforms to the cosmetic industry due to escalating consumer […]

Have your say on Australia’s first National Nursing Workforce Strategy

The federal government is developing a National Workforce Strategy to address workforce challenges and support the profession to continue to deliver person-centred, evidence-based care for all Australians. As part of the initiative, it is currently seeking to capture views on nursing workforce issues and ideas that will help shape a bold and innovative Strategy. Nurses […]

Demand for cosmetic nursing continues to rise

New President of the Cosmetic Nurses Association (CNA) since January 2023, Sheri-lee Knoop has been a founding member of the group of nurses that came together during a boom in demand for cosmetic services during and post-COVID. She talks to the ANMJ. Sheri-lee, who has her own cosmetic practice in Perth, first started out as […]

Embracing the life of remote nursing as an early career nurse

“Have the courage to believe in yourself”, is the message from Holly Engelhardt, recipient of the ANMF NT Excellence in Early Career Nurse/Midwife of the Year 2023, to her peers. “It came as a surprise. I was nominated by service manager and DON educator – to have them recognise my work it means so much […]

Health organisations sign open letter in support of Voice to Parliament

More than 100 of Australia’s leading health organisations have signed an open letter in support of the Voice to Parliament, saying that they confidently believe the proposed advisory body, which will require a ‘Yes’ vote in the upcoming October 14 referendum to amend the Constitution, will enhance government decision-making about matters that affect Aboriginal and […]

6 tips to reduce psychological risks at work

New national Work Health and Safety Regulations aim to strengthen and clarify how to manage psychological health risks in the workplace. While these regulations prescribe how employers should identify psychosocial hazards and manage risk, everyone has a role to play in creating and maintaining a safe and healthy psychological workplace. “A mentally healthy workplace is […]