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Nina Alvarez is a Content Producer for Healthcare Channel. Her interests include writing, particularly about the healthcare sector and the many ways it can improve to further benefit people from all walks of life.

Healthcare News, Hospitals, Mental Health
Doctors’ mental health concerns increase as COVID rates soar
Nina Alvarez Sep 14, 2021

There is increasing concern about doctors’ mental health due to rising rates of mental ill-health and suicide within the sector. According to a recent review

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COVID-19, Healthcare News
Health Services Union slams plan to put firefighters in paramedic workforce
Nina Alvarez Sep 14, 2021

The Health Services Union has slammed a plan to put firefighters in ambulances, saying it shows years of paramedic short-staffing. The Daily Telegraph has today

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Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
New research discovery identifies cause of neonatal strokes
Nina Alvarez Sep 14, 2021

A research discovery helps scientists pinpoint an important cause of stroke occurring in the womb or just after birth, paving the way for new treatments

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COVID-19, Healthcare News, Policy
COVID communications campaign “First Things First” launched for next phase of vaccinations
Nina Alvarez Sep 14, 2021

The next phase of the Australian Government’s COVID-19 vaccination communications campaign launches today, reminding people that the first thing they need to do to get

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Children's Health, COVID-19, Mental Health
Mental health discussions led by expert for World Suicide Prevention Day
Nina Alvarez Sep 14, 2021

Ahead of World Suicide Prevention day, a Monash University expert is available for mental health discussions on how the pandemic has affected many young people

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Hospitals
Reaching out to loved ones highlighted for R U OK? Day
Nina Alvarez Sep 10, 2021

The Morrison Government encourages reaching out to loved ones for an important conversation about mental health this R U OK? Day. This year’s R U

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Learning - Topics, Mental Health
Self-care and its importance during disaster and recovery
Nina Alvarez Sep 10, 2021

Self-care is an important part of supporting recovery from trauma. Whether it’s trauma from an accident, surviving natural disasters, or recovering from bad experiences, it’s

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COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals/Clinics
Vaccine Operations Centre Weekly Update as of 6 September 2021
Nina Alvarez Sep 10, 2021

The Vaccine Operations Centre reported that more than 450,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine have arrived from the United Kingdom as part of a dose-sharing

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COVID-19, Healthcare News, Hospitals/Clinics
Commonwealth Hotspot Changes for Victoria and Extensions for NSW
Nina Alvarez Sep 10, 2021

Australian Government Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly has today lifted the current COVID-19 Hotspot for the purposes of Commonwealth support for all Victorian local

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Hospitals
Registration lapse lands nurse with $8,000 fines
Nina Alvarez Sep 10, 2021

A former enrolled nurse in Queensland who continued to practise despite being aware of his registration lapse was fined $8,000 and convicted of a charge

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mental health campaign
Hospitals
Mental health clinics to support Australians in lockdown in NSW and VIC
Nina Alvarez Sep 8, 2021

The Morrison Government is providing $17.7 million to rapidly establish 10 Head to Health pop up mental health clinics to support Australians in lockdown in

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healthcare workers
COVID-19, Hospitals
Healthcare workers mandated to have COVID-19 vaccinations by Tasmanian Government
Nina Alvarez Sep 8, 2021

Healthcare workers have been mandated to have COVID-19 vaccinations in Tasmania, as the government’s number one priority since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has

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2024 All rights reserved. © Healthcare channel powered by Akolade.