News from NSW eHealth: International Nurses Day is an opportunity to shine a spotlight on the 50,000+ nurses who play a critical supporting role in caring for patients across NSW Health, Australia’s largest public health system. Held on Tuesday 12 May ...
The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) recently updated its guidelines on how to reduce health risks brought on from drinking alcohol. At 6,000 deaths per year* from alcohol-attributed diseases, it’s a significant problem ...
Australia’s residential aged care industry consists of an estimate of 902 companies that provide 200,689 residential places. Many aged care services are government subsidised to assist keep costs manageable and affordable. Today on the Healthcare ...
As a thank you to the incredible healthcare workers who have been tirelessly caring for Australians through this challenging time, Menulog is donating $120,000 worth of vouchers to the hospital staff for doctors, nurses and cleaners. ...
South Australian health officials have praised residents for playing their part in controlling the coronavirus pandemic. With SA now reporting no new infections for a week, Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier says the state ...
Tasks have multiplied, but so have spirits. Holland Park Meals on Wheels is operating at level “full-speed-ahead” as we’ve taken on 44 new clients, two new runs to cover the suburbs and altered procedures to ...
No wonder isolation’s so tiring. All those extra, tiny decisions are taxing our brains Shutterstock Anxiety, depression, loneliness and stress are affecting our sleep patterns and how tired we feel. But we may be getting ...
How is life within the emergency department? within the ER, time moves quickly and there’s not lots of your time to regulate. One minute, you would possibly work with a critically declining patient who has ...
The Australian Government in partnership with states and territories, peak surgical bodies, the AMA, and the private hospital sector will be increasing the availability of elective surgery in a safe and carefully considered way which ...
Up to 40 percent of individuals in aged care homes never get visitors, Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt has told the National Press Club. “It saddens me immensely,” Mr. Wyatt said. He said it had ...
With the COVID-19 crisis looming large on the Australian economy & environment, there has been an amazing display of generosity from individuals and businesses who feel they have a responsibility to help – particularly to ...
Australian doctors who are worried the system won’t be ready to provide them with the equipment they have to guard themselves and their patients during the COVID-19 pandemic are watching ways to style and produce ...
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