[ezcol_1half]A royal commission to look at the quality of aged care has been announced by the Australian Government. Currently aged care services support around 1.3 million people, 240,000 of those … Read more…
[ezcol_1half]A royal commission to look at the quality of aged care has been announced by the Australian Government. Currently aged care services support around 1.3 million people, 240,000 of those … Read more…
[ezcol_1half]The Safe Patient Care Act 2015, which covers nurse / midwife to patient ratios, was passed on 8 October 2015 making Victoria the first State in Australia to legislate the … Read more…
[ezcol_1half]At the beginning of this month the Jean Hailes for Women’s Health organisation released the results of their Women’s Health Survey 2018. More than 15,000 women were surveyed in order … Read more…
[ezcol_1half]There are a number of services across Australia which aim to provide support to rural and remote health professionals. Services may depend on which state or territory you work in. … Read more…
[ezcol_1half]A 116-bed facility, the Palmerston Regional Hospital opened this month and is the first major health services development in the Northern Territory in more than 40 years. The new hospital … Read more…
[ezcol_1half]UK mental health charity, Mind, conducted a survey of 1066 general practitioners and found that two in five GPs were experiencing a mental health problem. The research was conducted among … Read more…
[ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half][ezcol_1half_end]Chronic pain is one of the most common reasons people visit general practice. It is estimated that one in five Australians suffer from chronic pain and it is more prevalent … Read more…
[ezcol_1half] A third of 400 patients surveyed across two large public hospitals in Melbourne, Victoria during a four-month period at the beginning of 2017 said they looked up their symptoms … Read more…
[ezcol_1half]Robotic surgery involves surgeons using a computer to control instruments attached to a robot to perform a procedure. Robotic surgery has been shown to increase motion range and accuracy, as … Read more…
[ezcol_1half][/ezcol_1half] [ezcol_1half_end]Overseas trained doctors who came to work in Australia a number of years ago are now having to undertake an advanced exam, and around 80 percent of them are … Read more…