More than one in two Australian adults are classified as overweight (35.5%) or obese (27.9%), along with more than one in four children. In September last year more than 30 … Read more…
More than one in two Australian adults are classified as overweight (35.5%) or obese (27.9%), along with more than one in four children. In September last year more than 30 … Read more…
The rostering nature of hospitals means that hospital staff often work with different people every day, and remembering the names of all the different staff in a hospital is a … Read more…
Much of Australia is currently in the grip of heatwave, the second in a week and as usual this precipitates a lot of discussion about the climate. Australia is a … Read more…
As of the first of February next year, any medicines containing codeine will no longer be available to be purchased ‘over-the-counter’ in Australian pharmacies and instead will require a prescription. … Read more…
Small towns are identified as communities outside of metropolitan areas with a population of 200 to 5,000 people. Around 1.8 million people, or 8.5 percent of the total population, live … Read more…
Gender bias in healthcare has been well researched and documented. For example, a study conducted in 2016 by the University College London of the medical records of 68,000 dementia patients, … Read more…
Another organisation, the Starlight Children’s Foundation, has partnered with health professionals to develop programs which support the care of children and teenagers based on positive psychology principles. Every paediatric hospital … Read more…
Australia has the eighth highest life expectancy among the 35 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). At the end of last month, the Australian Institute … Read more…
The number of Australians with private health insurance was 47.4 percent in 2015 – its highest peak – and had reduced to 45.8 percent in September 2017. This is thought … Read more…
Scottish Care’s report, Independent Sector Nursing Data, shows that in 2016 the average cost of agency nurses was £343 per shift. That figure has now risen to £434 per shift. … Read more…