The Australian Private Hospitals Association has apologised to Medibank for a 24 August media release that "mistakenly applied the hospital contracts status from another insurer". [ + ]

This National Skills Week (25–31 August), we spotlight two NSW TAFE students and graduates helping to meet the state's demand for skilled healthcare workers. [ + ]

On Saturday, NT Health introduced Acacia 1.0: Patient Administration+ (PAS+) at Alice Springs and Tennant Creek Hospitals, marking the "final stage of the Territory-wide rollout". [ + ]

Additional to six charges laid last month, Victorian detectives have laid a further 127 charges after the alleged discovery of an illegal recording device at Melbourne hospitals. [ + ]

Run by Northern Health, Victoria's new Craigieburn Community Hospital in Melbourne's northern suburbs officially opened on 20 August. [ + ]

To prioritise maintenance at Western Australian older hospitals, the WA Government has established a $50 million Health Asset Maintenance Fund. [ + ]

The Australian Digital Health Agency and Australasian Institute of Digital Health have launched the Clinical Safety in Digital Health — Introductory eLearning course. [ + ]

To oversee the planned refresh of its End of Life and Palliative Care Framework, Victoria has appointed Associate Professor Mark Boughey its first Chief Palliative Care Adviser. [ + ]

A $21 million dentistry school has opened in Bendigo, increasing La Trobe University's capacity to admit 150 dentistry and oral health students each year. [ + ]

Creative Health Alliance Australia launched this month, in order to lay the foundations for national creative health infrastructure. [ + ]

To support clinicians in the day-to-day use of AI tools, the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care has released three pragmatic guides. [ + ]

Construction is underway on the new two-storey Northeast Building, the first building to be delivered on the $558 million Albury Wodonga Regional Hospital project. [ + ]

The Health Services Union NSW has struck what it calls an "historic" two-year salary agreement for 60,000+ workers — including those the union says are "often overlooked". [ + ]

Selected from a record more than 420 nominations and 24 national finalists, the eight winners of the 2025 HESTA Excellence Awards have been announced. [ + ]

For the second consecutive year, Victoria's public hospitals have delivered the most planned surgeries on record — with more than 212,000. [ + ]