A new WHO/ILO guide is encouraging countries to strengthen the protection of health workers by improving the management of occupational health. [ + ]

Melbourne GPs and their staff are under incredible strain after two years of pandemic response, and the situation is expected to worsen over coming months, says NWMPHN. [ + ]

The spread of the Omicron variant and the COVID-19 pandemic overall have contributed dramatically to the shortage of nurses in the nation's hospitals. [ + ]

Severe staff shortages, a surge in Omicron cases and an ageing population have put our already-stretched emergency departments and health system under enormous pressure. [ + ]

Health care's digital transformation was well underway when the pandemic first hit, but the crisis led to a massive increase in adoption and acceptance of technology by hospitals and healthcare facilities as well as consumers, patients and carers. [ + ]

2021 ACHS Gold Medal winner Christine Gee shares her journey from an Internal Reliever to a CEO. [ + ]

Associate Professor Amanda Walker, Clinical Director at the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, explains why clinicians and health services need to be consistent in managing this potentially fatal condition. [ + ]

For almost two years, the gaze of the public, healthcare system and media has been fixated on a very blatant public health threat; all the while a silent pandemic, antimicrobial resistance, has quietly continued gripping the world. [ + ]

Lisa Russell, Discharge Coordinator at Mater Private Hospital Springfield, shares her day. [ + ]

Researchers have discovered that the use of nanoparticles, in combination with other antibiotics, could help prevent antibiotic resistance and reduce antibiotic intake. [ + ]

From delivering over 500K vaccinations to disability and aged-care residents to achieving over five million completions for its online COVID-19 training platform for the Department of Health, global healthcare provider Aspen Medical has played a key role in Australia's pandemic response. [ + ]

Can knowing too much harm us? When it comes to medicine, in some cases, yes, absolutely. [ + ]

Polypharmacy affects about one million older people, aged over 70 years, in Australia and as the population ages and the number of people living with multiple health conditions rises, the rates are set to increase. [ + ]

Aged care has received more than its fair share of bad press in recent years, owing largely to revelations from the Royal Commission (RC) into Aged Care Quality and Safety. [ + ]

Black Dog Institute (BDI) is seeing an increase in support for health professionals since Omicron, with the service recording the highest user numbers from health professionals in the last 5 months. [ + ]