Devalued and paid significantly less than nurses, it’s no wonder Australia’s aged care workforce have had enough.
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Around 70% of front-line health workers said they were exhausted in 2020. With COVID hospitalisations expected to rise in coming weeks, the pressure is about to get a whole lot worse.
India, Nigeria, Pakistan and South Africa lose thousands of trained doctors each year, lured away to work in richer countries – at great cost to their nation’s healthcare systems.
Health education curriculums need to specifically prepare healthcare professionals to respond to a pandemic when it comes to aspects like infection control, aged care and mental health.
Adequate numbers of healthy and motivated health professionals are also critical to governments’ effective responses to public health emergencies such as COVID-19.
Midlevel health workers can provide diagnostic and therapeutic services with lower entry qualification requirements and shorter training periods than doctors.
Aged care facilities are employing fewer registered and enrolled nurses and more carers, which saves money but results in sub-standard care.
The biggest system failure in aged care is staffing. We don’t need to wait until the royal commission is over to fix it – this can be done now.
Nurses and midwives are among society’s most highly valued professionals. But a disturbing national picture is emerging of escalating levels of over-work and burnout.
Nursing home providers looking to cut costs are bypassing registered nurses and employing less-skilled personal care attendants (PCAs) who aren’t trained for the job.
Highly engaged doctors do much better on a wide range of important measures, from clinical performance, financial management and safety indicators to patient experience and overall quality standards.
The proportion of female surgical trainees is rising, but at a slower rate than other specialties.
In Australia, estimates suggest undesired harmful effects from medication or other intervention such as surgery occur in around 17% of hospital admissions. But blaming the doctors won’t help.
There is substantial variation in the safety and quality of care provided in Australian hospitals. The data can tell us why.
Why is it so difficult to find out exactly how much it’s going to cost to have that suspicious mole removed or to be admitted to hospital for that colonoscopy or hip replacement?
Whether it’s an emergency or a planned admission, going to hospital can be anxiety inducing – not knowing where you’re heading or who will be looking after you. Here’s a cheat sheet to guide you.
Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence will today hear how the health system can better respond to partner abuse, with the help of trained professionals and broader, government support.
If you present to a hospital on the weekend, you have a higher chance of dying than if you present during the week. This is known as the “weekend effect”.
If South Africa’s complete health workforce is tallied, there is not a critical shortage of human resources to provide health care services.
As the 2015 parliamentary year approaches, The Conversation is examining five key policy areas that have a new minister in charge: health, immigration, defence, social services and science. Today we begin…
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Reader in Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Professor, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Founder of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance & Emeritus Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University
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HERA Program Director - Health Workforce Optimisation Centre for the Business & Economics of Health, The University of Queensland
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Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Emeritus Professor of Public Health, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor; Associate Dean - Learning & Teaching, University of Wollongong
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Professor, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer (Nursing), Western Sydney University
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Principal Researcher, Research Matters; Research Officer, Monash University
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Assoc Professor, Monash University
