The Latest Breaking News from Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation

Union warns of implications for wards ahead of Calvary takeover.

The Nursing and Midwifery Federation is campaigning against violence towards nurses after an incident at the Wallaroo hospital left staff terrified.

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation goes to jobs summit saying nurse-to-patient ratios more important than pay

Enticing trained nurses back to work, recruiting international professionals and hiring university students are part of an immediate approach to fill vacancies within health care.

They are a ‘threat to the back pocket of GPs’ – and that’s why nurses have been sidelined from the affordable healthcare debate, practitioners say

More than a dozen nurses and midwives have spoken to The Canberra Times detailing the issues they face day-to-day.

Five hospital wards and more than a dozen aged care homes in Tasmania are battling COVID-19 outbreaks, as infections continue an upward trend in the state.

The hospital supervisor of a notorious paedophile who worked in a children's ward has tearfully told an inquiry she was aware of him hugging young patients — but that it was "accepted by all staff" and in her opinion at the time something which could be addressed by "education".

SA's opposition raises its concern over the future of the new Women's and Children's Hospital project, with budget papers revealing the timeline for its completion has been pushed back by at least a year.