Archived News for Health Sector Professionals - July, 2019
The Victorian Government is expanding Melbourne’s safe injecting room trial.
NDIS sex therapy questioned
Advocacy groups want the National Disability Insurance Scheme to pay for sexual services.
New work mental health guidelines
New Australian guidelines have been issued for the diagnosis and management of work-related mental health conditions.
Push for medical re-use
Insiders say there is a “devastating” level of waste being produced within Australia's healthcare industry.
PM hopes to reduce dark rate
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has appointed a new suicide prevention adviser.
AI enlisted for drug design
Australian researchers have used AI to develop a more effective seasonal flu vaccine.
Nerve surgery feels successful
Australian surgeons have restored a high degree of arm and hand movement to patients with tetraplegia - paralysis of both upper and lower limbs.
Nurses union works on safety plan
A patient bringing a loaded gun into the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) is the latest in what one union says is an escalating rate of violence.
NDIS execs bailing
Questions are being asked after the exodus of several board members from the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Blacktown staff refuse Roundup
More than 500 Sydney council workers have walked off the job over concerns about the weed killer Roundup.
Concussion class action considered
A group of rugby league players are considering legal action over the NRL's treatment of concussions.
External effects on sperm studied
The social conditions that a male grows up in could influence the amount of X and Y chromosome sperm that he produces.