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Advertising blitz to boost primary healthcare workforce welcomed

February 12, 2025

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/ Tag: All Nurses And Midwives, Campaign, Career, Education, Graduates and early career nurses, Primary healthcare, Students

Unions call for 10 days paid reproductive leave to support women battling menopause and perimenopause

July 31, 2024

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/ Tag: All Nurses And Midwives

Australian women are being pushed out of the workforce early due to lack of support to deal with the symptoms of menopause or perimenopause, a Senate inquiry has heard.

Historic merger of nursing associations in 1924 lays foundations for ANMF

July 30, 2024

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/ Tag: All Nurses And Midwives

The Australasian Trained Nurses’ Association, with branches in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania, and the Royal Victorian Trained Nurses’ Association, which operated solely in Victoria, merged to benefit the profession

Government initiatives to strengthen nursing workforce in primary care

July 26, 2024

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/ Tag: All Nurses And Midwives, Education, Nurse Practitioners, Students

Peak nursing bodies have welcomed initiatives to bolster the workforce in primary care, including the national program to increase student nursing placements in primary care. The federal government announced $4.2 million for the National Nurse

Australia facing shortfall of over 70,000 nurses by 2035, report reveals

July 26, 2024

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/ Tag: All Nurses And Midwives

Australia is facing a shortage of more than 70,000 nurses by 2035, according to national projections revealed in the Department of Health and Aged Care’s Nursing Supply and Demand Study. The study used data collected