Australia's chief nurse has declared mass vaccination will be the key to defeating mutant coronavirus strains, including variants detected in the Melbourne outbreak.
People with disability will have access to dedicated vaccination hubs in central locations as the Morrison government tries to speed up the rollout across the sector.
Ngala will run the early learning and development service at Oryx’s aged care facility The Queenslea Claremont which is implementing an intergenerational care model.
The state’s chief health officer has confirmed a case of COVID transmission within the Pan Pacific Hotel after genome sequencing confirmed a man had contracted the virus from a guest.
A man onboard a cargo ship docked at Kwinana that had been transferred to hotel quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 has now tested negative.
Bethesda Health Care has awarded a contract to Broad Construction to build its new facility at Cockburn and struck a deal to sell the asset to property group Dexus.
Aged care sector leaders say it is difficult to recruit skilled workers when the award for nurses in the industry is about 30 per cent less than those working in disability or hospital settings.
The aged care workforce will need to grow by 60 per cent in the next decade to meet demand, according to a report launched at a Business News breakfast this morning.
Greg Hunt has fiercely defended Australia's sluggish vaccine rollout in a series of heated interviews, with the federal government under fire over the Victorian lockdown.
Victorians arriving in WA will now be required to undergo testing and quarantine until they return a negative result, as Melbourne's COVID-19 cluster grows to nine.
Perth-based Chronic Care Australia has received global recognition for its exercise-as-medicine treatment plan, honoured at the recent Value Based Health Care Awards.
The Australian Medical Association and Australian Nurses Federation are planning a rally outside Perth Children's Hospital to address "systemic problems".
Premier Mark McGowan has called for an easing of hostilities between health unions and executives as the fallout continues over the death of Aishwarya Aswath.
Australian regulators have uncovered six more cases of rare blood clots linked to the AstraZeneca vaccine, but say they are not unexpected as the rollout expands.
