Introduction by Croakey: The mental health and wellbeing of children and young people is one of the key areas identified for action in a two-volume draft report released today by the Product... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Mental health reform is in the spotlight this week as critical national investigations – the Productivity Commission inquiry into mental health and the Royal Commiss... Read more
The complexities of chronic pelvic pain were discussed in-depth at the recent Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) annual scientific meeting... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: About 200 stillbirths in Australia every year are preventable, with up to a third of all cases due to substandard care, a major meeting of the country’s obstetric doctors... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: Stop assuming, start educating yourself, and continue developing the skills to deliver affirming, appropriate care to transgender patients. That was the message to obstetr... Read more
A Virtual Empathy Museum has been established with the aim of helping nursing and other caring professions to become more compassionate. And an Empathy Symposium will be held in Sydney in De... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: Australian women face harmful inequities in access to abortion care, and obstetricians, gynaecologists and their College must do much more to push for change, a major meet... Read more
(This post has been updated with tweets and commentary from the report’s launch) The medical specialty dedicated to women’s health is taking steps to tackle male dominance in leadershi... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: Sex is an integral part of wellbeing and should be normalised in discussions about patient health, a summit of Australian and New Zealand obstetricians and gynaecologists... Read more
It is up to non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals and policy makers to “share the load” in creating a culturally safe health system for Indigenous patien... Read more
