In the spirit of the season, Croakey has compiled a special publication for our readers – highlights from our extensive coverage of health conferences during 2017. We hope you find it... Read more
Please download, read and share this report from the recent Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) professional development conference: #CATSINaM17_... Read more
Melissa Sweet writes: Leadership is like a seedling – something that can be both fragile and strong, that is rooted in family and a sense of connection and country, and that requires nurturi... Read more
As recently covered by Croakey, a new edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards will require health services to implement wide-ranging measures aimed at improving t... Read more
Melissa Sweet writes: Health services across Australia will be required to implement wide-ranging measures aimed at improving the safety and quality of care provided to Aboriginal and Torres... Read more
Melissa Sweet writes: Australia could be doing much more to optimise the use of nurse practitioners, especially in the areas of primary healthcare, chronic disease management and residential... Read more
Melissa Sweet writes: To thrive into the future, Australia must re-invent itself as a republic that is based upon true power-sharing arrangements between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people... Read more
Melissa Sweet writes: It is never easy to achieve change in big, resistant bureaucratic organisations driven by competing interests and agendas. But Professor Roianne West has shown it IS po... Read more
Melissa Sweet writes: In June, Dr Doseena Fergie, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elder and nursing academic, left Australia to travel the world in 79 days, investigating the situat... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is considering a call for the profession to make a formal apology for its part in the harm inflicted by racist... Read more
