Introduction by Croakey: The Victorian Government this week released data revealing that up to 80 percent of the more than 2,500 health care workers infected with COVID-19 had contracted the... Read more
(This post was updated on Nov 26 – see bottom of page) Upheaval and uncertainty are the distinguishing characteristics of the Abbott Government’s efforts in health and related portfoli... Read more
The Croakey Conference Reporting Service’s last post from the Health Workforce Australia Conference details how the development of a culturally inclusive, interdisciplinary Aboriginal and To... Read more
As well as showcasing new and emerging roles within the health sector (including nursing assistants and mental health coaches), the Health Workforce Australia Conference 2013 (HWA 2013) feat... Read more
The challenges of leading clever people and of motivating workplaces subject to constant change were much-discussed at a recent Health Workforce Australia conference in Adelaide. Jennifer Do... Read more
Jennifer Doggett reports on an innovation in mental health care profiled at the Health Workforce Australia Conference 2013 in Adelaide When your health workforce is already working at capac... Read more
Jennifer Doggett reports from Adelaide: The complexity and limitations of health workforce planning were clearly demonstrated in a presentation at the Health Workforce Australia Conference 2... Read more
Jennifer Doggett reports from Adelaide: The gulf between education/ training and workforce policies within the health sector was a recurring theme at the Health Workforce Australia Conferenc... Read more
The role of health care assistants was the subject of heated debate at a workshop in Adelaide yesterday, held ahead of the official opening today of the Health Workforce Australia 2013 conf... Read more
The Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, held recently in Brazil, put the spotlight on the potential of lay health workers to help address global health workforce shortages. (Yo... Read more
