A new national digital service is delivering free, evidence-based early mental health support for mild challenges, and the health workforce has a central role. [ + ]

The NSW corruption watchdog said this investigation highlights recruitment, procurement, conflicts of interest and governance lessons for all organisations. [ + ]

A Sydney-based consultant breast surgeon outlines the risks of AI in the context of breast cancer early detection, including a message for health professionals. [ + ]

The Commission's Gillian Giles and clinical governance expert Dr Cathy Balding explain what this new guidance means for those working in Australian hospitals. [ + ]

With heated debate underway from both sides of politics into whether to keep or scrap the aged care funding algorithm, a medical doctor weighs in with a third option. [ + ]

Australia is the first country in the world to legalise psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression and MDMA for PTSD. The brains of 62 adults offer new insights. [ + ]

Australian researchers followed more than 8000 Brisbane adults over nine years, identifying three key benefits of aerobic and muscle strengthening exercises. [ + ]

Originally trained in the UK, midwife Esther Chikwanha moved to Australia in late 2019 and now works as an Associate Nurse Unit Manager (ANUM) in a birth suite. [ + ]

Australian researchers asked two next-gen reasoning large language models (LLMs) — o3-mini and DeepSeek-R1 — about fictional patients to find out. [ + ]

As healthcare organisations look to address workforce shortages and improve access to care, they must rethink how patient experiences are delivered altogether. [ + ]

Practitioner conduct on social media accounted for 44% of notifications, particularly alleged antisemitism and Islamophobia, an Ahpra review has revealed. [ + ]

With the SMS Sender ID Register having commenced this month, the GM of a multichannel messaging company sets out why some patients may be missing vital messages. [ + ]

Prue Walker is a social worker specialising in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition caused by prenatal alcohol exposure. [ + ]

Healthcare organisations have long treated cyber risk as a technology issue. That approach no longer reflects reality. [ + ]

Using advanced manikins and spanning 500 m², the suite features clinical labs with 14 hospital beds and training for students in low- to high-risk clinical scenarios. [ + ]