Incontinence management innovations for healthcare facilities
23 January, 2026 by Lesley Barton* | Supplied by: Atlas McNeil Healthcare CommunityIncontinence management is rapidly improving courtesy of new technologies and compassionate approaches. Here are some available innovations.
2026 HESTA Excellence Awards — nominations open
23 January, 2026Nominations have opened for the 2026 HESTA Excellence Awards, which encompass the aged care, allied health, community services and disability services sectors.
Hospital fined $230K after aged care chair detachment
16 December, 2025A hospital has been fined $230,000 over an incident involving a 93-year-old aged care resident who died a week after her reclining chair failed.
Remote laundries target preventable disease in NT communities
27 November, 2025 | Supplied by: Kimberly-Clark AustraliaA new community laundry has launched in Borroloola, part of a program seeking to curb preventable disease in remote Northern Territory communities.
Eye care partnership looks to support First Nations optometrists
17 November, 2025 | Supplied by: AlconA new scholarship initiative will support Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander optometrists or optometry students to attend leading national conferences.
A Day in the Life of a mobile optometrist
02 October, 2025Linda Nguyen is the owner and founder of mobile optometrist practice Care Optometry and was a finalist in the 2025 HESTA Excellence Awards. Here's a day in her life.
Alliance to lay foundations for national creative health infrastructure
18 August, 2025Creative Health Alliance Australia launched this month, in order to lay the foundations for national creative health infrastructure.
Using social prescribing as 'a script against loneliness'
12 August, 2025The Royal Australian College of GPs is supporting social prescribing as a health intervention that helps patients connect more and improve their overall health.
Ramsay to close 17 psychology clinics by end of August
29 July, 2025Ramsay Health Care has announced the progressive closure of 17 psychology clinics by the end of August — as part of a transition "to a more flexible and sustainable model".
2025 Australian Mental Health Prize entries open until 23 July
15 July, 2025Until 23 July, nominations are open for the 2025 Australian Mental Health Prize, now in its 10th year.
SA reaches state-first allied health enterprise agreement
07 July, 2025The SA Government and public sector allied health workers have reached a standalone four-year enterprise agreement that the government says is a state first.
Medicare chronic wound care scheme set to benefit 20,000/year
18 June, 2025The Chronic Wound Consumables Scheme has launched, giving older Australians with diabetes — and without other wound care schemes — free access to products.
Westmead Hospital to gain $492m pathology hub
13 June, 2025The new NSW Health Pathology Statewide Hub at Westmead Hospital will be the largest public pathology laboratory in the state.
NSW reforms to see trained GPs treat and diagnose ADHD
27 May, 2025NSW will enable trained GPs to provide ongoing ADHD prescriptions for those on stable doses of medication, with some GPs able to diagnose and initiate medication.
Raising 'tech neck' awareness this Spinal Health Week
27 May, 2025 | Supplied by: Australian Chiropractors AssociationFor Spinal Health Week, 26 May–1 June, the Australian Chiropractors Association has released new data on Tension Neck Syndrome, commonly known as 'tech neck'.
