March 2010
Common sense endures New WA legislation that allows adults to make an Advance Health Directive – a legal...
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December 2009
Mining brings HIV boom?
One thing the mining boom might bring to WA is more HIV – by two routes. Men in their 40s who acquire infection overseas (hormones and bulging wallets on the rampage) and fast-tracked 457 visa imported workers who are not required to be pre-tested for HIV. Although numbers are small (around 75/yr), there has been a 30% increase in HIV notifications in the last 2 years.
Nurses find new teams
The word “autonomous” has been replaced with “collaborative” for the work of the Nurse Practitioner, if amendments to the Midwives and Nurse Practitioners Bill 2009 that gives...
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December 2008
Christmas ‘kickbacks’? Are Christmas functions now ‘kickbacks’? The Health Insurance Amendment (Inappropriate and Prohibited Practices and Other Measures)...
September 2008
Orbiting research Ralph Sarich’s $20m donation for WA medical research may be sexy news but will it...
November 2006
Trials and tribulations Perth is the place for clinical trials and studies right now, especially in the field...
September 2006
Birthing WA The latest WA public maternity services stats may surprise. WA new mums are getting older –...
May 2006
Selling research Researchers are having to ‘sell’ themselves to attract government ‘sponsorship’. Take the Western Australian Institute...