Housing shortage affecting aged care workforce

This article from NewsGP refers to a new ABS analysis of patient experiences, which reveals that the number of people who are delaying or avoiding seeing a GP due to cost, has doubled since last year. The article discusses price perceptions, cost-of-living pressures, practice viability in disadvantaged areas, fragmented care and the widening gap between health outcomes and access to services.

This Media and News item from the Department of Health and Aged Care is notifying Bachelor of Nursing students of the opportunity to apply for high-quality clinical placements in the aged care sector through the Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program. It provides links to further information, including application details and requirments.

This in-depth and well-referenced article from MJA Insight talks about the 'General Practitioners with a Special Interest' program, whereby GPs can work across community and hospital settings. This model, which originated in the UK, can benefit practitioners, hospitals, health services and patients alike, by strengthening collaboration and continuity of care, reducing waitlists, and improving discharge rates in hospitals.

In this article we compare different job boards and explore the benefits of niche job boards which cater to the health sector.