The Australian Nursing Federation is very pleased that today nurse practitioners and eligible midwives will be able to offer their patients access to MBS and PBS rebates. While some details are… Read more

The Australian Nursing Federation is pleased major reforms to the health system have finally begun with legislation that sees the Commonwealth Government take majority funding responsibility for… Read more

The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses and the Australian Nursing Federation are concerned that systematic failures are leading to a lack of depression diagnosis for women with breast… Read more

Nurses continue to suffer from a wide range of work place hazards including back and muscular, needles and sharps injury and high levels of stress. This Safe Work Australia Week the Australian… Read more

The Australian Nursing Federation is calling on the federal government to provide incentives for nurses who move to regional, remote and very remote locations. New data from the Australian… Read more

Mental health week 2010 will focus on the detrimental impact of untreated mental health disorders on patients suffering from chronic illnesses. ANF Federal Secretary Lee Thomas said it is alarming… Read more

The Australian Nursing Federation welcomes the federal government announcement of funding for regional hospitals. ANF federal secretary Lee Thomas said nurses and midwives were pleased the funding… Read more

Australian Nursing Federation’s federal secretary Lee Thomas, said that tomorrow, International Day of Older Persons, is a good time to remember that Australia is failing many of its older… Read more

The Australian Nursing Federation said the abuse of opiates based prescription drugs is a rising problem in Australia and we need urgent electronic streamlining of health records to stop the abuse.… Read more

Lee Thomas Australian Nursing Federation Federal Secretary said any cost-benefit analysis of the National Broadband Network must focus on community gains. “It is time that the rural-urban… Read more

Australia’s aged care system faces further decline without urgent action to improve staffing levels and working conditions in the sector, the ANF said today in response to a new Access… Read more

The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) has revealed a massive increase in its membership across the Australian health system, with almost 25,000 new members joining the union in the past 12… Read more

Nurses and midwives will welcome the opportunity to work with the new Labor Government towards much needed reform of Australia’s health care system, the Australian Nursing Federation said… Read more

Today’s health debate between Minister Nicola Roxon and opposition health minister Peter Dutton failed to address one of the biggest challenges facing our community: aged care. ANF federal… Read more

Nurses calling on the major political parties to close the wages gap in aged care will gather outside the Grand Plan for Aged Care debate in Melbourne on Wednesday (11 August). Australian Nursing… Read more

The Australian Nursing Federation believes that the AMA Victoria marginal seats campaign of faceless medicine is outdated and misleading. Federal Secretary Lee Thomas said that the ANF supports a… Read more

Tony Abbott’s plan to fund 2,800 new public hospital beds will create a national nursing workforce crisis and fail to deliver improved health services for the Australian community, according… Read more

The Australian Nursing Federation said more beds without more nurses will create a crisis in care within nursing homes in Australia. Federal Assistant Secretary Yvonne Chaperon said she is… Read more

Lee Thomas, Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation, said new funding for emergency nurses will provide a more highly skilled workforce in emergency departments. “It is… Read more

The Australian Nursing Federation is concerned that nurses employed in small workplaces such as medical practices could be at risk of unfair dismissal under a coalition government. Recent comments… Read more