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Allied health graduates offered a financial incentive to stay or move to Tasmania

When Chloe Winkler Sheean was offered a job at the Launceston Hospital, she had to turn it down. She says a financial incentive to move to Tasmania's north could have changed everything.

ABC News

Nurses strikes next week called OFF as Tory ministers finally agree to pay talks

A joint statement from the RCN and the Department of Health says: 'The Government and Royal College of Nursing have agreed to enter a process of intensive talks'

Daily Mirror

Department of Health confirms handing back of GP contracts at Fermanagh surgeries

Uncertainty remains over the GP surgeries in Brookeborough and Tempo

Belfast Live

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Sydney’s growing pains: land rezoning a potential billion-dollar deal for developers after local council sidelined

Exclusive: Why has an area with no public transport, a water shortage and an endangered koala habitat been fast-tracked for rezoning to housing?

The Guardian - AU

Women going through menopause will see costs of HRT slashed to under £20 a year

From April 1, women prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) as part of menopause treatment will be able to access a new scheme to give them access to a year's worth of treatment for just under £20

Daily Mirror

HRT: Around 400,000 women to receive cheaper menopause treatment

‘Reducing the cost of HRT is a huge moment for improving women’s health in this country’

The Independent UK

Women to receive cheaper menopause treatment under new scheme

Health officials estimate that the change will benefit around 400,000 women by cutting the prescription cost of HRT.

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Concerns Rosebery emergency service closure will leave state's ambulance service struggling to cope

The temporary closure of a rural emergency service on Tasmania's West Coast has raised concerns over the ability of the region's ambulances to cope with increased demand.

ABC News

Florida surgeon general, again questioning COVID vaccines, sends letter to CDC, FDA

Florida’s top health official sent a letter this week to the heads of the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warning that mRNA COVID-19 vaccines could be dangerous.

Tribune News Service

Revealed: more Australians than ever are paying to see a doctor as new data shows worst-hit areas

Exclusive: Data obtained by Guardian Australia shows the areas suffering the biggest drop in fully bulk-billed GP patients

The Guardian - AU

A&E and cancer nurses set to join next wave of strikes as NHS pay dispute escalates

The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) is considering fresh industrial action over three separate days, which would run throughout the night, as ministers stonewall on pay demands

Daily Mirror

Are chemtrails being used to vaccinate Australians secretly against COVID-19? CheckMate investigates

A decade-old claim suggesting Australia has approved vaccines administered "via air" has resurfaced with a COVID-19 twist.

ABC News

North-west Tasmanian birthing services 'inefficient, ineffective and dangerous', AMA warns

Tasmania's peak medical body says maternity services in the state's north-west are no longer safe and the state government needs to immediately take them over.

ABC News

Russian hackers linked to HSE cyber attack sanctioned by UK government

A Russian Contigang targeted the health service, the Department of Health and TUSLA in May 2021.

Irish Mirror

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Belfast Live

Daithi to undergo heart operation after inspiring overhaul of NI organ donation law

His family has tirelessly campaigned for the legislation on organ donation to be changed to an opt-out system

Irish Mirror

Report finds nursing home legal advice was 'sound, accurate and appropriate'

In his examination of the nursing home charges controversy, Attorney General Rossa Fanning said that a citizen’s choice to enter a private home was “a benefit that the State never agreed to provide”.

The Independent UK

Licenses suspended for 2 fired EMTs in Tyre Nichols death

A Tennessee board has suspended the emergency medical technician licenses of two former Memphis Fire Department employees for failing to render critical care to slain Tyre Nichols who was beaten by police

The Guardian - AU

Deaths from Covid in Australian aged care pass 5,000 after monthly fatalities double in January

Department of Health says significant jump to 597 deaths from 22 December to 25 January was partially influenced by a change in reporting methodology

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Department of Health calls for 'respectful debate' after heated SWAH event

Directors from the Western Health and Social Care Trust were interrupted on several occasions during Monday night's meeting

Irish Mirror

Taoiseach admits he 'must have been briefed' on nursing home charges issue but says story has been 'misrepresented'

There have been allegations in recent days that some people were “illegally charged” for nursing home stays

Irish Mirror

Nursing home fees: Everything you need to know about latest government controversy

There have been allegations that an elaborate legal strategy was undertaken by successive Governments to ensure that those who were wrongly charged for nursing homes did not receive a full refund

The Independent UK

Department of Health ‘has missed deadline’ for 23/24 pay review body

A former health minister said he is ‘astonished’ ministers are yet to submit evidence.

Miami Herald

A fine and a speech for a Miami doctor after a Brazilian butt lift patient’s death?

The mistakes New Life Plastic Surgery’s Dr. Oliver Simmons made that led to the death of Tanisha Walker likely will cost him a $10,000 fine and the time spent making a one-hour lecture on the potential complications during a gluteal fat grafting.

Bangkok Post

Hong Kong doctors report people chasing Covid antivirals 'for family members'

Some people in Hong Kong have been acting suspiciously to get their hands on Covid-19 antiviral drugs, the Post has learned, with one person going to six doctors in a single day asking for the same medicine.

Irish Mirror

TV medic Dr Eva Orsmond warns Irish public not to ignore health risks linked to obesity

Finnish-born Dr Eva, who runs a health retreat in Portugal with her ex husband Wyatt, said TV programmes like Operation Transformation are vital promote good health.

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