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Catholic sector says urgent reforms needed to protect maternity services
Catholic Health Australia says the closure of Healthscope maternity services in Hobart and Darwin will put more pressure on not-for-profit hospitals to deliver essential health services for those communities.
Systemic changes needed to help the sick and suffering
In his message for World Day of the Sick, Pope Francis touches on one of the most difficult topics that I, and many Christians, struggle with – the role of suffering, writes Brigid Meney. Source: The Catholic Weekly.
How nurses can remain compassionate without burning out
Burnout has become the defining struggle of the nursing profession in recent years, a phenomenon that philosopher-turned nurse Mark Lazenby knows too well. Source: ACU.
Catholic Health Australia’s new plan to fix struggling hospitals
Catholic Health Australia is calling on the Albanese Government to take the pressure off long public waitlists by paying for more patients to be treated privately and help subsidise soaring salaries. Source: Financial Review.
Reflecting on the sick and those who care for them
Catholics are being urged to reflect during this year’s World Day of the Sick on the “grace-filled encounters” that can emerge at times of adversity. Source: ACBC Media Blog.
Catholic sector welcomes Government’s $1.7bn injection into public hospitals
Catholic Health Australia chief executive Jason Kara has welcomed the Albanese Government’s $1.7 billion funding of public hospitals, aimed at cutting down wait times and ease pressure on emergency departments.
Mater appoints new chief executive
Mater has announced that senior healthcare executive Julia Strickland-Bellamy will become its next chief executive officer. Source: Catholic Health Australia.
Mater welcomes visitors from ‘flourishing’ Catholic hospital in Pakistan
Mater is building ties with a Catholic hospital serving some of the most impoverished communities in Pakistan. Source: The Catholic Leader.
Fee-free course takes load off future nurses
The first cohort of students to graduate debt-free from Mater Education’s Diploma of Nursing are set to kick off their healthcare careers without the burden of paying off tuition fees. Source: Catholic Health Australia.