Hospitals and Healthcare

A national plague of workplace injuries was once a media obsession. Now it’s all but forgotten.

With doctors twice as likely to die of suicide than the population average, three key changes are urgently needed

Millions of workers in the US work throughout the night, and the impacts can be profound on their health

Women still do most of the unpaid work at home while also working. A first-of-its-kind University of Melbourne review finds it’s hurting their mental health.

A shortage of healthcare workers poses an existential threat to public health systems the world over and Covid-19 is making the situation even more critical.

Even before the onset of Covid-19 universal healthcare services all over the world were facing an uncertain future because of critical imbalances between the demand and supply of essential frontline healthcare workers. Although the global pandemic has exacerbated the situation, structural problems such as a lack of long-term workforce planning, poor retention, the international mobility of health workers and retirement from an ageing workforce all pre-date it.

Dean's relentless workload as a Victorian paramedic pushed him to the brink, as a new report finds one quarter of the state's ambulance officers are suffering psychological distress.  

As the climate changes and heatwaves become more frequent and severe, it's vital we do more to understand who is most vulnerable and how we can reduce their risk.

Professor Carol Hodgson knows first-hand the challenges facing frontline health workers, researchers and guideline developers in the time of COVID. A few months into 2020, she was already working on international guidelines for the management of COVID-19 patients in acute settings with fellow physios and other clinicians from around the world. By May, in her […]

Antonio Horta-Osario has personal experience of how workplace stress can affect anyone.

At the stroke of 1:00 pm, a group of Tokyo IT workers spring from their desks for a few minutes of rigorous bending, stretching and thrusting, as part of a regular calisthenics drill. A growing number of Japanese companies are encouraging exercise breaks, in the hope of keeping employees limber -- and productive -- for longer.

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Some doctors say that however reasonable guidelines may seem, their cumulative burden causes “constant frustration” to medical practice.

After a tough year losing multiple people to suicide in the Taranaki construction industry, a local building company decided to do something about it.

When we are overworked or bored, we may need to zoom into work instead of zoning out.

An internal review into why Canberra's doctors failed key exams so often finds they were being overworked, with roster audits determining there have been several legal breaches.

Remote working is about to surge as companies around the world advise employees to stay away in response to the coronavirus outbreak. But nothing beats the effectiveness of face-to-face interactions.