Three months into the role, already Justin Untersteiner has grand plans for Ahpra — but what specific regulatory developments can we expect under his leadership?

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

04.06.2025

Free GP Heart Health Checks extended for three years

To help combat Australia's biggest killer, heart disease, the federal government has secured funding for another three years of free GP Heart Health Checks.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

03.06.2025

Healthy heights: vertical hospitals on the rise

A healthcare architect explains how towering, 140-metre-plus healthcare facilities are no longer anomalies — they’re becoming a global standard.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

03.06.2025

Could an insect-protein coating block bacteria on medical implants?

An Australian study marks the first reported use of antibacterial coatings made from resilin-mimetic proteins to fully block bacteria from attaching to a surface.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

03.06.2025

In Conversation with Australia's Surgeon General, Rear Admiral Sonya Bennett

<em>Hospital + Healthcare</em> speaks with Rear Admiral Sonya Bennett, Surgeon General and Commander of Joint Health for the Australian Defence Force.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

02.06.2025

Practitioners on notice over compassionate release of super

Practitioners have been put on notice that action will be taken against potential predatory practice in the compassionate release of superannuation scheme.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

02.06.2025

Toowong Private Hospital to close from 11 June

Toowong — a 58-bed acute private psychiatric hospital, treating more than 3000 patients a year and employing 154 specialist staﬀ — will close from 11 June.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

02.06.2025

Tarkett Powerbond - Early Bloom carpet rolls

The Tarkett Powerbond - Early Bloom carpet rolls are designed for inviting, reflective and restorative spaces, with applications in health and aged care.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

01.06.2025

Bactol® 90% Alcohol Surgical Handrub — Fast, Effective, Trusted

Whiteley has developed Bactol® 90% Alcohol Surgical Handrub, the next evolution in antiseptic hand hygiene for surgical teams.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

01.06.2025

Find the Right Products for this Flu Season

Quality care begins with the right products and support behind it — during flu season and all year round.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

30.05.2025

In the wake of Healthscope — a crisis planning ethos

After Healthscope's collapse into administration, a crisis simulation and training specialist sets out an 'audit, educate, simulate' crisis planning ethos.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

29.05.2025

Head to toe: operating room workwear essentials

Workwear plays a vital role in infection control in hospitals. A workwear provider charts some whole-of-body operating room essentials, trends and best practices.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

28.05.2025

Immediate action needed for private hospital sector

The crisis in the private hospital sector will have major impacts on the public hospital system, which will add pressure to already struggling public hospitals.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

27.05.2025

NSW reforms to see trained GPs treat and diagnose ADHD

NSW will enable trained GPs to provide ongoing ADHD prescriptions for those on stable doses of medication, with some GPs able to diagnose and initiate medication.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

27.05.2025

Raising 'tech neck' awareness this Spinal Health Week

For Spinal Health Week, 26 May–1 June, the Australian Chiropractors Association has released new data on Tension Neck Syndrome, commonly known as 'tech neck'.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

27.05.2025

CareZen Virtual Care Pods

CareZen Virtual Care Pods are modular spaces offering patients a hospital-grade environment for confidential consultations via telehealth technology.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

26.05.2025

Queensland Health faces alleged racial discrimination

A class action has been filed by JGA Saddler against the State of Queensland alleging racial discrimination against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

26.05.2025

Making surgery safer with an Australian-first perioperative medicines resource

Advanced Pharmacy Australia is proud to lead the development of Australia's first comprehensive Perioperative Medicines Resource.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

26.05.2025

"Highly distressing" — Healthscope enters administration

Australia's Minister for Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, says news that Healthscope has entered administration will be "highly distressing" to patients and staff.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

26.05.2025

We found a germ that 'feeds' on hospital plastic — new study

Microbiologists have discovered bacteria capable of breaking down various types of plastic. So might the bacteria found in hospitals break down and feed on plastic?

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

23.05.2025

Digital displays in health care: benefits for patients and staff

Hospitals all around the world are integrating digital displays. A digital signage provider sets out some key patient and staff benefits of going digital.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

23.05.2025

Doctors' warning — Bupa's plans risk a US-style health model

The Australian Medical Association has called "vertical integration plans" by Bupa "a major red flag" for the private health system, putting it at risk of a US-style model.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

22.05.2025

Florence by APNA nursing CPD app

Florence by APNA (Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association) is a free app designed to make nursing professional development easy, efficient and empowering.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

21.05.2025

MULTIGATE ProSeries Surgical Gowns

The MULTIGATE ProSeries surgical gown range has been designed to make gown selection simpler, faster and more intuitive.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

21.05.2025

Frankston Hospital redevelopment commissions four artists

Artists Richard Briggs, Dan Elborne, Hannah Quinlivan and Jody Rallah have been commissioned to deliver major art pieces for the Frankston Hospital redevelopment.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

20.05.2025

Victoria's 2025–26 State Budget claims frontline care record

Victoria's 2025–26 State Budget has been announced. The over $31bn to its health system this year that it says is the biggest investment ever in frontline care.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

20.05.2025

NSWNMA: Proposed workers comp changes a "cruel blow"

The NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association has called proposed changes to the NSW workers compensation scheme a "cruel blow" that will harm nurses and midwives.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

20.05.2025

Nursing and Midwifery Board waives renewal late fee until 15 June

To allow more time to complete renewal in the new Ahpra portal, the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has waived renewal late fees until 15 June.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

19.05.2025

Operating theatre nurses volunteer across the seas

Operating theatre nurses Indra Jolayemi and Dionne Smithwick are recurrent volunteers, taking their skills to communities where access to health care is limited.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

16.05.2025

HESTA Nursing & Midwifery Awards 2025 winners announced

Ty Simpson (Alfred Health), Vanessa Page (Gateway Health) and the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre are the HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards 2025 winners.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

16.05.2025

RACP urges swift action after NSW healthcare funding report

RACP is calling for swift action to address doctor burnout and invest in preventive health care following the 16 May release of the NSW healthcare funding report.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

16.05.2025

Man fined for working as a podiatrist without registration

A man who worked as a podiatrist for more than a year after his registration lapsed — with the majority of his patients living in an aged care facility — has been fined.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

14.05.2025

Butler's priorities: Medicare, PBS, aged care reform, NDIS's future

Following his cabinet ministry appointment as Minister for Health and Ageing and Minister for Disability and the NDIS, Mark Butler set out his priorities.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

13.05.2025

Ahpra: Review recommendations "in lock step" with reform agenda

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency said it supports, in principle, the reform recommendations of the Dawson Review second consultation paper.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

13.05.2025

Anaesthetic reporting tool reveals operating room risks

An online reporting tool available to all ANZ anaesthetic departments enables frontline clinicians to report and analyse potential risks anonymously.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

12.05.2025

New Aged Care Act: six things providers need to know

On 1 July, the new Aged Care Act comes into effect, marking once-in-a-generation reforms. A senior lawyer sets out six things you need to know, complete with tips.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

09.05.2025

'Enhanced cleaning' cuts hospital-acquired infections by one-third

Australian researchers who introduced so-called 'enhanced cleaning' measures onto several NSW hospital wards found hospital-acquired infections dropped by about one-third.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

09.05.2025

Victoria's Q3 median ED wait times the lowest on record

Victoria's quarter three performance data (January–March) has shown improvement across the health system, with ED wait times the lowest on record.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

09.05.2025

Perioperative nurses take on surgical escape room

Nursing staff at Calvary Adelaide Hospital have taken part in a new perioperative escape room designed by a University of South Australia lecturer.

Australian Hospital & Healthcare Bulletin

08.05.2025

Biophilic healing: expanded Latrobe Regional Hospital, Traralgon

Latrobe Regional Hospital's recent expansion is a biophilic design harnessing the healing properties of human connection in a rural setting.

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In Conversation with Ahpra CEO Justin Untersteiner

Free GP Heart Health Checks extended for three years

Healthy heights: vertical hospitals on the rise

Could an insect-protein coating block bacteria on medical implants?

In Conversation with Australia&#39;s Surgeon General, Rear Admiral Sonya Bennett

Practitioners on notice over compassionate release of super

Toowong Private Hospital to close from 11 June

Tarkett Powerbond - Early Bloom carpet rolls

Bactol&reg; 90% Alcohol Surgical Handrub&nbsp;&mdash; Fast, Effective, Trusted

Find the Right Products for this Flu Season

In the wake of Healthscope &mdash; a crisis planning ethos

Head to toe: operating room workwear essentials

Immediate action needed for private hospital sector

NSW reforms to see trained GPs treat and diagnose ADHD

Raising &#39;tech neck&#39; awareness this Spinal Health Week

CareZen Virtual Care Pods

Queensland Health faces alleged racial discrimination

Making surgery safer with an Australian-first perioperative medicines resource

&quot;Highly distressing&quot; &mdash; Healthscope enters administration

We found a germ that &#39;feeds&#39; on hospital plastic &mdash; new study

Digital displays in health care: benefits for patients and staff

Doctors&#39; warning &mdash; Bupa&#39;s plans risk a US-style health model

Florence by APNA nursing CPD app

MULTIGATE ProSeries Surgical Gowns

Frankston Hospital redevelopment commissions&nbsp;four artists

Victoria&#39;s 2025&ndash;26 State Budget claims frontline care record

NSWNMA: Proposed workers comp changes a &quot;cruel blow&quot;

Nursing and Midwifery Board waives renewal late fee until 15 June

Operating theatre nurses volunteer across the seas

HESTA Nursing &amp; Midwifery Awards 2025 winners announced

RACP urges swift action after NSW healthcare funding report

Man fined for working as a podiatrist without registration

Butler&#39;s priorities: Medicare, PBS, aged care reform, NDIS&#39;s future

Ahpra: Review recommendations &quot;in lock step&quot; with reform agenda

Anaesthetic reporting tool reveals operating room risks

New Aged Care Act: six things providers need to know

&#39;Enhanced cleaning&#39; cuts hospital-acquired infections by one-third

Victoria&#39;s Q3 median ED wait times the lowest on record

Perioperative nurses take on surgical escape room

Biophilic healing: expanded Latrobe Regional Hospital, Traralgon

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In Conversation with Australia's Surgeon General, Rear Admiral Sonya Bennett

Bactol® 90% Alcohol Surgical Handrub — Fast, Effective, Trusted

In the wake of Healthscope — a crisis planning ethos

Raising 'tech neck' awareness this Spinal Health Week

"Highly distressing" — Healthscope enters administration

We found a germ that 'feeds' on hospital plastic — new study

Doctors' warning — Bupa's plans risk a US-style health model

Frankston Hospital redevelopment commissions four artists

Victoria's 2025–26 State Budget claims frontline care record

NSWNMA: Proposed workers comp changes a "cruel blow"

HESTA Nursing & Midwifery Awards 2025 winners announced

Butler's priorities: Medicare, PBS, aged care reform, NDIS's future

Ahpra: Review recommendations "in lock step" with reform agenda

'Enhanced cleaning' cuts hospital-acquired infections by one-third

Victoria's Q3 median ED wait times the lowest on record