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Adelaide nurses reach out to COVID-hit Vics 17 September - Adelaide health care professionals really are a caring lot, sending hundreds of letters of support to their besieged buddies across the border in Victoria. Read more
Grim death toll for world nursing community 17 September - More than 1000 nurses have died from COVID-19 in 44 countries, reports the International Council of Nurses. Read more
Superheroes really do wear scrubs 15 September - A cartoon strip is depicting health care heroes as superheroes. Read more
Nurses, midwives in rapid coronavirus response 8 September - Up to 150 nurses and midwives will be recruited to lead a new dedicated rapid frontline response team to deal with potential COVID-19 outbreaks in South Australia. Read more
AFLW star and ICU nurse Deni Varnhagen talks footy and nursing during the pandemic emergency 7 September - When the coronavirus hit, professional footballer and ICU nurse Deni Varnhagen had already dealt with a lot on the sporting field. Read more
The SA nurses deployed to Victoria to help fight COVID-19 4 September - Victoria was in the grip of escalating COVID-19 outbreaks and needed help from interstate volunteers to boost its health workforce in the fight against the pandemic. Read more
Vast majority of care home nurses negatively impacted 2 September - Four-fifths of British care home nurses would assess their experience of working during the coronavirus pandemic as "very negative", according to a new snapshot survey, reports the Nursing Times. Read more
Primary health care nurses threatened with job losses at height of COVID-19 2 September - Almost half of the Australian primary healthcare nurses (PHC) who took part in a national survey at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic had their hours cut, were threatened with, or actually ended up, losing their jobs, a new study has Read more
COVID taking a huge toll on SA’s mental health 27 August - Almost three-quarters of South Australians believe the COVID pandemic has negatively impacted their mental wellbeing. Read more
Border restrictions to be lifted 26 August - Good news for cross-border health care workers barred from entering SA last week. Read more
Paid pandemic leave now available for all SA workers 25 August - After months of lobbying by the ANMF (SA Branch) and other unions, paid pandemic leave payments of up to $1,500 are now available for South Australian workers required to quarantine or care for someone required to quarantine. Read more
South Australia and the Spanish flu 25 August - History repeats … but not always in a good way, sadly. Read more

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