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SYDNEY – Nurses from six countries – including Singapore – will have their applications to work in Australia fast-tracked from April 2025 as part of a scheme that has been welcomed by health workers, who say it will help to address the country’s nursing shortage. But nursing associations also urged the government to tackle longstanding issues that created the shortages in the first place. The scheme, revealed by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) on Jan 26, allows registered nurses with more than 1,800 practising hours since 2017 to gain speedy registration in A..

Belgium-born, Wicklow-based midwife Liselotte Hill provides antenatal and postnatal classes, services and support, including maternity night care for new parents who want to get a good night's sleep.  “Ever since I was a child I knew I wanted to work in the area of maternity and childcare. I first worked as a paediatric nurse, and then a Midwife and Lactation Consultant, but after working in postnatal units, I began to realise how busy things can be in the hospital, and how little time there was for mothers to get some rest.  A lot of new mums leave the hospital exhausted, which is what ..

SINGAPORE: Enter one of the rooms in the basement of Singapore General Hospital’s (SGH) main building and a constant clanking and rattling of metal greets you. One side of the room is filled with metal shelves, each neatly stacked with packages of varying sizes. Each package contains a complex set of surgical tools, with the heaviest weighing 10kg. These shelves are grouped according to departments, as seen from a myriad of signs such as orthopaedic, ENT surgery, neurosurgery, plastic surgery and dental. Beyond the maze of shelves are washers, sterilising machines, trolleys and busy heal..

SINGAPORE – After nurse clinician Chang Yee Yee, 41, worked at an acute hospital as a wound care nurse for 17 years, she moved to Dover Park Hospice as a palliative nurse, believing that she could apply her experience and skills in the new role. Yet she has found that she has a lot more to learn in her role at the hospice, even though it has been three years since the move. “Although I have a specialist diploma in palliative care, I feel I need more knowledge to take care of end-of-life patients better. At the hospice, we not only need to take care of the patients’ well-being, but we als..

May 3, 2023 World Economic Forum Singapore is focused on upskilling and future-proofing its workforce. At the Growth Summit panel discussion Skills for Growth: Creating a Future-Ready Workforce, Soon-Joo Gog, the Chief Skills Officer at SkillsFuture Singapore, explains the seven ways the young island nation is upskilling and reskilling its workforce for the future. This includes upskilling proactively, working with the private and public sectors, investing in the workforce and involving the older generation of workers. Singapore hasn't reached its centenary ..