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A senior nurse at the Mullumbimby Hospital says plans for a tele-health trail there are dead in the water, if the head of the local health network keeps his word.

THE State Government is fighting an industrial order that nurses not be disturbed on meal breaks, because it would mean they have to employ more staff.

Nine nurses working at Osborne Park Hospital have tested positive for tuberculosis, health officials have confirmed. A hospital spokeswoman said a former patient at Osborne Park Hospital was diagnosed with TB earlier this year and as a result 110 nurses at the hospital were tested, nine of which had returned positive results.

ALMOST 100 nurses have filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the State Government over a claim they were never compensated for inadequate breaks between shifts.

A nursing student says nurses graduating this year are staring at the prospect of being left without a job, with only approximately 500 graduate places available for over 1400 students.

New statistics forecast an extra 10 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer every day in Australia in 2020. The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Cancer Australia report, Breast cancer in Australia: an overview, has revealed 37 Australian women are now diagnosed with the disease every day but that figure is expected to jump to 47 women diagnosed daily in eight years’ time.

The future of Victoria’s unique Nursing and Midwifery Health Program is under threat. The Australian Nursing Federation’s Victorian branch fears the confidential program, which helps nurses and midwives battling addiction or mental health issues, could fold with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia announcing it will not fund the program from 2014.

The chief executive of the local health network says a decision on the Mullumbimby tele-health trial will not be made until the end of November. ^[+audio]

ACT Labor has unveiled a $17 million community health policy ahead of this month's election.

A new research project looking at how to reduce demands on the community aged care workforce while also improving the safety of medication use will investigate a range of strategies, including the potential use of new technologies.