Assistant Minister for Health Fiona Nash has announced a new national clinical information system to streamline organ and tissue donation processes across Australian hospital networks. ...
Minister for Education, Christopher Pyne MP and Minister for Health, Peter Dutton MP have announced the Australian government's approval of $35 million to advance research in the ...
At a time when the number of surgeons in Australasia needs to be growing, medical student interest in surgery as a career is stagnant, a new report claims – raising serious concerns ...
The Mike Baird-led Liberal government has left NSW patients high and dry by ignoring the need for increased basic funding to hospitals in its pre-election budget, Opposition Leader ...
As the End of Financial Year approaches, The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is encouraging businesses to review their existing systems and processes to prepare for a successful ...
There are some notable health system improvements detailed in COAG Reform Council Healthcare Performance Report, however these could be reversed as a result of the government's latest ...
The federal government's plan to cut $55 billion from hospital funding and introduce a GP co-payment ought to be immediately abandoned, the Health Services Union has said in a ...
A new government report into the dramatic variations in rates for some surgical procedures should spur a vigorous response to curb unwarranted surgery costing the taxpayer many ...
'Can we improve the health system with performance reporting?' is the latest issue brief published by the Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research, the research arm of the Australian ...
The Australian government will provide $52 million over three years to improve palliative care services and training, the Assistant Minister for Health, Fiona Nash, has announced.
The proposed GP co-payment scheme is a practical measure necessary for the long-term sustainability of Medicare however Health Minister Peter Dutton has been "let down" by colleagues ...
The Senate should reject the federal budget's policies on Medicare, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has said, labelling policy measures "ruthless".
Proposals by the NSW State Minister for GPs to be put into state hospitals to deal with the probable influx of GP-type patients to emergency departments are misguided and will end ...
A bright future lies ahead for medical research with the creation of the 'world's largest medical research endowment fund', although $15 billion will be shaved off the commonwealth's ...
Most Australians oppose paying to see a doctor and believe a co-payment will simply mean more people going to emergency departments, new research commissioned by the Consumers Health ...
While the National Commission of Audit makes much of the predicted increases in health expenditure it makes no recommendations that encourage a greater focus on health promotion and ...
The health recommendations proposed by the National Commission of Audit (NCA) would put health, medical and pharmaceutical care out of reach for Australian families, said AMA President ...
Five key health organisations have written to Tony Abbott to express deep concern in relation to the reports and recommendations of the National Commission of Audit (NCA), which ...