Dental Care & Oral Surgery Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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AHHA welcomes new primary healthcare strategy 6/17/2008

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has welcomed the announcement by Health Minister Nicola Roxon of the development of a new primary healthcare strategy.

NSW passes landmark legislation that aims to protect patients 6/10/2008

New South Wales now has the strongest legislation in the country to protect patients against misconduct by doctors, after the Medical Practice Amendment Bill 2008 passed through the ...

WA Health invests in improving outcomes for indigenous people 6/10/2008

Developing Statewide screening and chronic disease strategies to improve the health of Aboriginal Western Australians are two of the top priorities for the new Office of Aboriginal ...

ADA says the govt is still failing to deliver quality dental health 5/27/2008

The Australian Dental Association (ADA) welcomes targeted federal funds for dental care to needy Australians, but is concerned that the newly created Commonwealth Dental Health Plan ...

Govt grants $100 million in extra health funding for Queensland 5/20/2008

A meeting between Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Premier Anna Bligh at Kirribilli has delivered a $100 million health cash injection, which the Queensland Government will use to train ...

Oral health of Torres Strait Islander shows improvements 5/15/2008

A joint report released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), The Health and Welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal ...

Fed Govt should focus on public hospitals in Budget :AHHA 5/13/2008

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has again called on the Federal Government to increase funding for Australia's ailing public hospital system in the upcoming ...

MSF call for political courage to shake up medical R&D system 5/1/2008

This week, more than 150 countries at a UN health R&D summit in Geneva have a chance to put right a great wrong.

Working age population projections - implications for dentistry 4/29/2008

Australia has an ageing population and over the next 40 years Australia’s workforce age population growth will stagnate as will labour force growth. Source: Natalie Shymko, Research ...

AMC welcomes health workers accreditation scheme progress 4/8/2008

The Australian Medical Council has welcomed progress towards a national registration and accreditation scheme for health professionals.

Indigenous, non-Indigenous health spending ratio stays same 4/3/2008

Per person spending on health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples was 17% higher than for the non-Indigenous population in 2004-05, according to a report ...

ADA responds to claims that dentistry doesn't fit with Medicare 3/27/2008

The Australian Dental Association (ADA) has responded to calls that dental services be covered under Medicare by responding that they are totally misplaced.

Public health spending is 2 pct of the total spent on health 2/28/2008

National expenditure on public health activities has remained constant at about 1.8% of total health spending over the last 7 years, according to a report released by the Australian ...

Queenslanders deserve to enjoy benefits of water fluoridation 2/26/2008

The Australian Dental Association (Queensland Branch) (ADAQ), the voice of dentistry in Queensland, fully supports Premier Anna Bligh’s decision to fluoridate Queensland’s water ...

NSW health system performing above national average 2/12/2008

The NSW public health system continues to perform at or above the national average for almost every performance indicator, according to the Auditor-General's Report to Parliament ...

ADA welcomes news that Qld will fluoridate water supplies 12/21/2007

The Australian Dental Association (ADA) welcomes Premier Bligh’s announcement that the Government would tackle the poor condition of Queensland’s oral health by introducing fluoride ...

Plans for improving access to quality health care for all Aussies 12/20/2007

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has launched its Election Manifesto 2007 and First 100 Day Plan, which outlines practical strategies to improve access to ...

It is about time for both fed and state govts to "fix health" :AMA 12/18/2007

AMA (WA) says Federal Labor's election victory should put an end to the blame game between the State and Commonwealth and enable both governments to set about solving the major ...

Fluoridated water puts Aust kids in top 10 in world dental health 12/18/2007

Children in Australia have better oral health than children in many other countries, due largely to fluoridated water, says a report released by the Australian Institute of Health ...

Aust health innovators look to Medica for export success 11/6/2007

Austrade, the Australian Government’s export development agency, will help our most innovative medical exporters showcase their products to buyers from more than 60 countries at ...

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