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Waiting lists to grow: 216,000 extra public hospital admissions 6/18/2009

Four times more people than predicted by Treasury may go without private health insurance as a result of changes to the private health rebate and Medicare levy surcharge, Catholic ...

$1.25 million has been awarded to prostate cancer research 6/9/2009

New treatments to ease or even cure the most common cancer affecting Australian men are a step closer to reality with a $1.25 million grant awarded to QUT prostate cancer researcher ...

Has the latest budget placed health firmly on the back burner? 5/19/2009

Major health reform seems to have been placed on the back burner in considerations of the Federal Budget, according to Tony McBride, Chair of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance ...

AMA says budget will do nothing to satisfy vital health needs 5/14/2009

The AMA says tonight’s budget does nothing to provide Australians with confidence that their health needs will be met in the face of the recession. There is nothing to cushion ...

New partnership and era starts in health and hospital reform 5/14/2009

In the 2009-10 Budget, the Rudd Government is delivering a record $64 billion boost to health and hospital funding to drive vital reform in the nation’s health and hospital system.

AMA says importance of health must be reflected in the budget 4/30/2009

The AMA has urged government to ensure the importance Australians place on health is reflected in the budget process.

$100 mln for Lifehouse at RPA - the new Sydney cancer centre 4/21/2009

The Rudd Government has announced a further $100 million for the new Lifehouse at RPA cancer care, research and education facility at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney.

$5 million to be allocated for nanotech healthcare research 4/21/2009

The projects are funded through the council's ‘Nanoscience through Engineering to Application' programme, which supports research that aims to develop nanotechnologies for the targeted ...

Fall in CVD death rate leads to huge savings of Aust lives 4/9/2009

Deaths from cardiovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) have been declining since the late 1960s, resulting in a substantial saving of lives, and in the extension ...

Research to bring brain-saving stroke treatment to rural areas 4/7/2009

Minister for Science and Medical Research Jodi McKay will launch an Australian first research trial, which aims to deliver brain-saving stroke treatment to rural communities.

Nanoscopic probes able to track down and attack cancer cells 3/24/2009

Joseph Irudayaraj, a Purdue University associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering, developed the nanoscale, multifunctional probes, which have antibodies on board, ...

No short term solutions to closing the gap on Indigenous health 3/10/2009

The AMA welcomes the commitment the Rudd Government has shown over the past 12 months to closing the Indigenous health gap.

Reform Alliance has responded to Health Commission report 2/24/2009

The Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA) has welcomed the interim report from the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission this week.

AHHA claims health issues ignored in stimulus package 2/5/2009

By ignoring the health sector in the recent stimulus package the Federal Government has missed the opportunity to support one of the most important areas of the Australian economy, ...

Nursing occupational award decision is praised by ANF 2/3/2009

A strong campaign by the Australian Nursing Federation, supported by the ACTU, to retain nursing as an occupational award has been vindicated by the decision of the Australian ...

New $12 Million rural health construction and equipment boost 2/3/2009

The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, has announced $12 million to be invested in rural and regional health infrastructure under the Government’s new National Rural and ...

Aust technology used to improve health record keeping 2/3/2009

CSIRO is helping to address an issue vexing the health system worldwide – the need for quality, accurate information in electronic health records.

Number of public sector medical indemnity claims on the decline 1/29/2009

The fifth annual report on public sector medical indemnity claims, released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, shows the number of new public sector medical indemnity ...

Govt provides $5.6 mln for new initiatives into cancer research 1/27/2009

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced $5.6 million in funding for new research and clinical trial initiatives to reduce the impact of cancer on all Australians.

Gold Coast residents to benefit from a new operating theatre 1/20/2009

Health Minister Stephen Robertson has visited the Gold Coast Hospital's new $14.5 million day surgery centre which is on track to be opened on January 19.

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