Nearly 200,000 Victorians will get the surgery they need sooner this year, with Australia’s largest ever one-off investment to tackle elective surgery waiting lists in the 2016-17 ...
A bold and innovative program is transforming emergency care and access to GPs in Western Australia's southern inland, linking in with the State-wide emergency telehealth services ...
The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has welcomed the funding agreement reached by the states and the Commonwealth at a recent meeting of the Council of Australian ...
The Federal Government's announcement to pilot Health Care Homes in Australia will have life-changing benefits to patients, particularly those with chronic, long-term conditions, ...
The AMA recently launched its Rural Health Issues Survey 2016 to hear first-hand from rural doctors about the issues affecting their practices, communities, and patients, and the ...
More Victorians with genetic conditions will receive quicker diagnoses and better care thanks to the Andrews Labor Government's $25 million investment in the state's genomic sequencing ...
Garvan’s leading research into antibodies in health and disease has been given a shot in the arm, with the announcement that the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) ...
Thousands of Australians will benefit from a substantial increase in funding for aged care services, with the Australian Government announcing 17,385 new aged care places worth an ...
The number of admissions increased by 3.2% on average each year for public hospitals and 4.0% for private hospitals between 2010-11 and 2014-15, a new report by the Australian ...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has released its top five recommendations of medical tests, treatments and procedures clinicians and consumers should ...
A University of Queensland researcher is a major contributor to a new World Health Organisation (WHO) report on the adverse health effects of nonmedical cannabis use.
With an ever-evolving array of illnesses, injuries and emotional upheaval to deal with on a daily basis, the less administrative headaches you have the better.
By not funding public health prevention and intervention Australians will continue to die from preventable deaths says Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) CEO Michael Moore. ...
Garvan scientists have shown that brown fat – a special type of fat that burns energy to keep us warm – may also help to keep blood sugar steady in adults. Their findings suggest ...
The Turnbull Government has recently awarded $129.4 million in grants to Australia’s preeminent researchers helping fund Australia’s commitment to fostering the best and brightest ...
The AMA raises concerns that the The Grattan Institute report, Chronic failure in primary care, released on 7 March 2016, is an unfair attack on Australia’s hardworking GPs.