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Pharmacists and GPs provide more cohesive care for diabetes 7/28/2009

Pharmacists are offering people with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes greater continuity of care and management of their condition through the Diabetes Medication Assistance Service. ...

Dietitians urge govt to adopt home national framework 7/21/2009

Governments could be saving up to $7.88 million a year if they adopt a national home enteral nutrition (HEN) service, according to Australia’s leading nutrition organisation1.

A new report highlights the importance of Australian GPs 7/14/2009

The Rudd Government welcomes a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare which provides information on GP activity in Australia and underlines the importance of ...

Medical students are swinging towards general practice jobs 6/30/2009

The first information released from a national study tracking the preferences of Australia’s medical students over the past five years shows a swing towards careers in general practice. ...

Primary Health Care Roundtable is seen as a vital opportunity 6/23/2009

Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) attended the Primary Health Care Roundtable discussion at Parliament House recently to give a professional nursing perspective in a long ...

Minister welcomes results of a new independent AIHW report 6/23/2009

Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot has welcomed the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report - Residential Aged Care in Australia 2007–08: a statistical overview.

Emergency care crisis needs new ideas for national approach 6/18/2009

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has called for a national approach to addressing the current crisis situation within public hospital emergency departments. ...

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 ...

New funding support offered to help medical research happen 6/9/2009

Twenty five independent health and medical research institutes across Australia are about to receive up to $31 million to support their essential work.

NHMRC announces six new leaders in Australian health care 6/4/2009

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has announced the awarding of six 2009 NICS Fellowships to help improve the use of evidence in key areas including cardiovascular ...

$1.5M to be given to veteran health and wellbeing projects 5/28/2009

Encouraging veterans, war widows, widowers and their families to become involved in local health and wellbeing activities, the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Alan Griffin, has ...

Leading institute calls for better pain management at the end 5/28/2009

Despite the availability of new and effective treatments for all types of pain, including cancer pain, many people in the final stages of life still suffer preventable pain and ...

RACP policy recommends stand-alone healthcare for children 5/28/2009

Concern over the increasing practice of children being co-located with adults within the hospital environment has prompted The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) to ...

300 future doctors want more experience out in the country 5/26/2009

Later this year, 300 medical students will pack their bags and head for country towns and small rural communities across Australia.

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.

CSIRO researchers say that early detection of dementia is key 5/12/2009

CSIRO recognises the importance of studies like the report Access Economics recently released; “Making Choices – Future Dementia Care: Projections, Problems and Preferences”, for it ...

Govt says it has plans to subsidise new drugs on the PBS 5/7/2009

The Government will subsidise new drugs on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme from and several other drugs, already listed on the PBS, will become available in new forms.

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