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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 ...

Minister sets the record straight about Govt Medicare audits 5/26/2009

Minister for Human Services, Senator Joe Ludwig, is setting the record straight on misinformation and scaremongering over the draft legislation for the Increased Medicare Compliance ...

University policy expert welcomes govt's health reforms 5/19/2009

The health initiatives announced in the Federal budget provide genuine reform, but also some re-badging of old and ineffective programs, a leading health policy expert based at The ...

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 ...

Numbers of Indigenous GPs, nurses,health students all rising 5/7/2009

In recent years there have been increases in the number of Indigenous medical practitioners, Indigenous registered nurses, Indigenous students enrolled in health courses and Indigenous ...

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.

eHealth initiatives reported as essential to health reform agenda 5/5/2009

The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’s (NHHRC) move to highlight the importance of eHealth to improving Australia’s health system has been applauded by the Australian ...

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.

National campaign looks at new and young workers in hospitals 4/28/2009

Workplace safety authorities across Australia are joining forces in an effort to reduce work-related injuries in hospitals related to aggression.

$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 ...

Funding boost for Home and Community Care inside the ACT 4/16/2009

The Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, and the ACT Minister for Ageing, John Hargreaves have recently announced a $6.6 million funding increase over three years for Home and ...

Strong links between disability and socioeconomic disadvantage 4/16/2009

There is a strong correlation between socioeconomic status and severe disability in capital cities, according to a report released recently by the Australian Institute of Health and ...

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 ...

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