Aged Care & Disability Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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NHHRC points to efficient and integrated future health system 8/4/2009

The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’s recommendations offer Australian patients the prospect of a more efficient and better integrated healthcare system, Medicines ...

Expert says E-health strategy is critical for new health reforms 7/30/2009

A Scottish e-health expert who is visiting the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute based at The Australian National University has applauded the National Health and ...

Australian researchers find that primary care needs reform 7/28/2009

Australia’s primary health care workforce is under strain but the problem could be addressed by better funding models and training for GPs and practice nurses on how to work together, ...

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. ...

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 ...

Innovation due to meet costs and demands of ageing trends 7/9/2009

An innovative model of accommodation and care for older Australians, if replicated, could help lead the way to combating the massive costs associated with the future demands of a ...

Capital crisis in aged care is confirmed by govt's own figures 7/7/2009

The recent release of the Aged Care Approvals Round (ACAR) place allocations for 2008 reinforces the message from the aged care industry that the current system is not viable.

Aged care staff believe they are being ignored by Fed Govt 6/25/2009

Aged Care Association Australia (ACAA) has asked why the Federal Government continues to ignore the poor wages that aged care providers are forced to pay aged care staff, due to the ...

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.

TR 900 Bath helps with safe labour efficient lifting for patients 6/22/2009

The beauty of the TR 900 elevating bath is that it efficiently increases staff productivity and facilitates the “no lift policy” for attendants in their working environment, which ...

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 ...

Audit finds need for work to be done on health service planning 6/16/2009

Deputy Premier and Minister for Health Paul Lucas says he has instructed his Director-General to accelerate work already begun to implement recommendations into health service planning. ...

$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 ...

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 ...

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