Aged Care & Disability Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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Public health spending is 2 pct of the total spent on health 2/28/2008

National expenditure on public health activities has remained constant at about 1.8% of total health spending over the last 7 years, according to a report released by the Australian ...

International Consortium announces 1000 Genomes Project 2/14/2008

Major sequencing effort will produce most detailed map of human genetic variation to support disease studies.

NSW health system performing above national average 2/12/2008

The NSW public health system continues to perform at or above the national average for almost every performance indicator, according to the Auditor-General's Report to Parliament ...

New surgical education and training program approved 2/12/2008

After a comprehensive assessment of the College’s plans, the Australian Medical Council (AMC) has approved the new Surgical Education and Training (SET) program of the Royal Australasian ...

New Medicare model for chronic disease management 2/5/2008

Too many Australians with chronic conditions miss out on the care they need to maximise their health and well-being because our current health system is not designed to deliver high ...

Policy changes bring different results in diabetes management 1/31/2008

Government initiatives over the last few years have had different effects on the way general practitioners manage type 2 diabetes and depression, according to a report released by ...

Council of Aust govts urged to avoid $600m mistake 1/15/2008

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has urged COAG to ensure that the proposed $600 million for waiting list reduction in public hospitals is used to deliver ...

Multi purpose health facilities progressing on schedule 1/10/2008

NSW Minister for Health, Reba Meagher, is pleased to report steady progress is being made on the Multi Purpose Service (MPS) facilities currently under construction in the communities ...

ICT transforming delivery of health care to empower people 12/21/2007

Advances in ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) for personal health care are playing a critical role in improving people's health and wellbeing.

Plans for improving access to quality health care for all Aussies 12/20/2007

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has launched its Election Manifesto 2007 and First 100 Day Plan, which outlines practical strategies to improve access to ...

It is about time for both fed and state govts to "fix health" :AMA 12/18/2007

AMA (WA) says Federal Labor's election victory should put an end to the blame game between the State and Commonwealth and enable both governments to set about solving the major ...

NSW emergency depts set to receive more doctors 12/11/2007

Emergency departments across NSW will receive an additional 35 specialist doctors as part of a staffing package announced by NSW Minister for Health, Reba Meagher.

Transport and falls cause most bad spinal cord injuries 12/11/2007

Transport-related injuries and falls accounted for over three-quarters of all cases of traumatic spinal cord injury in Australia in 2005-06, according to a new report by the Australian ...

Aust Healthcare Hospitals Association welcome new minister 12/4/2007

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has welcomed the appointment of Nicola Roxon as Health Minister in the new Rudd Government.

Additional beds allocated across NSW public hospitals 11/29/2007

NSW Minister for Health, Reba Meagher, has confirmed the allocation of 250 acute hospital beds announced by the Iemma Government.

Minister meets emergency taskforce to discuss new beds 11/22/2007

NSW Minister for Health, Reba Meagher, will meet with members of the Emergency Care Taskforce to discuss placement of the 250 new acute hospital beds announced by the Iemma Government. ...

WA faces hospital nightmare due to bed shortages 11/15/2007

Patients will continue to die unnecessarily in WA's public hospital emergency departments while the chronic shortage of ward beds causes alarming levels of over crowding, access ...

Skills shortage in health sector an imminent catastrophe 11/13/2007

“Skill Shortages in the Health Sector: An Imminent Catastrophe”, is the title of a recent speech by Kevin MacDonald, CEO of NSW Business Chamber To the Aged and Community Services ...

Aust health innovators look to Medica for export success 11/6/2007

Austrade, the Australian Government’s export development agency, will help our most innovative medical exporters showcase their products to buyers from more than 60 countries at ...

Public hospitals have solutions for health system problems 11/1/2007

Public hospitals have the solutions to the problems facing the hospital system and with support and political leadership can ensure that our hospital system is well equipped to meet ...

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