REFORMS to the federal health system as proposed by government has NSW doctors concerned existing local practices may be forced to close as GPs are starved of funding.
29/09/2009
THE FEDERAL Government in partnership with the Western Australian State Government are set to fund an innovative patient transport service which will aim to provide greater access to health and social services for indigenous people living on the Ngaanyatjarra Lands, in Western Australia.
25/03/2009
THE FEDERAL Government Budget announced last night will see money being injected into Australian research, Universities and Hospitals as well as seeing changed conditions for private health insurance holders and rural doctors.
13/05/2009
The federal government has announced that it will review the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) in 2009.
12/01/2009
THE FEDERAL Government has launched the National Hand Hygiene Initiative which has been developed to combat healthcare associate infections (HAIs).
08/04/2009
The Federal Government claims it will invest AUD$632 million to train a record number of doctors to address the problem of doctor shortages.
17/03/2010
THE FEDERAL Government has announced a range of rebates and funding agreements, designed to give cancer patients better access to treatments and diagnostic tools.
02/07/2009
THE GOVERNMENT hopes to subject homeopathic medicines to tougher regulations under a bill currently before federal parliament.
26/03/2009
THE FEDERAL Government hosted a roundtable in Canberra with women’s health experts on 12 March 2009, in an effort to kick-start the development of a new National Women’s Health policy.
16/03/2009
THE FEDERAL Government has released healthy ageing guidelines which urge all older Australians to do at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity every day.
26/03/2009
BreastScreen Australia will introduce new equipment to screen Australian women as part of a AUD$120 million national upgrade funded out of the Federal Government's Health and Hospitals Fund.
19/01/2010
THE LABOR Government’s plans to cap Medicare payments for IVF treatment has been pulled into question with the coalition joining forces with two key cross-bench senators to delay a vote on the draft laws.
21/08/2009
Applications for the Federal Government’s AUD$560 million Regional Cancer Centres are now open. Eligible public or private organisations can apply for infrastructure funding to establish new or enhanced regional cancer centres.
17/11/2009
Under the Federal Government's new reform proposal, Local Hospital Networks will be established across Australia and paid directly by the Australian Government for each public hospital service they provide.
05/03/2010
THE HEART Research Institute’s new state-of-the-art facility in Sydney's inner-west is set to be opened by the Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce on Tuesday.
28/09/2009
Sea Lake residents will continue to have access to health and aged care services in their local community thanks to a $2.35 million funding package from the Victorian State and Federal Labor Governments.
25/11/2009
THE AUSTRALIAN Medical Association (AMA) has called on the federal government to release economic modelling on its plan to limit Medicare payments for IVF treatment or to scrap the proposal altogether
13/08/2009
Patient Patient care will be improved and inefficiency in the health system will be cut by new e-health legislation soon to be introduced by the Federal Government, says Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon.
01/02/2010
A $28M NURSES support fund has been introduced to the Western Australian health system and will see nurses in public hospitals benefit from improved and enhanced workplace facilities.
13/05/2009
THE FEDERAL Government has imposed sanctions of Bethany Hostel and Bethany Nursing Home in Eastwood in Sydney’s north. The sanctions were imposed by the Department of Health and Ageing after the aged care homes failed to meed a strict timetable for improvement.
19/03/2009