Dental Care & Oral Surgery Feature Articles for Australian Healthcare

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Threat to public dental programme is far too great to ignore 10/16/2008

The future of accessible dental and oral health care for pensioners and low income earners is in jeopardy with the impasse between political parties on Commonwealth oral health ...

Government's time starts right now for addressing innovation 9/25/2008

The health and medical research community welcomed the release of the Review of the National Innovation System green paper recently and called on the Government to act quickly to ...

Senate should support new proposed programs dental health 9/23/2008

400 000 pensioners and low income earners currently on public dental waiting lists may miss out on essential dental care if the Government's planned Commonwealth Dental Health Program ...

WEHI scientists receive two of Vic's most respected awards 8/19/2008

Professor Peter Colman has won Victoria’s most coveted science award, the Victoria Prize, and Dr Ian Majewski has been awarded a prestigious Victoria Fellowship.

CSIRO ticks A$20 mln funding for ICT innovation in healthcare 7/31/2008

CSIRO has welcomed the launch of the Australian e-Health Research Centre (AEHRC) as a national venture, supported by A$20 million in funding from the Federal and Queensland governments. ...

Govt to improve aged, community care for Indigenous Aussies 7/29/2008

The Federal Government is calling for tenders to develop new workforce training resources to help improve home and community care for frail and older indigenous Australians.

Denture cleansers can cause severe allergic reactions-study 7/22/2008

The Australian Dental Association (ADA) has been alerted to the potential for denture cleansers to cause severe allergic reactions in certain cases.

University Australia, AAMRI to support medical research funding 7/8/2008

On the occasion of the Australian Society of Medical Research (ASMR) Medical Research Week, Universities Australia and the Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes ...

Dental Federation supports promoting fluoride for oral health 7/1/2008

A team of researchers, which includes Dr Habib Benzian of the FDI World Dental Federation, Dr Ann Goldman of the School of Public Health and Health Services at the George Washington ...

Dental Association warns about dangers of dental cleansers 6/19/2008

The Australian Dental Association (ADA) has been alerted to the potential for denture cleansers to cause severe allergic reactions in certain cases.

AHHA welcomes new primary healthcare strategy 6/17/2008

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has welcomed the announcement by Health Minister Nicola Roxon of the development of a new primary healthcare strategy.

WA Health invests in improving outcomes for indigenous people 6/10/2008

Developing Statewide screening and chronic disease strategies to improve the health of Aboriginal Western Australians are two of the top priorities for the new Office of Aboriginal ...

NSW passes landmark legislation that aims to protect patients 6/10/2008

New South Wales now has the strongest legislation in the country to protect patients against misconduct by doctors, after the Medical Practice Amendment Bill 2008 passed through the ...

ADA says the govt is still failing to deliver quality dental health 5/27/2008

The Australian Dental Association (ADA) welcomes targeted federal funds for dental care to needy Australians, but is concerned that the newly created Commonwealth Dental Health Plan ...

Govt grants $100 million in extra health funding for Queensland 5/20/2008

A meeting between Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Premier Anna Bligh at Kirribilli has delivered a $100 million health cash injection, which the Queensland Government will use to train ...

Oral health of Torres Strait Islander shows improvements 5/15/2008

A joint report released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), The Health and Welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal ...

Fed Govt should focus on public hospitals in Budget :AHHA 5/13/2008

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has again called on the Federal Government to increase funding for Australia's ailing public hospital system in the upcoming ...

MSF call for political courage to shake up medical R&D system 5/1/2008

This week, more than 150 countries at a UN health R&D summit in Geneva have a chance to put right a great wrong.

Working age population projections - implications for dentistry 4/29/2008

Australia has an ageing population and over the next 40 years Australia’s workforce age population growth will stagnate as will labour force growth. Source: Natalie Shymko, Research ...

AMC welcomes health workers accreditation scheme progress 4/8/2008

The Australian Medical Council has welcomed progress towards a national registration and accreditation scheme for health professionals.

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