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Public hospitals new report card reveals need for more funding
The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has welcomed the support of the Australian Medical Association (AMA) for strengthening Australia's public hospital system. ...
Bureaucratically run hospitals are a health hazard for Aussies
It is time for public hospitals to once again become the trusted and well-run institutions they used to be, says a new report.
Input and feedback sought for new healthcare standards review
Consumers, healthcare professionals, industry bodies and the broader community are among those invited to provide feedback on the accreditation standards used by the majority of ...
Vic hospitals set to benefit from Rudd Govt cash injection
Three Victorian hospitals have received nearly $9 million in funding from the Rudd Government - to be used for capital infrastructure projects, surgical workforce initiatives and ...
Anaesthetists say new Surgical Safety Checklist will save lives
The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists welcomes the introduction of the Surgical Safety Checklist, an important clinical tool for Australian hospitals launched ...
New public health Bill 2009 released for public consultation
Tougher enforcement powers and huge fines form part of a new Public Health Bill released for public consultation.
$46.9 million health research Institute for South-West Sydney
The Rudd Government is committed to investing in health and medical research.
Planning to improve South Australia's future health services
Three new plans to improve health services for older South Australians, those affected by stroke and people receiving palliative care have been published.
Latest statistics show that anaesthesia still remains very safe
Anaesthesia in Australia and New Zealand remains extremely safe, according to the latest statistics released recently.
NHHRC points to efficient and integrated future health system
The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’s recommendations offer Australian patients the prospect of a more efficient and better integrated healthcare system, Medicines ...
Primary Health Care Roundtable is seen as a vital opportunity
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 ...
Waiting lists to grow: 216,000 extra public hospital admissions
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 ...
$1.25 million has been awarded to prostate cancer research
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 ...
Has the latest budget placed health firmly on the back burner?
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
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
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.
AMA says importance of health must be reflected in the budget
The AMA has urged government to ensure the importance Australians place on health is reflected in the budget process.
No short term solutions to closing the gap on Indigenous health
The AMA welcomes the commitment the Rudd Government has shown over the past 12 months to closing the Indigenous health gap.
AHHA claims health issues ignored in stimulus package
By ignoring the health sector in the recent stimulus package the Federal Government has missed the opportunity to support one of the most important areas of the Australian economy, ...
New $12 Million rural health construction and equipment boost
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, has announced $12 million to be invested in rural and regional health infrastructure under the Government’s new National Rural and ...
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