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Research has found 70 per cent of stroke patients and 46 per cent of bystanders did not recognise stroke at the onset of symptoms, and 85 per cent did not call an ambulance immediately, ...
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 ...
The Minister for Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy, Senator Stephen
Conroy, has launched a new e-health project improving chronic disease patient care.
‘Primary care is not just about doctors and health systems, it is about health consumers. A new report not only focuses on consumers, it also seeks to improve primary care in areas ...
Australia’s aged care facilities have been left out in the cold by the Federal Government’s derisory insulation and solar power rebates under the Energy Efficient Homes scheme, Aged ...
The LHMU, the union representing Queensland Health (QHealth) carers, has predicted a serious crisis in the provision of care unless conditions for workers in the industry are addressed ...
The AMA wants the government cash incentive scheme designed to lure nurses back into the workforce to be extended to include nurses who want to work in general practice.
The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists welcomes the introduction of the Surgical Safety Checklist, an important clinical tool for Australian hospitals launched ...
Tougher enforcement powers and huge fines form part of a new Public Health Bill released for public consultation.
Leading Australian psychogeriatrician Professor Henry Brodaty AO will present his cuttingedge findings on new approaches to treating people with dementia at a Conference in Perth
this ...
The Rudd Government is committed to investing in health and medical research.
Three new plans to improve health services for older South Australians, those affected by stroke and people receiving palliative care have been published.
Anaesthesia in Australia and New Zealand remains extremely safe, according to the latest statistics released recently.
The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’s recommendations offer
Australian patients the prospect of a more efficient and better integrated healthcare
system, Medicines ...
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 ...
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. ...
Governments could be saving up to $7.88 million a year if they adopt a national home enteral nutrition (HEN) service, according to Australia’s leading nutrition organisation1.
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 ...
The first information released from a national study tracking the preferences of Australia’s medical students over the past five years shows a swing towards careers in general practice. ...
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 ...
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