Services-Childcare

people
Healthcare, Opinion
Opinion: Efforts to support children must focus on people, not just policies
Jarrod Wheatley Dec 15, 2022

Supportive, caring relationships do not end on a certain birthday. Last month the NSW Government announced it would extend the age people can stay in

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telehealth
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Public Health and Careers
RACGP: Rural and remote patients left behind by telehealth cuts
Nina Alvarez Jul 14, 2022

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has once again urged the federal Government to make Medicare rebates for longer telehealth phone consultations a

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infant and toddler nutrition
Children's Health, Healthcare
Understanding the science behind infant and toddler nutrition
Nina Alvarez Jun 23, 2022

Members of the Infant Nutrition Council (INC) will meet in Canberra to discuss infant and toddler nutrition at Australian Parliament House on 23 June 2022.

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gender diverse
Children's Health, COVID-19, Healthcare, Mental Health
Gender diverse youth in VIC and NSW most affected by pandemic
Nina Alvarez May 24, 2022

Gender diverse young people, those living in Victoria and NSW, and students have reported higher proportions of negative impacts from COVID-19 on various aspects of

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adolescent vaccines
Children's Health, COVID-19, Healthcare
Adolescent vaccines now available in pharmacies ‘for the first time’
Nina Alvarez May 17, 2022

For the first time in NSW, pharmacists are now able to offer adolescent vaccines for those who have missed out on their school vaccinations during

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Astrid
Children's Health, Featured Leader, Healthcare, Hospitals, Mental Health
Featured Leader Q&A: Astrid Tiefholz, National PIMH Connect and Care Navigator for ForWhen
Nina Alvarez May 10, 2022

New parenthood is often framed as the perfect scenario, but the realities of it are rarely so. National PIMH Connect and Care Navigator (Tasmania) for

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under five
Children's Health, COVID-19, Healthcare, Hospitals
Parents urged to get children under five vaccinated against flu
Nina Alvarez Apr 26, 2022

Parents of children aged six months to under five years are urged to book their child in for a free flu vaccine with their GP,

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Blacktown
Children's Health, Healthcare News, Hospitals
New children’s ward at Blacktown Hospital now open to the public
Nina Alvarez Apr 21, 2022

Western Sydney families can now access emergency and specialised children’s health services closer to home at Blacktown Hospital’s new paediatric ward opened as part of

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children
Children's Health, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Securing life-saving medical equipment for rural children
Nina Alvarez Apr 19, 2022

Children in rural and remote areas will have better access to life-saving medical equipment under new funding provided by the Morrison Joyce Government. The Government

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autistic
Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Preparation in centres helps autistic children get the jab
Nina Alvarez Mar 1, 2022

Melbourne mother Leah Dean knows as well as anyone that getting the COVID-19 vaccine is not simple for young autistic children like her son Alexander,

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ACOSS
Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News
ACOSS joins AMA’s call on improving child health and wellbeing
Nina Alvarez Feb 25, 2022

ACOSS is pleased to join with the Australian Medical Association (AMA) to call for a refocus on improving child health and wellbeing and strongly recommend

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Moderna
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Moderna vaccine rollout to include kids aged six years and older
Nina Alvarez Feb 24, 2022

The Australian Government has accepted advice from leading immunisation experts to make the Moderna (SPIKEVAX) COVID-19 vaccine available for children aged six years and older

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