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Nina Alvarez is a Content Producer for Healthcare Channel. Her interests include writing, particularly about the healthcare sector and the many ways it can improve to further benefit people from all walks of life.

GP mental health plan referrals
Healthcare, Mental Health
GP mental health plan referrals hamper help, say psychologists
Nina Alvarez Mar 15, 2022

Psychologists are pushing for patients to be able to see them and claim a Medicare rebate without a GP mental health plan or referral, at

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flood
Aged Care, Children's Health, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Mental Health
Vital health support in place for flood-affected regions
Nina Alvarez Mar 15, 2022

The Morrison Government is providing more than $35.9 million to ensure communities affected by the East Coast flood can continue to access vital health services

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Fred Hollows
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Fred Hollows is working to end gender disparity in eye health
Nina Alvarez Mar 10, 2022

People often say health conditions don’t discriminate, but that’s not true of blindness. In every region of the world, women are more likely to be

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Medicare
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Medicare bulk billing rates surge across Australian health system
Nina Alvarez Mar 10, 2022

Essential medical care is more affordable with the number of Australians receiving essential Medicare with no out of pocket cost continuing to rise. Across all

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Restrictive practices
Aged Care, Healthcare, Mental Health
Restrictive practices in Aged Care: Definitions and Examples
Nina Alvarez Mar 10, 2022

Restrictive practices are often frowned upon in healthcare. But there come situations where these practices are needed and in fact encouraged, and thus used. In

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Signia's
Aged Care, Healthcare, Medical Science and Technology
Signia’s rechargeable range brings hearing aid sustainability
Nina Alvarez Mar 10, 2022

Signia’s hearing aid range continues to innovate, providing a wide range of sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions to the marketplace through its comprehensive range of

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Found—Space
Healthcare, Medical Science and Technology
Health tech company Found—Space launches home wellness spaces
Nina Alvarez Mar 10, 2022

Health technology company Found—Space has launched a line of home wellness spaces to encourage customers to engage in taking more breathers in the comfort of

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statistics
COVID-19, Healthcare, Mental Health
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) statistics as of 8 March 2022
Nina Alvarez Mar 8, 2022

These are the current Coronavirus (COVID-19) statistics, as reported by NSW Health. Across NSW, more than 95 per cent of people aged 16 and over

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membership
Healthcare, Hospitals, HR/People/Culture, Learning - Function
Membership organisations vital in promoting gender equity
Nina Alvarez Mar 8, 2022

Professional membership organisations play a vital role in healthcare careers through various mechanisms: They are the professional bodies that develop standards and curricula for postgraduate

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health research
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Medical Science and Technology
$30 million funding to boost Indigenous-led health research
Nina Alvarez Mar 8, 2022

The Morrison Government continues to invest in Indigenous-led health research to drive better outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, with $30.5 million secured

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aged care sector
Aged Care, Aged Care, Healthcare, Learning - Topics
Aged Care sector policy and program updates in 2022
Nina Alvarez Mar 8, 2022

Over five years, Australia implemented several policies critical to the operations and management of the aged care sector. Minister for Health and Aged Care, Greg

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menstrual hygiene
Children's Health, Healthcare
Free menstrual hygiene products for public schools in 2022
Nina Alvarez Mar 8, 2022

A $30 million program to place pads and tampons in schools will ensure young women’s education is not be impacted by their period. Female students

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