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Ritchelle is a Content Producer for Healthcare Channel, Australia’s premier resource of information for healthcare.

national rural health
Healthcare News, Regional Health
National Rural Health Alliance: Major health reform still awaits rural Australia
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 27, 2022

The National Rural Health Alliance (the Alliance) welcomes the initiatives for rural, regional and remote health outlined in the Federal Budget 2022–23. However, it is disappointing

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palliative care
Aged Care, Aged Care
Palliative care patients to benefit from the aged care reform
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 27, 2022

The October Budget represents a significant step forward in our community’s ambitions to deliver quality aged care, better end-of-life experiences, and palliative care for all

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budget
Healthcare, Healthcare News
Federal budget commits for the health of every Australian
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 27, 2022

The Australian Government’s 2022-23 Budget begins the task of strengthening Medicare after a decade of cuts and neglect. This is a Budget for the health

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aged care reform
Aged Care, Aged Care
Billions for aged care reform delivered in federal budget
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 27, 2022

The Albanese Government kept its election pledge by investing a $3.9 billion package for aged care reform in the Budget October 2022-23. This Budget takes

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Vitamin D deficiency
Healthcare News, Research
Vitamin D deficiency linked to premature death, research shows
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 27, 2022

New research from the University of South Australia gives strong evidence that vitamin D deficiency is associated with premature death, prompting calls for people to follow healthy vitamin

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first nations australians
Healthcare News, Research
Major boost for medical research among First Nations Australians
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 25, 2022

Indigenous health research has been given a major boost with the Australian Government committing over $11.2 million for medical researchers to tackle health disparities and

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hearing health
Healthcare News, Research
$7.5 million funding boost for hearing health research
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 25, 2022

The Australian Government has announced close to $7.5 million in funding to support research that will help prevent hearing loss and improve the health and

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perinatal mental
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Mental Health
Tackling perinatal mental health clinicians shortage through dev program
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 25, 2022

Demand for perinatal mental health services has continued to surge year-on-year since the beginning of the pandemic. In fact, perinatal mental health charity, Gidget Foundation

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health monitoring
Healthcare News, Research, Science and Technology
Next gen wearable health monitoring technology trialled in research
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 25, 2022

The next generation of wearable health monitoring technology will be developed and trialled in groundbreaking research funded by the Australian Government. Four research projects providing

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medical research
Healthcare News, Research
15 medical research and technology projects receive millions of funding
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 25, 2022

15 cutting-edge medical research and technology projects will receive a total of $16.9 million from the Australian Government to accelerate their transition into clinical practice.

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early-career
Healthcare News, Research
Five new early-career researchers get funding from Cure Cancer
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 20, 2022

Nikki Kinloch, CEO of Cure Cancer, has announced that the organisation will be funding five new early-career researchers in 2023 to pursue their novel research

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quantum technology
Healthcare News, Science and Technology
Billions of dollars and thousands of jobs forecasted on quantum technology
Ritchelle Drilon Oct 20, 2022

Updated market projections released by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, have shown that quantum technology is forecast to reach $6 billion and generate more than

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