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ANMF
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
ANMF calls on government to keep COVID payments for workers
Nina Alvarez Jul 5, 2022

The country’s largest union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), is calling on the new Albanese Government to reverse a decision to scrap COVID

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telehealth
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology
Concern over government withdrawal of telehealth arrangements
Nina Alvarez Jul 5, 2022

From 1st July 2022, Australians experiencing mental ill-health will no longer have access to some aspects of telehealth after the federal government failed to extend the

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community
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Public Health and Careers
Community hospital program starts, integrated healthcare more accessible
Nina Alvarez Jun 30, 2022

Families across Melbourne’s growth areas are one step closer to accessing state-of-the-art integrated healthcare close to home, with a builder appointed to deliver five community

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sleep
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals
Sleep study and new drug treatment awarded Innovation Grants
Nina Alvarez Jun 30, 2022

Research projects that will test how acoustic sleep technology and a new drug treatment can help reduce toxins associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease

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Naloxone
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Public Health and Careers
Naloxone program will save lives, pharmacists welcome rollout
Nina Alvarez Jun 30, 2022

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) welcomes the national rollout of the Take Home Naloxone (THN) program, which allows pharmacists to provide free naloxone from

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Healthcare, Healthcare News, Hospitals, Public Health and Careers
$835M John Hunter Precinct to transform health care
Nina Alvarez Jun 28, 2022

The $835 million John Hunter Health and Innovation Precinct is on track with work underway on the new Acute Services Building, set to transform health

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Aged Care
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Post Event
Aged care professionals discuss the opportunities in the future of aged care in Australia
Nina Alvarez Jun 28, 2022

Healthcare has continued to be in the spotlight, especially so for the past couple of years. With COVID-19 at everyone’s heels, issues like worker retention

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third wave
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News
Third wave of COVID-19 delivers highest mortality risk in Australian ICUs
Nina Alvarez Jun 28, 2022

According to a new study led by Monash University, of those admitted to the ICU with COVID-19, after accounting for age and how sick patients

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heart failure
Aged Care, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Public Health and Careers
Concerns spike as heart failure affecting 500,000 Australians on the rise
Nina Alvarez Jun 28, 2022

Leading charity hearts4heart is urging every Australian to be smart about their heart, as they launch Australia’s first Heart Failure Awareness Week (June 27 –

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pandemics
COVID-19, Healthcare, Healthcare News, Public Health and Careers
Australia to support future pandemic preparedness and response
Nina Alvarez Jun 28, 2022

The Australian Government will contribute funding towards a new Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) for pandemics which will be established at the World Bank, as part

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Victorians
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Medical Science and Technology, Public Health and Careers
New workout app launch encourages Victorians to get active
Nina Alvarez Jun 23, 2022

The Andrews Labor Government is supporting Victorians to ‘Get Active’ with a new free app that provides users with exercise tips and workout videos. Minister

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RACGP
Healthcare, Healthcare News, Mental Health
RACGP urges delays on telehealth rule changes
Nina Alvarez Jun 23, 2022

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has urged the federal Government to defer changes to Medicare claiming rules for telehealth consultations. It comes

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