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 hospitals. Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas today announced Lendlease Building ...
The Andrews Labor Government is delivering more high-quality public sector aged care services for older Victorians, with the official opening of a $975,000 refurbishment and upgrade of the Beaufort Nursing Home. Minister for Disability, Ageing ...
NSW Health is urging people to keep up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations and practise COVID-safe behaviours this winter as COVID-19 transmission in the community remains high, according to the latest Respiratory Surveillance Report published today. ...
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 will share $750,000 in funding from the Dementia Australia Research Foundation. ...
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 1 July. Naloxone rapidly reverses the effects of an opioid ...
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 care in the region. Health Minister Brad Hazzard and Parliamentary ...
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 and shifting attitudes towards care are magnified and have made ...
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 were, the third wave of the disease in Australia was associated with ...
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 – July 3). Now affecting 1 in 50 Australians, heart failure ...
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 of the commitment to protecting against the impact of future ...
Through the years, Australian healthcare and aged care has encountered many challenges and has undergone multiple changes. Whether it be funding, policies, or emergency responses, this particular health sector continues to evolve to make everyone’s ...
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 for Community Sport Ros Spence today launched the Get Active Victoria mobile ...