Dr Martin Kelly expresses anger over the current state of doctors in rural health all the way from remote South Australia. He describes life as a GP in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara indigenous communities to a ...
The Morrison Joyce Government is investing more than $4 million across country Australia to increase access to specialists for patients and encourage more specialists to undertake their training in regional, rural and remote areas. The ...
Young people are urged to quit vaping and know the facts and dangers of e-cigarettes, which can contain harmful substances found in cleaning products, nail polish remover, weed killer and bug spray. Health Minister Brad ...
ATAGI says booster shots could soon be rolled out for children aged 12-15 years as Australia ramps up its winter prep in the face of an oncoming Covid-19 and influenza season. The Australian Technical Advisory ...
A 339-bed, $470 million hospital has officially opened in Maitland, the Lower Hunter Valley of New South Wales. Located on a greenfield site in Metford, the new Maitland Hospital — opened by NSW Minister for Health ...
Australians with lung conditions will be able to access the world’s first and only dedicated lung scanner, which was developed and built in Australia, at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney. Funded through the Morrison ...
Hospitals can offer various services and have facilities that are useful in caring for senior patients, but nothing beats the comforts that home can offer. Being surrounded by familiar people can aid in speeding up ...
Charitable initiative, One Kidney Club coinciding with World Kidney Day, is set to provide much-needed support to Australian kidney donors, organ recipients, and their families and friends as they undergo the life-changing process of organ ...
Across NSW, more than 95% of people aged 16 and over have received a first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and 94.4% have received two doses to Saturday 12 March 2022. Of children aged 12 ...
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 least for initial sessions, arguing the current system is hampering ...
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 blind than men. In fact, women and girls make up ...