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New Medicare items will encourage eligible health providers to work together more closely to support the health of vulnerable Australians. From today, allied health professionals will – for the first time – be reimbursed through ...
The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has announced it will award the 2021 Sidney Sax medal for outstanding contributions to the development and improvement of Australia’s healthcare system to leading health services and systems ...
Medicare items and services will be reviewed by experts on an ongoing basis to ensure the Medicare Schedule remains contemporary and provides universal access to the best technologies and services under new arrangements introduced by ...
There is increasing concern about doctors’ mental health due to rising rates of mental ill-health and suicide within the sector. According to a recent review led by the Black Dog Institute and UNSW Sydney that ...
The Health Services Union has slammed a plan to put firefighters in ambulances, saying it shows years of paramedic short-staffing. The Daily Telegraph has today revealed the plan for firefighters to drive ambulances or be ...
The Morrison Government encourages reaching out to loved ones for an important conversation about mental health this R U OK? Day. This year’s R U OK? Day theme is “Are they really OK? Ask them ...
The Morrison Government is providing $17.7 million to rapidly establish 10 Head to Health pop up mental health clinics to support Australians in lockdown in and around Greater Sydney. They are also looking to extend ...
Healthcare workers have been mandated to have COVID-19 vaccinations in Tasmania, as the government’s number one priority since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic has been to keep Tasmanians safe and secure. Vaccination remains a ...
Pregnant women report delays for Pfizer vaccination in Newcastle because of the difficulty of booking vaccination appointments. For some, appointments are only available long after they are due to give birth or are located too ...
Nanango residents petition for NDIS change due to age discrimination policies after a disabled senior citizen raised concern about not being covered for support. Sam Cristaldi, 65, was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease (MND) in ...
Insurance company Zurich Life & Investments and its OnePath Life business have moved to include specific COVID-19 vaccine protection. The additional cover at no extra cost for death, income protection and total and permanent disability ...
As lockdown drags on for yet another month and forcing us to hibernate at home, many of us may be drinking more than usual. A study by the Australian National University found that during the nationwide lockdown ...