A consumer advocate passionate about encouraging people to ask questions and a team of doctors keen to stop low-value and repetitive pathology tests were the winners of the first Choosing Wisely Champion Awards. The awards ...
Darktrace reports that cyber-attacks targeting the health and social care sector in Australia doubled in 2021 compared with data from 2020, and the industry is still the most attacked in Australia in 2022, as covered ...
The Morrison Government will direct $14.8 million to key aged care groups advocating for senior Australians. This funding will be provided over three years to ensure the organisations can continue supporting and advocating for older ...
Following extensive consultation with stakeholders, the Morrison Government will extend the consultation period for the updated National Medicines Policy (NMP). The review, which has been underway since August 2021, has already undertaken significant stakeholder feedback ...
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 ...
The World Health Organization (WHO) and The International Labour Organization (ILO) have published a new guide for development and implementation of stronger occupational health and safety programs for health workers. “Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the health sector was among ...
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has recommended the use of the Novavax vaccine as a booster in Australians aged 18 and over where an mRNA vaccine is not suitable. Novavax is the ...
A new data analysis tool developed by Yale researchers has revealed the specific immune cell types associated with increased risk of death from COVID-19, they report Feb. 28 in the journal Nature Biotechnology. Immune system cells ...
Australians with paroxysmal nocturnal haemoglobinuria (PNH)—a condition that produces defective blood cells—will have access to a new treatment through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). PNH is a rare, potentially life-threatening condition in which red blood ...
Healthcare remains the most breached sector, reporting around 18% of all notified data breaches, according to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner’s (OAIC) latest report. The Notifiable Data Breaches Report for July to December ...
Health minister Brad Hazzard announced on Monday that Elizabeth Koff has given notice she will resign effective from March 4. It marks the end of a 30-year career with the NSW health system and comes ...
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