Despite repeated research findings demonstrating the serious health, social and economic impact of poor access to dental care, neither the Commonwealth nor state/territory governments appear... Read more
Just before the last election the Government announced that it had awarded Telstra a $220 million five year contract to run national cancer registries. Concerns were raised at the time abou... Read more
Health Minister Sussan Ley on Thursday announced the membership of the Private Health Ministerial Advisory Committee and that it will be headed by senior public servant Dr Jeffrey Harmer. Sh... Read more
Croakey contributor and moderator Jennifer Doggett has been appointed the new Chair of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA), saying the diversity of the coalition of peak healt... Read more
While political parties, candidates and MPs await their fate from the July 2 election, it might be better for their health, and the health of the country, to look away from today’s res... Read more
Mental health has been on the political agenda this week with both major parties announcing new commitments to suicide prevention and other mental health initiatives as part of their pre-ele... Read more
The proposal to consolidate Australia’s existing cancer registries and link them with electronic health records was one of the few Budget 2016-17 announcements that received widespread suppo... Read more
Labor is working hard to make health a central election issue, as indicated by Opposition leader Bill Shorten’s campaign cry of “this election is a referendum on the future of bulk bil... Read more
The Consumers Health Forum of Australia (CHF) today became the latest organisation to support the call to end the freeze on Medicare rebate payments, which was confirmed in the recent federa... Read more
This fortnight’s Health Wrap is compiled by Ellice Mol, the Sax Institute’s Digital Communications Manager. Enjoy the Wrap and tweet us via @SaxInstitute if you have any ideas for future iss... Read more
