In this edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell reports on important pandemic publications, extols the benefits of physical activity and high quality primary care, and... Read more
In mental health speak, the “missing middle” is the seven to eight percent of Australians with mental illnesses not severe enough to require hospital treatment whose needs for care are not b... Read more
The $2.3 billion commitment to mental health in last week’s Federal Budget has been widely welcomed as a major step towards fixing Australia’s broken mental health system but the task ahead... Read more
How well do the Federal Budget’s aged care announcements address the key recommendations of the Aged Care Royal Commission? The Grattan Institute’s Professor Stephen Duckett and... Read more
Croakey readers can download the Department of Health Budget Briefing Pack here. This post wraps reaction to the Federal Budget on foreign aid, refugees, asylum seekers and migrants from exp... Read more
Croakey readers are invited to join an online panel discussion about the Budget’s implications for health and health equity. Please register here to attend, from 1.30pm-2.30pm AEST, on... Read more
Understanding the impact of the Federal Budget on the health system requires more than just a close analysis of individual funding measures. Taking a ‘bird’s eye’ view can help compare trend... Read more
Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, claimed that the aged care Budget package represented “generational” and “transformative” change but will the $17.7 billion deliver the system overhaul recomm... Read more
The Coalition has delivered its eighth and biggest spending Federal Budget since its election in 2013. But will the record $503 billion (over four years) health spending deliver record benef... Read more
Croakey readers can download the Department of Health Budget Briefing Pack here. This post wraps reaction on the mental health announcements from the National Mental Health Commission, menta... Read more
