Introduction by Croakey: The Federal Government’s 11th hour reprieve for the National Partnership Agreement on dental funding has provided only short-term relief. The Australian Dental Assoc... Read more
The formation of a National Cabinet has been hailed as a key pillar in Australia’s successful response to the COVID-19 pandemic. But, ask the Grattan Institute’s Stephen Duckett and An... Read more
Last week, Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, announced a $48.1 million Mental Health and Wellbeing Pandemic Response Plan. A significant component of this funding is for mental telehealth care... Read more
If you have ever wondered why you can’t pick up your prescription medicines from your GP’s surgery or collect them from a supermarket, along with your grocery shopping, the answer is probabl... Read more
Outpatient care falls between multiple cracks in our health system: hospital/GP, public/private and federal/state. Perhaps for these reasons, this sector has been neglected by governments a... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Telehealth was a recurring theme when I recently asked a range of people, when researching this article for The Guardian, What opportunities for positive change in h... Read more