As coronavirus infection rates decline across Australia and social distancing rules are relaxed, mental health experts are warning of a second wave: a surge in people seeking mental health s... Read more
Nurses are losing income and jobs, as a result of a problematic primary health care funding model whose flaws are being amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Karen Booth, Pres... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Chief Medical Officer Professor Brendan Murphy is due to appear tomorrow (23 April) before a Senate committee inquiring into the Australian Government’s response... Read more
Private health insurers appear set to profit from the COVID-19 crisis, with a new report suggesting they will collectively reap a windfall of between $3.5 billion and $5.5 billion over the n... Read more
Australia’s 657 private and not-for-profit hospitals will be integrated into the public hospital system during the COVID-19 pandemic response under an historic arrangement with governments t... Read more
The COVID-19 crisis is driving changes in health services at a pace that was previously unimaginable, including in the delivery of consultations by telephone and video conferencing, or teleh... Read more
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed structural flaws in the way we prevent and treat ill health, reports Jennifer Doggett. This article is published as part of a collaboration with Inside Stor... Read more
We all understand the role of clinical trials in testing new medicines but many people would be surprised to find out that there are different regulatory processes in place for the introduc... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The many failures of our mental health system have been extensively documented by the recent Royal Commission into Victoria’s mental health system and the Productivi... Read more
(This article was updated on 12 March with new information.) A quick tour around the world shows countries are in various stages of preparing for and experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic, with... Read more
