In his latest Out of the Box column, emergency medicine specialist Dr Simon Judkins introduces readers to some of the people and organisations providing leadership on climate action within h... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been beset by delays, strategic stumbles, and overly optimistic political messaging, according to a leading health pol... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As has been widely reported, including internationally, Australia has fallen significantly short — by 3.4 million doses — of its original target to deliver four mill... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A global push to reduce the carbon footprint of the health sector is set to gain momentum next month with the release of a ‘Global Road Map for Health Care Dec... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Many countries have faced agonising decisions about who should access scarce health resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, but to date and due mostly to low case nu... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Several important commitments for public health have been made ahead of next Saturday’s Western Australian election (13 March), for which almost one-quarter of... Read more
The Royal Commission into Victoria’s Mental Health System delivered its final report on Tuesday, describing “catastrophic failings” in the system including over-reliance on medication, compu... Read more
Out of the Box is a new column at Croakey from emergency medicine specialist Dr Simon Judkins that will explore climate-related issues through a health lens. In his first column, Judkins ref... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Lives were lost and homes and buildings destroyed in the 2019-2020 bushfires, one of the worst Australian seasons on record. New research into the Victorian bushfire... Read more
The pattern of hospital use in Australia is shifting, according to two recent studies. While consumer satisfaction with public hospitals is on the increase, so are concerns about the afforda... Read more
