Introduction by Croakey: An eight-step strategy to improve access to palliative care in the the aged care sector has been released today. Palliative Care Australia’s Palli8 plan contai... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Many of the challenges of end-of-life care have been amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic. Julia Corfield, a Melbourne doctor working in palliative care, wrote in... Read more
In her latest edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell reports on concerns about food insecurity, mental health and other health impacts of the pandemic response, as well as updating re... Read more
Malcom Hogg writes: The use of opioids remains essential to the care of people experiencing acute pain and remains a major component of anaesthesia and post-surgical care. Collectively and i... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: International Women’s Day is an opportunity for highlighting the wide-ranging contributions women make to health and the health sector, as well as the inequities exp... Read more
A couple of decades ago, I was working at The Australian and wrote a piece arguing in favour of voluntary euthanasia. People should have the right to decide when to end their life, I argued,... Read more
In this latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell reports on New Zealand’s new “wellbeing budget”, the latest news in palliative care, and moves... Read more
After more than two years as Health Minister in a Government that has failed to tackle key public health issues such as climate change and obesity, Greg Hunt has committed to working more cl... Read more
Prime Minister Scott Morrison may be ‘Back in Black’ but his 2019/20 Health Budget is unlikely to make him number one with the health sector. While there are a few new numbers in the Budget’... Read more
Voluntary euthanasia was again on the agenda this week, with the Senate narrowly defeating a bill that would have allowed the ACT and Northern Territory to legislate on the issue, something... Read more
