At the Australian Medical Association’s National Conference on 1 August, members elected a new President, Dr Omar Khorshid, and Vice President, Dr Chris Moy. The election follows the conclus... Read more
In the latest edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell unpicks some of the complexities around coronavirus vaccine development and uptake, as well as digging into aged care spending que... Read more
In her latest edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell reports on the latest developments in coronavirus research, the pandemic’s implications for people with HIV/AIDS and wider g... Read more
In her latest edition of The Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell looks at the pandemic’s intersections with wider determinants of health inequity, the latest news in vaccine development, a... 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
Mark Ragg writes: The health sector has reacted with horror to the National Cabinet’s backdown on plans to suspend elective surgery in public and private hospitals at short notice. On the mo... Read more
Never mind the sports rorts affair, what about the politicisation of wider health spending? This investigation by Jennifer Doggett identifies many areas across the health portfolio where lar... Read more
In the latest Health Wrap, Dr Lesley Russell takes a deep dive into whether the Federal Government is meeting its promise to provide more affordable medicines, seeking to get behind the payw... Read more
A recent speech by Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) board member Geoff Summerhayes has re-ignited concerns about the viability of the private health insurance (PHI) sector a... Read more
In the first Health Wrap of 2020, Dr Lesley Russell looks back at the issues on the health agenda in 2019 (and sadly for many years, if not decades, before this) and provides an overview of... Read more
