In this edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell reports on important pandemic publications, extols the benefits of physical activity and high quality primary care, and... Read more
Victoria’s Chief Health Officer Professor Brett Sutton has called on health leaders to be “open to new data and new science” in the fight against COVID-19 and other looming existential threa... Read more
In mental health speak, the “missing middle” is the seven to eight percent of Australians with mental illnesses not severe enough to require hospital treatment whose needs for care are not b... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The need for inspired and inspiring leadership, to shift power dynamics, have trauma-informed care, and understand the exhaustion of many health workers and leaders... Read more
The $2.3 billion commitment to mental health in last week’s Federal Budget has been widely welcomed as a major step towards fixing Australia’s broken mental health system but the task ahead... Read more
How well do the Federal Budget’s aged care announcements address the key recommendations of the Aged Care Royal Commission? The Grattan Institute’s Professor Stephen Duckett and... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A significant new report — COVID-19: Make it the last pandemic — has blamed a “toxic cocktail” of failures, errors and inequalities that have turned the... Read more
Croakey readers can download the Department of Health Budget Briefing Pack here. This post wraps reaction to the Federal Budget on foreign aid, refugees, asylum seekers and migrants from exp... Read more
Croakey readers are invited to join an online panel discussion about the Budget’s implications for health and health equity. Please register here to attend, from 1.30pm-2.30pm AEST, on... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The “shocking global disparity” in access to vaccines remains one of the biggest risks to ending the pandemic, the World Health Organization’s Director-G... Read more
