The lack of focus in last week’s Federal Budget on prevention highlights the low levels of awareness within government of the importance of health promotion, public health and social d... Read more
Yesterday Croakey highlighted some of the key asks from health stakeholder groups for the upcoming Federal Budget. The areas covered were big picture reform, rural health, Aboriginal and Tor... Read more
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
If you have ever wondered why you can’t pick up your prescription medicines from your GP’s surgery or collect them from a supermarket, along with your grocery shopping, the answer is probabl... Read more
Ruth Armstrong writes: Amid the release of two pivotal reports last week (coverage of the Interim Report into Aged Care Quality and Safety, and the Productivity Commission Draft Report on Me... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Former Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, famously said it was in the coalition’s DNA, the Australian Medical Association says we need it to support our robust public/priv... Read more
During the election campaign, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Health Minister Greg Hunt have repeatedly spruiked the Government’s listing of medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme... Read more
The Lancet has described tackling climate change as the ‘greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century.’ The upcoming NSW election is one of those opportunities to improve our healt... Read more
The newly appointed Victorian Health Minister, Jenny Mikakos, has inherited an ambitious agenda after the Labor Party’s success at last week’s state election. As stated in its pre-election p... Read more
After a short recess, Associate Professor Lesley Russell is back with the Health Wrap. Nobody wades through a lengthy report or interprets a weasel-worded budget like Lesley, so you’re in fo... Read more
