Introduction by Croakey: Healthcare organisations and health professionals should measure and track their environmental impact, according to the authors of a new study estimating the impact... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As previously reported at Croakey, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) in March launched a “badly needed” five year Aboriginal and Torres St... 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
Introduction by Croakey: The staff and management committee of the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra), and members of the national, state and territory boards involved... Read more
Fifteen leading health organisations in Victoria have issued a joint statement sounding the alarm about the Federal Government’s religious discrimination bill, warning that it risks reducing... Read more
As previewed at Croakey, a recent health system simulation aimed to generate creative and effective solutions to tackle low-value healthcare. Five key messages emerged from the discussions,... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Hospitals and pharmaceuticals are the major contributors to the Australian healthcare system’s carbon footprint, according to landmark research published last... Read more
Please download, read and share this report from a recent 2018 Choosing Wisely Australia National Meeting in Canberra, in which Jennifer Doggett reports on wide-ranging conversations about t... Read more
In the latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell (who outed herself on national radio this morning as a “health policy tragic”) investigates primary h... Read more
In the latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell looks at an instructive international comparison of healthcare spending, some worrying – and encouraging – develo... Read more
