Aged Care

View all 06/05/2024

NSW Health: Community Industry Group to spearhead new aged care transition project

03/05/2024

Dementia-Friendly Communities Action Plan Announced for South Australia – Dementia Australia

02/05/2024

CN: Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission: Labour Hire $179,478.75

23/04/2024

ACQSC: New resources – fact sheets on the strengthened Quality Standards

19/04/2024

DoHAC: Places to people – Embedding choice in residential aged care

Allied

View all 07/05/2024

Pharmacy Guild: Pharmacy should be included in new Commonwealth Prac Payment

02/05/2024

DoHAC: Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPAs) – Rural support and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Pharmacy programs data

DoHAC: Seventh Community Pharmacy Agreements (7CPAs) – Pharmacy programs data

01/05/2024

Private midwifery practices will boost the workforce and provide better care – Charles Darwin University

Cochrane Library: Midwife continuity of care models versus other models of care for childbearing women (Review)

Commonwealth

View all 08/05/2024

AIHW: Maternal and perinatal outcomes during the 2020 and 2021 COVID-19 pandemic

AIHW: Mums and bubs saw some positive outcomes during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic

AIHW: Child protection Australia 2021–22

Productivity Commission: Leveraging digital technology in healthcare

ACSQHC: Launch of clinical care standard for psychotropic medicines

Community Care

View all 15/03/2024

Indigenous Governance Awards 2024: Applications extended

07/02/2024

Northern Sydney’s leading community care provider welcomes new name, Proveda

25/10/2023

Championing recognition for unpaid carers

24/10/2023

Care in the comfort of home: WSLHD launches inTouch Community Care video consultations in western Sydney

18/07/2023

ACT Health: CanTEST final report finds strong community support

Devices

View all 29/04/2024

ResMed Inc. Announces Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal Year 2024

22/04/2024

PM: World class scanner to diagnose and treat cancers earlier

17/04/2024

Updates to the HTA Policy and Methods Review Reference Committee – 15 April 2024

15/03/2024

Australia MRI systems market to reach $120 million in 2033: GlobalData forecast

06/12/2023

TGA Warning over Resmed masks with magnets

Digital Health

View all 08/05/2024

Wyvern Private Hospital to roll out Dedalus’ webPAS and ClinicalAide

BHI: Virtual care in NSW: Use and patients’ experiences

06/05/2024

Experts hope AI tool can cut use of restraints and seclusion on NDIS participants

24/04/2024

Services Australia prepares to sack politically manipulative tech vendors

WACHS looking for digital management solution for residential and community aged care

Disability

View all 03/05/2024

DSS: National Disability Research Partnership seeking Chair and CEO

25/04/2024

DSS: New initiatives to drive better supported employment outcomes

24/04/2024

ANAO: Management of Complaints by the National Disability Insurance Agency

22/04/2024

DSS: Tip-offs helping to catch NDIS fraudsters

19/04/2024

DoHAC: Intellectual Disability Health Capability Framework

Education

View all 22/04/2024

DoHAC: More medical students for Burnie

27/03/2024

Professor Jayashri Kulkarni AM recognised for mental health research and treatment achievements

13/03/2024

UNSW showcases the future of health

01/03/2024

Increase medical school places alongside workplace teaching and training reform, urge Medical Deans

26/02/2024

New short courses to give insight into emergency and disaster health

Emergency Services

View all 03/05/2024

Systemic delays blamed for CFA volunteer’s death

15/03/2024

NSW government: New access to insurance data will drive emergency services funding reform

21/02/2024

NHS to roll out ‘Martha’s Rule’

17/01/2024

What impact would reducing low-acuity attendance have on emergency department length of stay? A discrete event simulation modelling study

YouTube Health makes first aid and emergency care videos more accessible

Federal Government

View all 08/05/2024

CHF: Budget must make it cheaper and easier for Australians to access healthcare

29/04/2024

DFAT: Eliminating malaria in our region

23/04/2024

COVID-19 Royal Commission report

22/04/2024

Senator Anne Ruston: Labor’s Health Crisis Oversees Historic Wait Times

10/04/2024

Demand for new youth anti-vaping program surges as Parliament considers world leading vaping reforms

First Nations

View all 06/05/2024

Healthier Teeth For Victoria’s Aboriginal Communities

30/04/2024

Indigenous Health receives a $59.5 million boost

NSW Health: Symbolic Aboriginal artwork ready to welcome visitors to new Tweed Valley Hospital

23/04/2024

First Nations health graduate leads the way in mastering CDU double degree – Charles Darwin University

22/04/2024

DoHAC: FNHFTAG communique – 4 April 2024

Hospitals

View all 08/05/2024

IHACPA: Consultation Paper on the Pricing Framework for Australian Public Hospital Services 2025–26

ANMF: Budget house of cards: industrial action starts to end public hospitals’ over-reliance on overtime and agency nurses

07/05/2024

CIMIC’s Leighton Asia wins major hospital expansion project in Hong Kong

03/05/2024

Keeping the noise down for critical patients

02/05/2024

Vic Dept of Health: Surgery Waitlist Hits Four Year Low

Insurance

View all 16/04/2024

DoHAC: Private health insurance reform data quarterly trends report

10/04/2024

PHA: Government must stop compelling health insurance funds to pay for ineffective medical care and dangerous, discredited medical devices

09/04/2024

PHA: Fraud, waste and abuse rife in Australia’s ‘back pain industry’

05/04/2024

Dr Rachel David discusses patients being pressured to use their private health insurance in public hospitals on Radio 5AA

28/03/2024

Medibank No Gap program reaches 5,000 customers – saving customers $2.5 million in out-of-pocket fees

LGBTQIA+

View all 18/04/2024

Health Infrastructure awarded grant to research LGBTQ+ inclusivity in health facilities

10/04/2024

‘Shaky foundations’: England’s health system to review all transgender treatment

22/03/2024

NSW Health: NSW Government bans LGBTQ+ conversion practices

20/03/2024

Dash Heath-Paynter confirmed as Health Equity Matters CEO

27/02/2024

ABS: Mental health findings for LGBTQ+ Australians

Medical practitioners

View all 30/08/2023

Doctor under investigation after patient dies

18/07/2023

Training the next generation of doctors in NSW

03/07/2023

Doctors on notice as cosmetic surgery practice and advertising changes come into effect

21/06/2023

National Health Practitioner Ombudsman: May review

06/06/2023

Draft Australian Clinical Guidelines for Health Professionals Managing People with Whiplash-Associated Disorders

Medico-legal

View all 15/08/2023

Historic win for junior doctors in wage theft case for unpaid overtime

13/07/2023

Charlie Teo found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct

08/06/2023

Mixed prospects for Merck lawsuit against US federal government, says GlobalData

17/05/2023

Three health practitioners hit with fines over unlawful importation of prescription medicines

15/05/2023

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers welcome OAIC decision to investigate Medibank complaint

Mental Health

View all 08/05/2024

Joint statement on mental health reform in the 2024-25 Victorian Budget

01/05/2024

Frankston Youth Mental Health Centre Reaches Milestone

Dandenong Youth Mental Health Centre Reaches Milestone

DoHAC: More funding for suicide prevention in regional communities

30/04/2024

DoHAC: $4.6 million to support youth mental health research

opinion

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Organisations

View all 23/10/2023

IHACPA Annual Report 2022–23

Cancer Australia releases its 2022-23 Annual Report.

02/08/2023

Breast Cancer Network Australia: People living with metastatic breast cancer going to Canberra in call to be counted

18/07/2023

2023 AAPM National Practice Management and Workforce Salary Survey

19/06/2023

Latest FDA roundup

Payments

View all 06/09/2023

Queensland Government: 7 projects get $1 million to boost health and community services workforce

24/08/2023

Raise more revenue to fairly fund services: ACOSS response to the IGR

22/08/2023

NHMRC: Over $9 million for collaborative research projects to improve health care access and equity

14/08/2023

Historic win for junior doctors in wage theft case for unpaid overtime

07/08/2023

RACGP and AMA meeting ACT political leaders to gain clarity for GPs on payroll tax concerns

Pharma/Biotech

View all 08/05/2024

INVION SIGNS COLLABORATION AGREEMENT WITH MAJOR SOUTH KOREAN PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP HANLIM FOR THE TREATMENT OF GLIOBLASTOMA

Recce Pharmaceuticals: China Patent Granted for RECCE® Anti-Infectives

07/05/2024

Lumos achieves key Phase 1 milestone in Hologic fFN development agreement

02/05/2024

Careteq reaffirms EHS guidance and enhances HMR Platform

01/05/2024

Melodiol: Quarterly Activities Report: Melodiol delivers $4.4m in revenue during Q1 FY24 – a 91% increase the PCP

Primary Care

View all 08/05/2024

RACGP Queensland tour to increase GPs training in rural communities

03/05/2024

Enablers and barriers to primary health care access for Indigenous adolescents: a systematic review and meta-aggregation of studies across Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and USA

02/05/2024

AMA: Decision on surgical general use items is a win for patients

01/05/2024

AMA: Submission to the Community Affairs Legislation Committee Inquiry: Therapeutic Goods and Other Legislation Amendment (Vaping Reforms) Bill 2024

RACGP: GPs should have input in NDIS planning

Public Health

View all 08/05/2024

DoHAC: Peak health bodies join Government to fight vaping

Cancer Council ACT receives almost $900,000 to help young Canberrans quit vaping

07/05/2024

Do expenditures on public health reduce preventable mortality in the long run? Evidence from the Canadian provinces

26/04/2024

DoHAC: Expansion of the National Immunisation Program Vaccinations in Pharmacy (NIPVIP) Program

23/04/2024

The UK plans to phase out smoking. What does this new law mean for tobacco control in Australia?

Research

View all 08/05/2024

AAMRI delivers plan to fund medical research full costs

03/05/2024

New data shows naloxone availability is improving but there is no time to lose for action on overdose prevention – Monash University

NHMRC: 2024 Investigator Grant round funding announced

Industry applauds $18.8m funding for National One Stop Shop for clinical trials

01/05/2024

$27 million to map 50 million human cells and uncover genetic fingerprints of disease – Illumina/Garvan Institute

Rural Health

View all 07/05/2024

DoHAC: Rural Procedural Grants Program guidelines

19/04/2024

ACRRM’s Pre-Budget submission calls for additional recognition and support of Rural Generalist supervisors

11/04/2024

DPMC: New mobile clinic supporting better health outcomes in remote Central Australian communities

05/04/2024

ACRRM calls for investment to attract more students to Rural Generalist careers

02/04/2024

NSW Health: Regional children and families saved long-distance travel with new hospital outreach clinic

Specialists

View all 23/04/2024

Why the pathology bulk-billing campaign is more about driving industry profits than saving you money

15/04/2024

Towards national paediatric health clinical practice guidelines

Arthritis Australia, Chronic Pain Australia and Consumers Health Forum of Australia Joint Statement ABC 4 Corners “Pain Factory” episode

11/04/2024

NSANZ calls for a collaborative but independent device registry for spinal cord stimulators

08/04/2024

Treasury: $2 million for sick and premature babies

Sponsored

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States

View all 08/05/2024

Victorian Government’s ‘$10 million bandaid’ won’t save general practice care or help with cost-of-living – RACGP PCBC AGPA

Vic Dept of Health: Helping Families With Great Healthcare, Close To Home

06/05/2024

Miles Government leads nation with new reproductive health leave entitlements

03/05/2024

Vic Dept of Health: Work Underway On Heidelberg Youth Mental Health Centre

NSW Health: Latest designs unveiled for Finley Health Service redevelopment

Technology

View all 08/05/2024

The patient perspective: Redefining the clinician‑patient experience through AI technologies

01/05/2024

Randomised controlled trials evaluating artificial intelligence in clinical practice: a scoping review

30/04/2024

Alfred Health trials eye-tracking tech to assess brain function

29/04/2024

New app may be game-changer in treating brain conditions

25/04/2024

Health information technology tools to accelerate gastrointestinal evaluation in patients with iron deficiency anaemia: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Tenders

View all 08/05/2024

Tender: Victorian Health Building Authority: Parkville Precinct Redevelopment – Engineering Advisory

Tender: Victorian Health Building Authority: Parkville Precinct Redevelopment – Architectural Advisory

Tender: Monash Health: Logistics Tender

07/05/2024

Tender: NSW Health: REQUEST FOR TENDER STANDING OFFER ARRANGEMENT FOR OPHTHALMOLOGY EQUIPMENT

Tender: DoHAC: Procurement of a Particle Filtration Efficiency Tester

Women's Health

View all 08/05/2024

Monash Uni: When menopause and eating disorders collide, help is now available

30/04/2024

Greens want free IVF, label Liberals policy ‘conservative and exclusionary’

25/04/2024

Breast Cancer Experts Return to Tasmania for Information and Advocacy for Locals Diagnosed – Breast Cancer Network Australia

12/04/2024

Doctors call for more funding for menopause sufferers

08/04/2024

New service to benefit Sunshine Coast women’s health

Workforce

View all 02/05/2024

Scope of Practice Review: Issues Paper 2 – A Statement from Australia’s Peak Nursing & Midwifery Organisations

30/04/2024

Women’s Health Victoria appoints gender equality advocate, Sally Hasler, as new CEO

22/04/2024

Omega Medical Job & Salary Index

17/04/2024

DoHAC: Unleashing the Potential of our Health Workforce – Scope of Practice Review – Issues Paper 2

03/04/2024

Ian Constable Research Fellow Appointed – Lions Eye Institute