AUSTRALIA’S oral health status has ranked second worst in the OECD Community Services and Health Industries face skills crisis in oral health.
30/07/2009
MORE than two million Australians living with osteoporosis1 are set to benefit from the first once-a-month osteoporosis therapy, after it was today listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
01/07/2009
THE FDA has amended warning letters sent in March 2009 to nine companies asking them to stop manufacturing 14 unapproved narcotic drugs after realising the desperate need of one unapproved drug.
21/04/2009
MERCK Sharp and Dohme has announced its type 2 diabetes therapy, Janumet, has been approved by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).
27/04/2009
THE FDA advisory committee have met to discuss the new drug application (NDA) for Bayer’s rivaroxaban.
25/03/2009
THE QUEENSLAND state government has implemented a health listening tour across Queensland allowing the Health minister to meet frontline staff and see the first-hand challenges facing the health network.
30/03/2009
Patient Patient care will be improved and inefficiency in the health system will be cut by new e-health legislation soon to be introduced by the Federal Government, says Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon.
01/02/2010
The Australian National University (ANU) is hosting a series of six national roundtable discussions that will make recommendations to the Rudd Government's national health forum.
19/11/2009
QUEENSLAND is poised to recruit health specialists whose jobs are threatened at the Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) as a result of budget cuts by the West Australian Liberal/National Government.
13/10/2009
EXCELLENCE in Western Australian mental health programs and service delivery was recognised today at the 2009 Mental Health Good Outcomes Awards at the Parmelia Hilton.
09/10/2009
THE DENMARK Health Service has officially opened its doors and now aims to deliver quality health services to the Western Australian community.
13/02/2009
THE QUEENSLAND Government has welcomed reports today the Commonwealth will invest their fair share in the health system.
23/07/2009
THE QUEENSLAND government has released a report recommending the acceleration of implementing recommendations into heath service planning for the state.
11/06/2009
THE FEDERAL Government hosted a roundtable in Canberra with women’s health experts on 12 March 2009, in an effort to kick-start the development of a new National Women’s Health policy.
16/03/2009
Sea Lake residents will continue to have access to health and aged care services in their local community thanks to a $2.35 million funding package from the Victorian State and Federal Labor Governments.
25/11/2009
REFORMS to the federal health system as proposed by government has NSW doctors concerned existing local practices may be forced to close as GPs are starved of funding.
29/09/2009
QUEENSLAND Health’s Patient Safety and Quality Executive Committee has been awarded internationally recognised ISO 9001 Standard for Quality Management
20/07/2009
A new $19.6 million medical research centre has just opened in Brisbane. The Health and Medical Research Centre at the Wesley Research Institute will allow opportunities for scientists and clinicians to work together, said Premier Anna Bligh.
23/10/2009
A CALL for expressions of interest from the private sector for involvement in the development and provision of health services for the Albany Health Campus has received a strong response, the Liberal-National Government says.
25/08/2009
The latest proposed reforms by the Federal Government are touted to be the biggest change to Australia's health and hospital system since the introduction of Medicare. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd claims these reforms will deliver better hospitals and better health services across Australia.
05/03/2010