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 |
Applications for the Federal Government’s AUD$560 million Regional Cancer Centres are now open. Eligible public or private organisations can apply for infrastructure funding to establish new or enhanced regional cancer centres.
17/11/2009 |
A summit is being held this month to focus on issues surrounding information technology in Australia’s healthcare system. The Technology in Healthcare Summit 2009 will be held in Melbourne, November 16-17, 2009.
10/11/2009 |
Ceram offers a a full suite of testing for Yttria-Stabilised Zirconia (YSZ) destined for surgical implants including restorative and prosthetic dentistry, and hip- and knee-joint replacements.
03/11/2009 |
The NHMRC, in collaboration with the Department of Health and Ageing, has developed the draft Guidelines for the Screening, Prognosis, Diagnosis, Management and Prevention of Glaucoma. Comments on these guidelines from interested organisations and individuals must be in by Monday 23 November 2009.
03/11/2009 |
THE CANCER Council Queensland's Palliative Care Centre at The Townsville Hospital, has been opened, heralding a new chapter in the care of terminally ill patients in North Queensland.
16/10/2009 |
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 |
THE NORTHERN Territory Department of Health and Families is seeking community input on the planning and provision of Palliative Care services in the coming weeks.
21/09/2009 |
THE MINISTER for Employment Participation, Senator Mark Arbib, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services, Bill Shorten, today announced the release of the Australian Government's National Mental Health and Disability Employment Strategy.
18/09/2009 |
THE WESTERN Australian government has announced the $116million redevelopment of Rockingham General Hospital has moved closer to completion with the opening of a new two-storey ward block
11/09/2009 |
THE RUDD Government has released a draft of Australia's first National Primary Health Care Strategy.
04/09/2009 |
AN AUSTRALIAN hearing expert from the National Acoustic Laboratories has voiced his concerns over the current youth tendency to listen to MP3 players at full volume.
21/08/2009 |
AGED Care Online Directory believes making the decision to place a friend, relative or loved one into aged care is a time consuming and emotional experience.
14/08/2009 |
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 |
QUEENSLAND Deputy Premier and Minister for Health Paul Lucas today tabled in parliament the latest Quarterly Public Hospitals Performance Report.
04/06/2009 |
RECENT developments in the electronic transmission of prescriptions (ETP) and secure individual electronic health records aim to deliver significant benefits to general practitioners and patients.
14/04/2009 |
DURING the 2007-08 financial year, more than 10,000 elderly patients have beneficiated from the Government’s $293.2m Transition Care Plan.
30/03/2009 |
THE AUSTRALIAN Government has imposed sanctions on Yarra Valley Nursing Home at Yarra Junction in rural Victoria due to serious rick to the health, safety and well being of its nursing home residents.
30/03/2009 |
THE FEDERAL Government has released healthy ageing guidelines which urge all older Australians to do at least 30 minutes of moderate physical activity every day.
26/03/2009 |
THE FEDERAL Government has imposed sanctions of Bethany Hostel and Bethany Nursing Home in Eastwood in Sydney’s north. The sanctions were imposed by the Department of Health and Ageing after the aged care homes failed to meed a strict timetable for improvement.
19/03/2009 |