On 27 September the Australian Government imposed sanctions on Margeruite Gerrard Pty Ltd, the approved provider of Radford Private Nursing Home in Victoria.
This year’s World Heart Day theme is ‘A workplace that encourages healthy habits can reduce heart disease and stroke’.
Martin on smoothing patients’ access to appropriate Medicare information and benefits.
Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot today announced a $4 million package for additional dementia research, information and support for people living with dementia and their carers. The Minister made the announcement at the opening of the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre’s (DCRC’s) third annual research forum in Sydney attended by more than 370 consumers, academics and [...]
The Australian Government will provide $1.4 million in funding to the National Influenza Centres and other public health laboratories to purchase automated influenza testing equipment. This new equipment will enhance the capacity for pandemic influenza testing by Australia’s public health facilities and allow laboratories to handle increased influenza testing demand. The following hospitals and laboratories [...]
Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, today visited Campbelltown Hospital, which has benefited from a $556,852 contribution from the Rudd Government’s Elective Surgery Plan. Minister Elliot said: ‘The Elective Surgery Plan is one of the concrete steps that the Rudd Government is taking to improve Australia’s health and hospital system. Minister Elliot visited Campbelltown Hospital to [...]
The Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Mark Butler, today visited the Lyell McEwin and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals in Adelaide as part of the Rudd Government’s Listening Tour following the release of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission report. The Lyell McEwin Hospital in Elizabeth Vale is set to benefit from a federal cash injection of [...]
NSW Health is advising people, especially those with asthma or respiratory conditions, to take precautions over the weekend, as there is a chance further dusty conditions will return across parts of the state.
An audience of approximately 50 people attended the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide for a health reform consultation held by Health and Ageing Parliamentary Secretary Mark Butler on 24 September.