'My Access Checker' Helps Patients Access Support Tools

As the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) expands its reach, health professionals are reminded to direct patients to the online self-assessment tool, My Access Checker.

New Australia-China Research Centre to Tackle Dementia

The University of Queensland’s Queensland Brain Institute (QBI) has joined with the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Biophysics (IBP) to create a research centre dedicated to studying dementia.

Macquarie University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Appoints Inaugural Executive Dean

Professor H Patrick McNeil has been appointed inaugural Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Macquarie University.

Monash University Now a WHO Collaborating Centre for Bioethics

Monash University’s Centre for Human Bioethics will play a key role in how the world responds to infectious diseases - including public health emergencies of international concern such as the current Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Nation for Communication is the Theme for Speech Pathology Week

 Speech Pathology Australia is highlighting the plight of more than 1.1 million Australians who have a communication or swallowing disorder that impacts on their quality of life, during Speech Pathology Week (24 - 30 August). Every Australian community – suburb or town – has its share of Australians who every day confront the challenges of having a communication or swallowing disorder and the Speech Pathology Week theme ‘Nation for Communication’ will promote the issue.

Consumer and Health Groups Against AMA's Medical Co-payment Proposal

Community and health consumer groups have rejected the Australian Medical Association’s proposal for mandatory medical co-payments as representing a first step towards the breakdown of universal access under Medicare.

ANMF Rejects the AMA's Co-payment Plan

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has rejected  the Australian Medical Association’s (AMA) proposal for an alternate GP co-payment model and continues to oppose all proposals for GP and other co-payments.

Lancet: Experts Question Value of Common Superbug Control Practices

The jury is still out on the effectiveness of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) superbug control policies in hospitals, according to leading infectious disease experts in a Viewpoint published in The Lancet.

New Report on Mortality Inequalities in Australia

When it comes to longevity, Australians are not equal, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report, Mortality inequalities in Australia: 2009–2011.

AMA Co-payment Model Released

AMA President, A/Prof Brian Owler, has announced the AMA  Co-payment model, calling it a health policy, not an economic policy.

AHHA Says A Productive, Healthy Country Needs Health Policy for All

’A productive, healthy country needs health policy for all, not just the privileged,’ says Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) chief executive Alison Verhoeven.

ADA Opposes Preferred Provider Arrangements

The Australian Dental Association says patient choice will be eroded and clinical autonomy of practitioners will be undermined if private health insurers are allowed to continue to enter into preferred provider arrangements.

While More Indigenous Australians Are Having Health Checks, Many Still Miss Out

Many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are missing out on health checks for which they are eligible, even though the number of health checks is rising, according to new data released  by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).

ANMF Criticises Abbot Government's Secret Co-Payment Deals With AMA

Dr Alexia Murphy Receives World Cancer Research Fund International Academy Fellowship

A career devoted to improving the health and nutrition of children with cancer has earnt University of Queensland researcher Dr Alexia Murphy  a prestigious World Cancer Research Fund International Academy Fellowship.