Around 11.6 million Australians were estimated to have one or more common chronic health conditions, including diabetes, cancer and mental health conditions. [ + ]

A $150 million private hospital in South East Queensland is promising to attract "specialist talent" to cater for a rising demand in medical services. [ + ]

NHS Scotland is set to connect laboratory medicine labs and hospitals across Scotland with the help of Australian health tech company Citadel Health. [ + ]

PowerHealth, Adelaide developer of healthcare software, has been awarded the tender for Provision of Clinical Costing Software by Alfred Health. [ + ]

Royal Rehab has opened a new advanced technology centre to improve the rehabilitation outcomes for people impacted by life-changing illnesses and/or injuries. [ + ]

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association has appointed Kylie Woolcock as Chief Executive. [ + ]

Victorian research published in the MJA reveals that longer ambulance offload times are linked to greater 30-day risks of death and ambulance re-attendance. [ + ]

Now women and people with a cervix will be able to perform their own cervical screening test under changes to the National Cervical Screening Program. [ + ]

The RACGP welcomed the deferral of telehealth compliance rules but warned that Medicare rebates for longer telehealth phone consultations must be a permanent fixture. [ + ]

Some adverse reactions to influenza vaccinations could be stress-related responses being misdiagnosed as anaphylaxis. [ + ]

ACCPA Interim CEO Paul Sadler said the announcement is dire news for aged care providers who have been stretched beyond their financial and organisational limits. [ + ]

A Peter Mac-led trial has found that combination PET/CT scans are better at investigating the causes of prolonged fever in blood cancer patients than conventional CT scans. [ + ]

QIMR Berghofer has signed an agreement with Proteomics allowing the company to develop and commercialise a blood test for early detection of oesophageal cancer. [ + ]

More than half of all Australian women will suffer from a UTI in their lifetime, and nearly one in three women will have an infection requiring treatment with antibiotics before the age of 24. [ + ]

Clinicians, patients, carers and politicians are joining charity organisation hearts4heart in urging Australians to be smart about their heart, as they kick off Australia's inaugural Heart Failure Awareness Week. [ + ]