Australia's healthcare system will not improve without access to more data, the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association says. The comments came from acting chief executive Dr Linc Thurecht, as he called for another Australian Health Survey. "To this end the ...
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Experts push for mandatory flu jabs for all healthcare workers
A group of immunisation experts has again lent its weight to the push for mandatory healthcare worker vaccination. The Immunisation Coalition, which advocates for whole-of-life immunisation, said flu shots should be mandatory for all care, allied health and ancillary staff ...
More »Pharmacists underutilised during pandemics
Pharmacists are a "largely untapped resource" during a flu outbreak and could be better utilised, according to a new paper by the Deeble Institute for Health Policy Research. Written by Queensland University of Technology scholar Libby McCourt, the paper – Improving ...
More »Funding for mental health studies in nursing
The federal government has committed $128,000 to fund mental health course materials for undergraduate nursing degrees across the country. Minister for rural health, senator Bridget McKenzie, said the funding would be provided to the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses ...
More »Hope for babies born with a cataract
A team of Australian researchers is using human stem cells to develop light-focusing eye lenses that could significantly improve the lives of children born with cataracts. Dr Michael O'Connor from the School of Medicine at Western Sydney University said the researchers ...
More »Rural town leads in online health service
The New South Wales town of Berrigan has been identified as the first Australian township to have all health and aged care services connected to the My Health Record system. MHR acts as a secure online summary of a resident's ...
More »How do we close the healthcare gap?
As part of National Close the Gap Day today (Thursday), the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association has urged governments to act in favour of Indigenous health. AHHA strategic programs director Dr Chris Bourke said Australia had great foundations for a ...
More »‘We couldn’t imagine any other life but our life out here’
A ‘WHY not’ moment and a thirst for a new adventure was all it took to convince Brent Lang and his wife Taighen to pack their belongings into a few bags and head north. It didn’t take long for the ...
More »GPs encouraged to start pregnancy weight conversation
New guidelines for the care of pregnant women are placing a greater focus on healthy weight and risk associated with obesity. Announced by federal health minister Greg Hunt earlier this month, the latest guidelines recommend that health professionals have more ...
More »Melbourne researchers conducting world-first human trial to treat glaucoma
A humble vitamin B3 supplement could be the key to treating glaucoma, new research has found. Melbourne's Centre for Eye Research Australia is in the midst of conducting a world-first human trial that uses vitamin B3 to treat the disease of ...
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