The Albanese Government's early campaign promise of establishing more than 50 urgent care clinics (UCC) has taken shape as 58 UCCs are now open across Australia. Health Minister Mark Butler said the UCCs were starting to deliver care seven days ...
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Older Australians missing out on $60m in unpaid Medicare benefits
Nearly a million Australians are eligible to claim millions of dollars in unclaimed Medicare benefits before Christmas. The federal government has announced that $234m in unclaimed funds will be paid back to people without valid details updated on myGov. There ...
More »Struggling Australians to receive much-needed GP cost relief
Older Australians and young people can expect to pay less when seeing a doctor after a major boost to the bulk-billing incentive for GPs has kicked in. Starting November 1, GPs will receive triple the incentive to bulk bill concession ...
More »Medicare levy a potential fix for sector financial woes
A raised Medicare levy could help address mounting deficits facing aged care providers, industry experts have said. Quarterly StewartBrown reports continue to show the aged care sector is struggling, with 67 per cent of providers losing money. The Royal Commission ...
More »Give nurse practitioners what they deserve: ACN to MBS taskforce
Shed old fashioned views that nurses can only provide care under supervision and ensure nurse practitioners are compensated through the Medicare Benefits Schedule. These are the calls the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) made at a recent presentation to the ...
More »Medicare removes gender references
Gender discrimination will soon be eradicated from Medicare documents and service provision, according to Minister for Health Tanya Plibersek and Minister for Human Services Jan McLucas. “If you need a medical treatment under Medicare you should be able to get ...
More »A need to be specific about general practice
With practice nurses doing a wider range of work in general practice their duties and responsibilities have to be clearly defined. By Eamon Merrick, Christine Duffield, Richard Baldwin and Margaret Fry. Nursing features prominently in the future of Australia's primary ...
More »Mental health experts debate child screening
Concerns of false diagnosis and overmedicating young children have been raised ahead of a national rollout of a program to test three-year-olds for social and emotional issues. Mental Health Minister Mark Butler says safeguards are needed to ensure the government's ...
More »Senate backs visiting rights for private midwives
A senate motion has called on the health minister to facilitate access and admitting rights for privately practicing midwives to Australia’s public hospitals. The senate has passed a motion calling for immediate action on the obstacles facing privately practicing midwives ...
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