Tag: Health Policy
Govt promises breast cancer screening service boost
The Western Australian Government has promised more breast cancer screening services in the Pilbara if it wins the next election.[MORE]
Stawell paramedic jobs move to Horsham
The Victorian Opposition says that five paramedic positions that were going to be based in Stawell are being moved to Horsham.[MORE]
Govt urged to end hospital revamp uncertainty
The New South Wales Nurses Association wants the State Government to end what it says is the uncertainty over the future of planned hospital upgrades.[MORE]
Task force finetunes country health ideas
The South Australian Government's country health task force says it is finetuning four key discussion papers on country health to give to Health Minister John Hill.[MORE]
Xenophon laments missed chance as Senate rejects car tax
The Federal Government's luxury car tax bill has been defeated in the Senate after Family First Senator Steve Fielding and the Opposition combined to vote against it.[MORE]
Call for Alice eye clinic
The manager of a Central Australian eye health program says there is an urgent need for a permanent eye clinic in Alice Springs.[MORE]
Specialist condemns QEH intensive care cut
A specialist condemns a plan to cut the intensive care unit budget at the QEH.[MORE]
Meagher defends 'selective' hospital report
The New South Wales Health Minister Reba Meagher has justified her decision to talk up the performance of the state's hospitals in the face of being labelled a charlatan by the Opposition.[MORE]
Giddings defends hospital site
The State Government has again defended its decision not to consider relocating the Royal Hobart Hospital.[MORE]
Territory tops national health spending
A new report shows spending on public health per person in the Northern Territory is well above any other state or territory.[MORE]
Cancer vaccine behind health spending boost
New research shows the introduction of the cervical cancer vaccine in 2007 was behind a boost in Government spending on public health.[MORE]
Hospital site looms as election issue
Tasmania's Opposition hopes to make the location of Hobart's new public hospital an election issue at the next poll due in 2010.[MORE]
Govt urged to tackle Townsville Hospital overcrowding
Townsville Hospital staff have welcomed the promise of new beds, but say more needs to be done.[MORE]
Liberals reject railyards site for new hospital
The Tasmanian Opposition says it will not support the Government's preference to build a new Royal Hobart Hospital on the waterfront.[MORE]
Nambour Hospital bed shortage worries AMA
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says the acute bed shortage at the Nambour Hospital, in south-east Queensland, is worse than most other hospitals in the state.[MORE]
Barnett unveils policies on mental health, rail
The State Opposition leader, Colin Barnett, has started the last week of the election campaigning on mental health.[MORE]
Concerns over hospital future
The Devonport City Council is concerned about the future of the Mersey Hospital which is being handed back to the State Government today.[MORE]
Govt moves to open more beds at Townsville Hospital
Premier Anna Bligh is hopeful an extra eight beds can be opened at the Townsville Hospital in north Queensland, as it struggles to cope with an overload of patients.[MORE]
Govt under fire over health projects review
The independent Member for Dubbo and New South Wales Opposition are angry the Health Minister is claiming the region's major health projects are in doubt.[MORE]
Health task force to urge more community consultation
The country health task force analysing the Government's plan for regional health services says its final recommendations will include more community consultation about the future of regional hospitals.[MORE]
Labor promises free cancer screening
The Stanhope Government says women who have breast cancer would no longer have to pay for regular mammograms if the Labor party is re-elected.[MORE]
Funding not easing elective surgery waiting lists: AMA
The Australian Medical Association is concerned Commonwealth funding to cut Tasmania's elective surgery waiting lists is a band-aid solution.[MORE]
Libs promise $50m for Kalgoorlie hospital
The Opposition Leader Colin Barnett has pledged $50 million to upgrade Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital if the Liberals win government.[MORE]
Elective surgery waiting list continues to swell
Elective surgery waiting lists in Tasmania have blown out again.[MORE]
Hospital crisis claims inappropriate: Robertson
Health Minister Robertson has again rejected suggestions that problems in the health system are worse than ever before.[MORE]
