The Morrison Government is investing an additional $90 million over three years in the Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme (IAHP), to further support the delivery of culturally appropriate, comprehensive primary health care. A new way of funding primary health care has also been introduced for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS), benefiting the Indigenous health…
E&OE… Topics: National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre; Drought; Mental Health of veterans; Rural workforce; Rural and Regional health; Vaping; NT Government; Climate Change. UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Look, it’s a great pleasure today to have Minister Hunt, our Federal Health Minister and indeed Minister Fyles, our NT Minister for Health as well.…
E&OE… Topics: National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre relocating to Darwin Airport, additional health funding for telehealth and NT hospitals, meeting with National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, mental health KATIE WOOLF: Now here in the Northern Territory, we know that Darwin’s National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre do a wonderful…
The Morrison Government has formalised $67.6 million for Northern Territory critical infrastructure, to expand Australia’s capacity to respond to disasters and health emergencies in Australia and the surrounding region. The Darwin-based National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre’s (NCCTRC) reputation as a world leader in disaster and health emergency response continues to go from…
E&OE… Topics: Aged Care Royal Commission; Private Health Insurance LEON BYNER: I caught up a few minutes ago with Minister Greg Hunt. GREG HUNT: It is a very powerful and very moving report and that’s exactly why we called it. We called it after we saw the reviews into the tragedy…
E&OE… Topics: Aged Care Royal Commission; Mental Health Productivity Commission; Private Health Insurance FRAN KELLY: Greg Hunt, welcome to Insiders. GREG HUNT: Good morning Fran. FRAN KELLY: Minister, will the Government stop neglecting older Australians right now? And announce more funding for these home care packages right now? GREG HUNT:…
E&OE… Topics: National partnership for mental health; Eating disorders; Safe use of medicines; E-cigarettes; Hospital services; Peel Health Campus eating disorder centre; Royal Commission into Aged Care. GREG HUNT: I want to welcome today’s progress through the COAG Health Ministers meeting. In particular, there was a historic agreement to work for a…
From today, Australians with complex eating disorders will be able to access new services through Medicare that will help save lives. In December 2018, the Morrison Government announced it would invest $110.7 million through Medicare to enable these life-saving services to be subsidised for the first time. Today, our Government delivers on this…
The Morrison Government will make Medicare rebates available for positron emission tomography (PET) scans for breast cancer. From 1 November 2019, the new Medicare rebates will ensure patients with advanced breast cancer can better manage and plan their treatment. Around 12,000 patients will benefit from these services each year. In 2019, the…
The Morrison Government has responded immediately to the findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care, by delivering a united agreement from Health Ministers to that will deliver better management of medication in Aged Care. Health Ministers meeting in Perth today agreed to recognise Quality Use of Medicine and Medicine Safety to be a…