E&OE… Topics: Dental care; Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; Medicare; Australian Medical Association; Record Bulk Billing Rates LEIGH SALES: And the Health Minister Greg Hunt is with us from Parliament House. Thanks for your time, Minister. GREG HUNT: Pleasure. LEIGH SALES: There are so many challenges facing the health system as our series…
E&OE… Topics: Online fundraising campaigns; transparency system; Australian Medical Association; Charlie Teo; flu season; the stillbirth report. SHARRI MARKSON: And welcome back to The Kenny Report. I’m joined now by the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Thanks for joining me. GREG HUNT: Oh, pleasure. SHARRI MARKSON: Look, I want to start…
The Morrison Government has accepted the recommendations made by the Senate Select Committee on Stillbirth Research and Education Report. Our Government has agreed to, or agreed in principle to all the recommendations, and our response includes: developing a National Stillbirth Action and Implementation Plan in collaboration with state and territory governments and in consultation with…
New Medicare data shows nearly nine out of 10 Australians visit their GPs without paying a cent with GP bulk billing rates at a record 86 per cent in the nine months from July 2018 to March 2019. This is up 4 percentage points compared to when Labor was last in office and a…
HIV diagnoses in Australia is the lowest in almost 20 years due to increased prevention measures, earlier testing and treatment. In an Australian first, we have now seen significant reductions in new HIV diagnoses recorded at the national level thanks to the commitment of governments, healthcare, community and research sector. The Kirby Institute at UNSW…
The Morrison Government will provide affordable access to four new medicines through Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), helping patients living with debilitating and often life threatening conditions. Under the PBS, treatment for diabetes, severe cystic acne, depression and lung cancer will be available to patients for just $40.30 per script, or $6.50 with a concession card.…
E&OE… Topics: Community Health and Hospitals Program funding underway GREG HUNT: It’s an absolute privilege to be here at St Vincent’s Hospital and in particular at the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery. To be with Toby and Patricia, Angela, brilliant professors such as Peter and Mark, is to see the best of Australian medical technology,…
Following the 2019 Federal Election and within just five weeks of being sworn back in, the Morrison Government has signed agreements with all eight state and territory governments, Primary Health Networks and community organisations worth $229.2 million to deliver the first round of projects under the landmark $1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals Program (CHHP).…
Federal Member for Flinders, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, today joined with staff of The Bays Hospital in Mornington to formally sign off on federal funding for the Hospital’s Comprehensive Cancer Centre. The funding, announced in April, will provide $10 million from the Morrison Government to The Bays to build a new multi-storey centre…
Federal Member for Flinders, the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, today reminded personnel leaving the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and now living in the Mornington Peninsula community to book in for their Veteran Health Check. This follows the announcement made by the Minister for Veterans and Defence Personnel, Darren Chester, that from 1 July 2019…