Record GP bulk billing rates under Medicare reached 87.5 per cent in 2019–20. This means that on average, more than 8 out of 10 visits to the GP were provided with no out-of-pocket cost. In total, Medicare services increased to 428.3 million with total benefits reaching $24.7 billion. To ensure Australians have access to the…
E&OE… Topics: $563.4m aged care support announcement; Coronavirus update; One worker one site in Victoria; University of Queensland research; Medicare levy; Data on aged care workers; Aged care commission facility visits; State borders; Victorian pathway out; Senate committee; 41 deaths in Victoria; Craig Kelly comments on Hydroxychloroquine; Treasurer’s comments on Victorian outbreak; Has Senator Colbeck…
The Australian Government will provide an additional $563.3 million to extend support for the aged care sector’s response to COVID-19, announced in March and subsequently as part of the Aged Care response plan. This takes our Government’s support to senior Australians in Aged Care to over $1.5 billion since the pandemic began. We are committed…
A key new cancer treatment has just become more accessible for Australians fighting specific forms of leukaemia and lymphoma, thanks to the Morrison Government’s listing of Calquence® on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). On September 1, Calquence® (acalabrutinib) will be listed on the PBS for the first time for the treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia…
GPs and other health professionals in four regions will receive greater support to enable them to provide more effective care to people with intellectual disability. The Morrison Government will provide a total of $5.75 million to four Primary Health Networks to lead development of the Primary Care Enhancement Program for people with intellectual disability.…
New modelling confirms the vital importance of continuing support and resources provided to remote communities to protect them from COVID-19. Indigenous Australians and Torres Strait Islander people experience a burden of disease 2.3 times the rate of other Australians, which increases their risk of severe illness from the virus. While no cases of the coronavirus…
E&OE… Topics: Vaccine for COVID-19; Australia’s Vaccine Agreement; New funding for COVID-19 clinical trials. DAVID KOCH: Now, the Prime Minister has clarified that any potential coronavirus vaccine would not be made compulsory but will be strongly encouraged. Joining me now is Health Minister Greg Hunt from his own isolation in Canberra. Minister, obviously the success…
The Australian Government is providing $25 million for our best and brightest health and medical researchers to find breakthroughs in preventing and treating COVID-19. Research is a key weapon in the fight against COVID-19 – and this funding will help to ensure that Australian researchers are on the frontline of the fight. The Government will…
Australians will be among the first in the world to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, if it proves successful, through an agreement between the Australian Government and UK-based drug company AstraZeneca. Under the deal, every single Australian will be able to receive the University of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine for free, should trials prove successful, safe and effective.…
E&OE… Topics: Oxford University’s coronavirus vaccine. BEN FORDHAM: We’ve got some promising news on the vaccine front. Joining us live on the line, the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Good morning to you. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Ben. BEN FORDHAM: You’ve signed a deal on a coronavirus vaccine. GREG HUNT:…