Australians suffering from a severe form of eczema will now have access to a life changing medicine through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) which will provide hope and relief to many young Australians and their families. From Monday 1 March 2021 the medicine Dupixent® (dupilumab) will be available to Australians over 12 years of age living…
The next phase of the Australian Government’s $31 million public information campaign begins today to inform Australians, with the vaccination program underway. At the end of Friday after four full days of operation and Monday as a setup day, almost 30,000 Australians had been vaccinated, including 8,110 aged care and disability residents throughout 117 care…
RAY HADLEY: I go straight from one Greg to another. This time, it’s the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Minister, good morning. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Ray. RAY HADLEY: Well, we’ll have a discussion now and I guess you’re greatly disappointed about what happened in Brisbane to start with, with those two people, 88 and…
The Morrison Government is investing $100 million into the development of new technologies to improve diagnosis and treatment of stroke, epilepsy and lung disease, including COVID-19. The funding will be split across three research projects led by senior researchers at the University of Melbourne, the Australian Lung Health Initiative, and Florey Institute of Neuroscience and…
GREG HUNT: Good afternoon, I’m pleased to be joined today by the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Professor Michael Kidd, who has been making inquiries into the Holy Spirit Home in Carseldine. I’m going to address briefly, if I may, four things, and then Michael will also speak with you. Firstly, the follow up to the…
GREG HUNT: We want to give you an update on the vaccine rollout, on a number of fronts. Firstly, in relation to general practice approvals. Secondly in relation to the status of health cases. We also want to address one case, which has been raised in Queensland, and the Chief Medical Officer who has been…
GREG HUNT: I’m pleased to be able to report that a second shipment of the Pfizer vaccine has arrived in Australia. It’s the first of two over the course of the next week which between them should deliver 280,000 doses this week; 166,000 doses have arrived; next week it will be approximately 120,000 doses. We’ll…
RACHEL STEPHEN-SMITH: Alright, well welcome everyone here to Canberra Hospital’s COVID-19 surge centre. This incredible facility was built really quickly when we didn’t know what was going to happen with COVID-19 in case we needed extra emergency department capacity. But for the last two months it’s been a COVID-19 testing centre, and now it’s our…
E&OE… Topics: The timeframe for vaccinations for COVID-19; overcoming vaccine hesitancy; rape allegations in Parliament. DAVID SPEERS: Minister, welcome to the program. GREG HUNT: Morning. DAVID SPEERS: Let’s just start with this point about how long it’s taken to get to the point we’re at now. Australia did take longer…
More Australians than ever are receiving the medical care they need at no cost to themselves, as recent data shows almost nine out of 10 visits to the GP over the year to December were provided with no out-of-pocket cost. Record GP bulk billing rates reached an all-time high of 89.3 per cent for…