The Turnbull Government has taken another significant step to eliminate hepatitis C from Australia by subsidising a new drug which can treat all forms of the disease with an expected success rate of 90%. The drug known as Epclusa® will be comfort for around 200,000 Australians who face many challenges of living with hepatitis C.…
Young people seeking help to deal with the pressures of life will benefit from a $500,000 Turnbull Government investment in better online mental health support. ReachOut – the online mental health organisation for young people – has today unveiled a new digital platform that significantly expands its ability to help young people and their parents.…
The Turnbull Government is providing $280,000 to help support people diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumours – a rare and often misdiagnosed cancer. The Unicorn Foundation will receive funding to help patients diagnosed with the condition, no matter where they live in Australia, to access information, either by phone or online, helping them understand the challenges and…
E&OE… Topics: Four year parliamentary terms; same sex marriage; plebiscite JON FAINE: Greg Hunt is the Minister for Health in the Turnbull Coalition Government, the Member for Flinders, and someone who has previously publically spoken about the need for reform of exactly this kind. Greg Hunt, good morning to you. GREG HUNT: And good morning,…
The Turnbull Government is providing $27 million to strengthen the planning and response to a national health emergency, should one be triggered by bioterrorist attack or contagious disease outbreak. This funding will support the detection and identification of biological agents of security concern and high risk contagious diseases. The security and safety of every single…
The Turnbull Government is supporting Reclink’s national program which breaks down the barriers of isolation and inactivity among disadvantaged Australians to promote fitness, fun and social skills. Our investment of $2 million over two years will support Reclink Australia to reach out to some of our most disadvantaged Australians and engage them in new sport…
The Turnbull Government is providing funding of $450,000 to Polio Australia to run clinical practice workshops for health professionals to improve their awareness of post-polio syndrome. Federal Health Minister and Member for Flinders Greg Hunt said a greater professional understanding of the symptoms associated with the late effects of polio would lead to improvements in…
The Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health The Hon Alan Tudge MP Minister for Human Services The Turnbull Government has commissioned a review of the accessibility by health providers of Medicare card numbers. An online system was introduced in 2009, to further assist GPs, hospitals and other health providers to acquire a Medicare card…
Once again Labor is attacking the 13 million Australians with private health cover – with confirmation today that they want to slash the private health insurance rebate. Every Australian family that cares about their health should be terrified of what a Labor Government would mean to them. Labor’s approach will drive up premiums, push people…
The Turnbull Government is expanding the National Immunisation Program (NIP) to keep more Australians healthy and protect them against vaccine preventable diseases. From today, the NIP will be expanded to provide free catch-up vaccines for all Australian children and young people up to the age of 19 years and, for the first time, refugees and…