E&OE… Topics: Private health insurance; PBS ALAN JONES: Let me say that politicians are criticised a lot and I’m not saying I haven’t had some arguments with Greg Hunt but this bloke, in my opinion, is as good as it gets. He mightn’t provide…
E&OE… Topics: April 1 PBS listing of PrEP GREG HUNT: Well thank you everybody, I’m really delighted to be here today at Serafim Pharmacy and we’ve met Nick who is the owner. It’s been in his family since his father founded it in 1951.…
The Turnbull Government is taking a critical step in helping end the transmission of HIV infection in Australia with the 1 April listing of tenofovir with emtricitabine on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Schedule (PBS). Known as Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), the preventative medicine is for people at medium to high risk of HIV infection. It puts Australia…
The Turnbull Government will invest more than $6 million in a health science centre in Alice Springs which is focused on addressing health challenges faced by Indigenous Australians. The Central Australia Academic Health Science Centre will receive $6.1 million over three years from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF). This funding will support better treatment…
E&OE… Topics: Jay Weatherill’s Royal Adelaide Hospital cover-up LEON BYNER: Exactly an hour ago, I broke a story on AA where I read you a letter written by the Honourable Greg Hunt, Minister for Health , that’s the federal minister, dated 15 March and…
The Turnbull Government will invest more than $6 million in a health science centre in Alice Springs which is focused on addressing health challenges faced by Indigenous Australians. The Central Australia Academic Health Science Centre will receive $6.1 million over three years from the Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF). This funding will support better treatment…
The Turnbull Government has set up a new advisory board to work with the United States to promote technology and innovation in healthcare. The Australian Advisory on Technology and Healthcare Competitiveness will partner with America’s top technology leaders from the United States Council on Competitiveness. Australia has a unique opportunity to lift the level of…
The Turnbull Government is calling for applications from the country’s best and brightest researchers to help find new treatments for low survival cancers and diseases. Researchers will share in $10 million to improve the survival rates and outcomes for patients. Low survival rate cancers are estimated to cause nearly 40 per cent of total cancer…
The Turnbull Government is delivering record hospital funding to the states and territories in each and every year which is providing more doctors, more nurses and importantly more services for patients. We reject claims made in the media today about historical funding levels. The figures quoted do not relate to current Federal Government funding but…
E&OE… Topics: ‘Get the Facts’ child immunisation campaign; low immunisation locations; Million Minds Mental Health Mission. LAURA JAYES: The Federal Government has at the weekend launched a new immunisation campaign because some parts of Australia are falling behind. So this campaign is really directed…