E&OE… Topics: National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre relocating to Darwin Airport, additional health funding for telehealth and NT hospitals, meeting with National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation, mental health KATIE WOOLF: Now here in the Northern Territory, we know that Darwin’s National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre do a wonderful…
E&OE… Topics: Aged Care Royal Commission; Private Health Insurance LEON BYNER: I caught up a few minutes ago with Minister Greg Hunt. GREG HUNT: It is a very powerful and very moving report and that’s exactly why we called it. We called it after we saw the reviews into the tragedy…
E&OE… Topics: Aged Care Royal Commission; Mental Health Productivity Commission; Private Health Insurance FRAN KELLY: Greg Hunt, welcome to Insiders. GREG HUNT: Good morning Fran. FRAN KELLY: Minister, will the Government stop neglecting older Australians right now? And announce more funding for these home care packages right now? GREG HUNT:…
E&OE… Topics: National partnership for mental health; Eating disorders; Safe use of medicines; E-cigarettes; Hospital services; Peel Health Campus eating disorder centre; Royal Commission into Aged Care. GREG HUNT: I want to welcome today’s progress through the COAG Health Ministers meeting. In particular, there was a historic agreement to work for a…
E&OE… Topics: Royal Commission into Aged Care; Mental health Productivity Commission; Private Health Insurance; Drought. CHRIS KENNY: The Health Minister Greg Hunt is with us live now, joining us from Perth. Thanks for joining us Minister. Just on that (inaudible), first up on aged care, obviously it’s not your direct responsibility as…
E&OE… Topics: PBS medicines listings; Correcting inaccurate PBS news story; Drugs shortages LEON BYNER: Minister, thanks for joining us. You would be aware that News Limited did some work and they are alleging that there are lots of drugs that have been approved for use but are not on the PBS. They…
E&OE… Topics: Cystic fibrosis medicines listings on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS). GREG HUNT: Delighted to be here at the Great Strides Fun Run. Today is about great strides for patients with cystic fibrosis. To be here with Nettie Burke and Karin, who are representing the cystic fibrosis community, with David and…
E&OE… Topics: Mental Health; Antibiotics repeats; Legalising Euthanasia; Turkish Offensive in Syria. CATHY VAN EXTEL: Nearly half the Australian population will have a mental health condition in their lifetime and in any one year, about a million adult suffer depression. Today marks World Mental Health Day. Greg Hunt is the Federal Health…
E&OE… Topics: Cheaper medicines for over 500,000 patients; Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme price reductions; expanding the expiry date of prescriptions. DAVID KOCH: Now, changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme will see more than half a million Aussie patients get cheaper medicines. The plan, which comes into effect tomorrow, will cut the price of…
E&OE… Topics: New funding for childhood cancer; new medication for short bowel syndrome; new initiatives for regional healthcare access; children’s anxiety over climate change; Australia’s emissions; Plastics in the ocean; Vaping; ACT cannabis legislation, W.A assisted dying; Liberal Party spill books; Frydenberg, Liu court of disputed returns. JON FAINE: Greg Hunt is the…