E&OE… Topics; Labor’s private health insurance policy forcing regional hospitals to cut services; Mavenclad listed on the PBS for MS MICHAEL MCLAREN: Look, from that back into the real world – good news for multiple sclerosis sufferers this Christmas Eve because patients are set to save $54,000 a year after the drug Mavenclad…
E&OE… Topics: $110 million support for young Australians with severe mental illness; CAR-T Therapy; health insurance costs; sugar tax TOM CONNELL: Let’s go to our next interview of the day though, Health Minister Greg Hunt has been good enough to join us in Brisbane where, well, plenty of announcements lately, Minister, but let’s…
E&OE… Topics: $185 million for dementia and ageing medical research PANKAJ SAH: So I’d like to begin by acknowledging the Jagara and the (inaudible) people – the Traditional Owners of this land. I went to a meeting today. It gives me great pleasure to welcome the Honourable Greg Hunt, Minister for Health;…
E&OE… Topics: Boosting support for older Australians with a $550 million aged care package GREG HUNT: Thanks very much to Luke and to Paul and the invitation to be here in Petrie and in BallyCara, in particular. Luke, I have to acknowledge is, exactly as Carrie-Anne said, one of the hardest working…
E&OE… Topics: Boosting support for older Australians JOHN STANLEY: The government is announcing a significant increase in spending on older Australians; we know about the aged care issue. I did mention earlier in the program that there’s a number which I’ve heard, which is that there are 1000 people turning 85 every…
E&OE… Topics: $1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals program; More than $500 million for medical research projects; Queensland health funding STEVE AUSTIN: The federal government, the Health Minister, the Prime Minister announced $1.5 billion plus extra money for health at the Council of Australian Governments Meeting today. The federal government argues the extra…
E&OE… Topics: More than $500 million for medical research projects; first dedicated Medicare item for eating disorder; $1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals program LEON BYNER: Let’s talk to the federal Health Minister, and wish him merry Christmas, Greg Hunt. Hi. GREG HUNT: Good morning Leon. LEON BYNER: Tell me, first…
E&OE… Topics: $1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals program; rural and regional health services JOHN STANLEY: Minister, good morning. GREG HUNT: Good morning, John. JOHN STANLEY: So, we hear big lumps of money and that’s a very impressive sounding lump – $1.26 billion. What will it actually produce for people? …
E&OE… Topics: $1.25 billion Community Health and Hospitals program; $500 million National Health and Medical Research Council grants; Population Growth; Israel ALI MOORE: Today, there’s a meeting in Adelaide of state and territory leaders and quite a few things are on the agenda, including health with an offer of extra funding. Greg Hunt…
E&OE… Topics: More than $500 million for medical research projects GREG HUNT: I’m delighted to announce a more than $500 million investment in over 680 medical research projects, projets such as – we’ve seen here at Monash University where they will be taking statins and re-purposing them to see that we can help…