Today is World Diabetes Day—an important awareness raising initiative that this year focuses on the role family plays in managing, treating and identifying diabetes. To mark the day, the Morrison Government has announced the Type 1 Diabetes Management in Schools program will commence in early 2020, in readiness for the new school year. …
DetailsA landmark forum in Canberra today has moved Australia a step closer to a coordinated, national approach to suicide prevention. The forum brought together people from diverse community organisations, the health and government sectors, and people with lived experience. Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, and Prime Minister Scott Morrison, attended the forum, and…
DetailsThe Morrison Government’s $19.6 million Driving Social Inclusion through Sport and Physical Activity grants program is open now. Local not-for-profit organisations including community organisations, sporting organisations and local government entities are invited to apply to assist Australians to get more involved in more sport and recreational activities. Federal Member for Flinders, the Hon.…
DetailsThe Morrison Government is continuing to support the Men’s Shed movement with today’s announcement of successful grant recipients under the National Shed Development Programme. In the latest round, 135 Men’s Sheds across Australia will share in $500,000 in grants that will help buy tools and equipment, maintain infrastructure, coordinate training and host community activities about…
DetailsThe Morrison Government is investing an additional $90 million over three years in the Indigenous Australians’ Health Programme (IAHP), to further support the delivery of culturally appropriate, comprehensive primary health care. A new way of funding primary health care has also been introduced for Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services (ACCHS), benefiting the Indigenous health…
DetailsThe Morrison Government has formalised $67.6 million for Northern Territory critical infrastructure, to expand Australia’s capacity to respond to disasters and health emergencies in Australia and the surrounding region. The Darwin-based National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre’s (NCCTRC) reputation as a world leader in disaster and health emergency response continues to go from…
DetailsFrom today, Australians with complex eating disorders will be able to access new services through Medicare that will help save lives. In December 2018, the Morrison Government announced it would invest $110.7 million through Medicare to enable these life-saving services to be subsidised for the first time. Today, our Government delivers on this…
DetailsThe Morrison Government will make Medicare rebates available for positron emission tomography (PET) scans for breast cancer. From 1 November 2019, the new Medicare rebates will ensure patients with advanced breast cancer can better manage and plan their treatment. Around 12,000 patients will benefit from these services each year. In 2019, the…
DetailsThe Morrison Government has responded immediately to the findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care, by delivering a united agreement from Health Ministers to that will deliver better management of medication in Aged Care. Health Ministers meeting in Perth today agreed to recognise Quality Use of Medicine and Medicine Safety to be a…
DetailsHealth ministers have unanimously agreed to work in partnership to address the nationally critical issue of mental health. This historic breakthrough sets a new direction that will help deliver a seamless integrated mental health system – a once in a generation reform that puts the patient at the centre of care. It is an…
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