E&OE… Topics: Health Budget; Pension Loan Scheme; New hospitals agreement STEVE PRICE: One of the biggest announcements in last night’s budget was money for health. The 2018/19 Budget is really putting the asset on this argument from Labor, the Mediscare argument of the last…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Health Budget; Record Aged Care Package; private health insurance; breast cancer drug Kisqali added to the PBS. LEON BYNER: Let’s talk to the federal Health Minister, Greg Hunt. Greg thanks for being on the program today. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Leon. LEON…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Health Budget; High Court decision OLIVER PETERSON: Good afternoon Minister. GREG HUNT: And good afternoon, Ollie. OLIVER PETERSON: Alright. We will talk health in just a moment. But do you think Bill Shorten has egg on his face after those comments? He…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: $241 million for a life-saving medicine for spinal muscular atrophy to be listed on the PBS; $39.5 million for the whooping cough vaccine for pregnant woman; $33.8 million for Lifeline. GREG HUNT: Well, welcome everybody today to ArtVo, which is in…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Government’s response to the Pharmacy Review; Health Care Homes trial GREG HUNT: And thanks very much to George and to David from the Guild, to Kos and to Trent as our hosts today. I think Shane is here from the Society, and…
DetailsE&OE…; Topics: Record bulk billing figures; Federal Budget; Thompson Institute GREG HUNT: Thanks very much to Andrew as the Member for Fisher, to Ted, the Member for Fairfax. Both have been champions for the Thompson Institute. So, this institute for mind and neuroscience is…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: $1.5 million for medical research into Buruli ulcer GREG HUNT: Look, thanks very much to Glen, to you, to Jim McCluskey, to Shitij Kapur who’s head of the medical school, to Tim as our chief investigator today. Jane and John are the…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Mandatory vaccine for aged care workers to curb influenza ALAN JONES: So what is this story about vaccination? We’re talking about aged care, are we? GREG HUNT: Correct. So what we see is that last year was, exactly as you say, and…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: 2018 influenza vaccines now available DAVID KOCH: Flu season’s approaching and this year is predicted to be a bad one. Influenza claimed 1100 lives in 2017 and more than 250,000 Aussies tested positive for the virus. So, the Federal Government is stepping…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: GP management plans RAY HADLEY: The Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt’s on the line. Minister, good morning. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Ray. RAY HADLEY: Am I right about all of this? Because it came as- when the lady…
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