E&OE… Topics: Health 2030 – Australia’s Long Term National Health Plan and the Vision for a mentally healthier community SABRA LANE: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the National Press Club of Australia and today’s Westpac address. My name is Sabra Lane; I am the President of the club and…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: New PBS listings; Medicare and private health insurance. SUZAN HOURANI: The Health Minister Greg Hunt has announced PBS listings of drugs that will make the lives of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, diabetes and a number of other conditions such as brain tumour and inflammatory disease easier. It’s good…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: $56 million investment in Cancer and Inflammatory Disease medicines, Minister Angus Taylor. KATIE ALLEN: I’m Katie Allen. I’m the Member for Higgins and we’re here at Cabrini Hospital. I’m very proud to be part of an announcement being made today by Minister Greg Hunt. It’s about protecting lives, saving lives…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Private Health Insurance. STEVE PRICE: A lot of debate, and a lot of it centres around the fact that youngsters are not signing up to private health insurance. Well, the Federal Health Minister has ruled out, as I just mentioned, the scrapping of Medicare. It was used as a…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: AMA Informed Financial Consent Guide; Medicare rebate; fee transparency website TONY BARTONE: Welcome everyone. Thank you for being here this morning and good morning. Thank you to Minister Hunt for launching our Informed Financial Consent – a collaboration between doctors and patients (inaudible) today. Today’s announcement is all about…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Infants with Cystic Fibrosis to breathe easier with new PBS listing; Temporary Exclusion Orders Bill; Newstart allowance. DAVID ARMSTRONG: Good morning everybody. Welcome to Monash Children’s Hospital. I’m David Armstrong, Head of the Paediatric CF Service. It’s my pleasure to welcome Nettie Burke the CEO of Cystic Fibrosis Australia, the…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Dental care; Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme; Medicare; Australian Medical Association; Record Bulk Billing Rates LEIGH SALES: And the Health Minister Greg Hunt is with us from Parliament House. Thanks for your time, Minister. GREG HUNT: Pleasure. LEIGH SALES: There are so many challenges facing the health system as our series…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Online fundraising campaigns; transparency system; Australian Medical Association; Charlie Teo; flu season; the stillbirth report. SHARRI MARKSON: And welcome back to The Kenny Report. I’m joined now by the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Thanks for joining me. GREG HUNT: Oh, pleasure. SHARRI MARKSON: Look, I want to start…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Community Health and Hospitals Program funding underway GREG HUNT: It’s an absolute privilege to be here at St Vincent’s Hospital and in particular at the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery. To be with Toby and Patricia, Angela, brilliant professors such as Peter and Mark, is to see the best of Australian medical technology,…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: New Frontiers for Vision; euthanasia; stillbirths GREG HUNT: Look, thanks very much to Professor Margaret Gardner, Professor Elizabeth Croft and Professor Christina Mitchell and to our amazing researchers Professor Arthur Lowery and Professor Geoffrey Rose. In a sense, Monash University is the very model of the university in the 21st…
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