Lung Foundation calls for urgent action on underdiagnosis and undertreatment of COPD
Bert Wessels takes exactly 22 wobbly steps to his car and leans on the door handle, staring fixedly…
More than 3,000 aged care patients stuck in hospital beds, new national figures show
State and territory health ministers have failed to reach an agreement with their federal counterpart after launching another…
Health insurance ‘shock’ as 15 million Aussies warned over looming price hike: ‘Going to struggle’
Aussies can expect the biggest ‘price shock’ in years when health insurance changes come into effect next year.…
Anthony Albanese writes to states, telling them to rein in public hospital spending
The states and territories are on a collision course with the Commonwealth over public hospital funding, with health…
Preferred buyer announced for disability employment provider Bedford
Non-profit The Disability Trust has been identified as the preferred buyer to take over disability employment provider Bedford,…
National mental health agreement failing, Productivity Commission finds
A landmark mental health agreement signed by federal, state and territory governments three years ago is failing, a…
Disability employment provider Bedford kept afloat with $4.4m funding injection as hunt for buyer continues
Australia’s second-largest disability employment provider Bedford will be kept afloat by a federal government funding injection as it…
Health minister concedes tobacco black market has ‘exploded’
Health Minister Mark Butler has conceded the tobacco black market has “exploded” into the biggest threat to public…
Disability employment provider Bedford’s financial situation concerns SA, federal government
The federal disability minister says his concerns about the financial state of the country’s second-largest employer of people…
Big change coming to cost of medicines
Prescriptions listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme will be cut from $31.60 to $25 from January 1, 2026,…
Society of Anaesthetists responds to increasing specialist fees
Almost a million Australians delay or skip specialist care because of the cost, according to a report by…
Tourette syndrome advocates take their voices to parliament
Jazmin Edson was sitting in her year 12 English class in February 2021 when she started to experience…