AAP - 07-03-2023

Contentious proposed laws to create a centralised Victorian health database are set for parliamentary scrutiny, with the opposition and crossbench pushing for changes.

AAP - 20-11-2022

South Australian nurses have accepted a new enterprise agreement that includes pay hikes and bonuses. The deal includes three per cent wage increases in each

AAP - 05-11-2022

An independent inquiry has been launched to investigate fraud and waste by doctors in the Medicare system. The probe will be led by health economist and former

AAP - 04-11-2022

Queensland's troubled Mackay Hospital board has until the close of business to respond to a show cause notice and justify why it should not be dismissed.

AAP - 04-11-2022

Thousands of seniors will be able to access cheaper medicines and doctor visits thanks to relaxed income tests for health concession cards. The Albanese government

AAP - 31-10-2022

An interim chief executive of Ambulance Victoria has been appointed while the search ramps up for a permanent CEO. Professor Shelley Dolan, CEO of the Peter MacCallum

AAP - 24-10-2022

Specialist pharmacists and care navigators are being recruited with the South Australian government allocating $18 million over five years to implement new assisted dying

AAP - 22-10-2022

Indonesia has temporarily banned all liquid medicines following the deaths of about 100 children from acute kidney damage, the country's health minister says.

AAP - 19-10-2022

An eight-member review board has been named to take charge of South Australia's assisted dying laws which come into force next year. The board includes senior

AAP - 23-09-2022

The UK health minister has pledged to cut waiting times for doctors' appointments and launched a fund to support social care, in a plan that drew criticism for not doing