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'Enough' vaccines for free Vic flu program

AAP - 01-06-2022

Victorian GPs and pharmacies will have enough vaccines to meet surging demand as a free jab program begins to combat a "nasty" influenza season, health authorities

 
Qld plans tougher smoking, tobacco laws

AAP - 01-06-2022

Smoking could be banned from more public places in Queensland as the state tries to crack down on second-hand smoke, underage users, illegal tobacco and vaping.

 
Qld doctors seek Medicare, health reforms

AAP - 28-05-2022

Queensland doctors are urging the Albanese government to increase Medicare rebates and hold a national summit to resuscitate health-care systems that are no longer fit for

 
Qld makes flu jabs free amid rise in cases

AAP - 24-05-2022

Queenslanders will have access to free flu jabs across the state as the government seeks to curb rising cases. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced the initiative

 
Care sector urges more govt pandemic help

AAP - 23-05-2022

Aged and healthcare leaders have urged an incoming Labor government to bolster support for the fight against COVID-19. The Australian Aged Care Collaboration

 
Rules to keep the democracy sausage safe

AAP - 22-05-2022

As election-day hotplates are fired up around the country, health authorities hope the occasion doesn't deliver an outbreak of food poisoning. A federal poll

 
Qld denies patient bypass, admits pressure

AAP - 20-05-2022

The Queensland government has denied ambulance patients are being turned away from busy hospitals, but admits emergency department workers are "pretty much exhausted

 
Vic children's hospital diverting patients

AAP - 16-05-2022

Melbourne parents and carers have been asked to think twice about whether their children need to visit the emergency room, as the city's major children's hospital

 
Helping older Australians avoid the Emergency Department

HealthTimes - 12-05-2022

Improving the care of older Australians in a bid to help them avoid hospital emergency departments will be the focus a new project that federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says

 
Future health planning gaps between GPs, nurses and the public exposed

HealthTimes - 28-04-2022

As Australia’s population ages, nurses recommend people start actioning Advance Care Planning in their early 40s, 15 years ahead of what GPs suggest and what the public

 

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