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Health Budget delivers some gains but fails to address key issues

Date: 
Wed, 15/05/2013
Spokesperson: 
Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA)

  The AHHA acknowledges the balanced approach taken by the Government in this year’s Health Budget given the difficult fiscal environment. 

Sub-acute care funding cuts will impact on the whole health system

Date: 
Tue, 14/05/2013
Spokesperson: 
Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA)

  The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association calls on the Commonwealth and all State and Territory Governments to urgently address the impending cessation of funding for critical rehabilitation services.

NDIS funding plan welcomed

Date: 
Fri, 03/05/2013
Spokesperson: 
Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA)

  The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association today welcomed the Government’s plan to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme and the commitment from the Coalition to fully support these measures. 

Commonwealth asked to intervene on fluoride

Date: 
Fri, 19/04/2013
Spokesperson: 
Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA), Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), the Australian Dental Association Inc (ADA), the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), the National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) and the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA).

 

Ongoing commitment to Closing the Gap essential for improved health outcomes

Date: 
Thu, 18/04/2013
Spokesperson: 
Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA)

  The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association calls on the Commonwealth and all State and Territory Governments to continue efforts to ‘close the gap’ and commit to ongoing funding for the initiatives and activities established through the National Partnership Agreement on Closing the Gap in Indigenous Health Outcomes.

Stronger leadership needed for public dental health

Date: 
Thu, 04/04/2013
Spokesperson: 
Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA), The Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS), the National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) and the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA)

  Four national health bodies have come together to support the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association’s call for the establishment of a Commonwealth Chief Dental Officer (CCDO) position in Canberra and a permanent Oral Health Advisory Council.

Medicare Locals and the changing rural health landscape

Date: 
Tue, 02/04/2013
Spokesperson: 
Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA), National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) and Australian Medicare Local Alliance (AML Alliance)

  Rural health care is changing at the frontline through the establishment of Medicare Locals and Local Hospital/Health Networks. Medicare Locals are primary health care oganisations bringing a new approach to local health services, creating links with local and regional hospitals and developing improvements to services provided in rural communities.

Medicare Locals a health win for consumers

Date: 
Wed, 20/03/2013
Spokesperson: 
Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA)

  The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association today highlighted the vital role of Medicare Locals within the Australian health system.

Medicine costs leave a bad taste in the mouths of Australians

Date: 
Mon, 18/03/2013
Spokesperson: 
Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA)

  The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association supports the call by The Grattan Institute for an overhaul of pharmaceutical pricing in Australia.

Primary care services need structured coordination

Date: 
Thu, 14/03/2013
Spokesperson: 
Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA)

  The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association today calls on all sides of politics to commit to a structure framework for the coordination and integration of primary care services.

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