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Making future healthcare choices known ‘a gesture of love’

‘Advance Care Planning, or ACP, can be a great gesture of love to your family and close friends’, Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association Chief Executive Alison Verhoeven said today. This week is National Advance Care Planning Week (16–22 April...

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Health Ministers receive early Christmas gift: blueprint maps out how to give Australians a 21st century health system

‘We’re giving Health Ministers an early Christmas gift’, said Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) Chief Executive Alison Verhoeven. ‘Over the past nine months Australian health leaders mapped out how to transform our healthcare system...

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Free online training available for carers and others delivering palliative care

To celebrate National Carers Week 2017 the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has re-launched the Palliative Care Online Training Portal, funded by the Australian Government. The Portal provides free non-clinical interactive training...

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Affordability and equity must be balanced against competition, contestability and choice in human services

‘Affordability and equity should not be forgotten in the rush to the “three Cs” of competition, contestability and choice in human services’, Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association Chief Executive Alison Verhoeven said today. Ms Verhoeven was...

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Dying to Know day 2015: learning about the end of life won’t kill you

Saturday, August 8 is National Dying to Know day, an annual event dedicated to bringing to life conversations and community actions around death, dying and bereavement. According to event organisers The Groundswell Project , the number of Australians...

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Award-winning palliative care training re-launched, expanded

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association is pleased to announce the launch today of two new, free, online palliative care training modules on pain management and recognising the deteriorating patient. The modules are hosted on an updated,...

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