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Health and aged care spending an investment in a nation’s recovery

‘Tonight’s Commonwealth Budget makes major commitments in health and aged care, much needed to address the major challenges Australia has confronted during the COVID-19 pandemic - but there are many areas of significant need where more effort is required...

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COVID-19 shows why centre for disease control an urgent priority

‘The pandemic experience this year is a clear reason for the establishment of an Australian Centre for Disease Control,’ says Alison Verhoeven, Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) Chief Executive. ‘We welcome Labor’s announcement today...

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Digital health, disadvantage, COVID-19: the latest Australian research

‘Telehealth hospital outpatient specialist appointments do not seem to have a reduced rate of non-attendance compared with face-to-face appointments’, says the Editor-in-Chief of Australian Health Review , Dr Sonĵ Hall. Australian Health Review (AHR) is...

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Improved support for younger people in residential aged care a welcome development

An announcement today by Ministers Colbeck and Robert of a strategy and funding to support younger people in residential aged care to find age-appropriate accommodation and live independently in the community is warmly welcomed by the Australian...

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Time to end needless repeat referrals to specialists

‘It’s high time that Australia’s referral system to specialist care was brought up to date—in the interests of patients and to meet management requirements for today’s ongoing chronic health conditions’, says Alison Verhoeven, Chief Executive of the...

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Thorough documenting of COVID-19 patient screening in Australian hospitals is urgently needed, says new study

New Australian research on COVID-19 screening of hospital patients during the first wave of the pandemic found that the documentation of patient screening procedures before surgery could be improved. The COVID Screen Audit study has been published in...

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