Hospitals ‘have right’ to refuse patients
QUEENSLAND’S top health bureaucrat says public hospitals have the right to spit back GP referrals of patients for specialist care.
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Health auditor too weak: AMA
THE new health watchdog is too weak and must be strengthened, the Australian Medical Association says.
Alcohol floor ‘a hit on elderly’
PENSIONERS, those earning less than $40,000 a year and rural Australians would be the hardest hit by a floor price on alcohol.
$300m funding fails to cut wait
THE wait for hospital treatment is getting longer despite a $300 million federal funding injection for elective surgery.
Mental pain catches bad backs
MENTAL illness is set to overtake “bad backs” as the most common reason for receiving the disability support pension.
Fears of PNG deaths from TB
THE decision to axe tuberculosis clinics will be a “death sentence” for 60 Papua New Guinean patients, a top doctor has warned.
Victoria cries foul as ministers meet
VICTORIAN Premier Ted Baillieu has accused federal Labor of trying to strip communities of control over their hospitals.
Bowel cancer ruling ‘cynical’
CANCER experts have attacked the Gillard government over the restoration of bowel cancer tests.
Budget black hole plea to MPs on health
LABOR Is ramping up pressure on crossbenchers to pass reforms to private health insurance, warning of a $2.5 billion budget black hole if the measure is defeated.
Intervention child health checks flawed
A KEY strategy of the Northern Territory intervention – child health check-ups – did not meet World Health Organisation guidelines.
National medical body ‘a debacle’
THE introduction of a national medical registration body was a “debacle” that resulted in doctors being unknowingly deregistered.
National medical body ‘a debacle’
THE introduction of a national medical registration body was a “debacle” that resulted in doctors being unknowingly deregistered and losing income.
State left with PNG health bill
ANNA Bligh’s appeal for an extra $15 million to continue treating sick Papua New Guineans was rejected by the Gillard government.
PM to put foot down on Achilles heel
HEALTH reform is proving to be the Achilles heel of the Gillard government, with state premiers threatening to derail the changes for the second time.
Roxon threat as states rebel over health
HEALTH Minister Nicola Roxon has resorted to threatening to withhold funding from the states in an effort to salvage Labor’s national hospitals reforms.
TB clinic shutdown exposes islanders
FEDERAL and Queensland officials have agreed to close tuberculosis clinics in the Torres Strait.
Funding debate creates a cot case
SOME of the 1316 sub-acute hospital beds to be funded under the Gillard government’s health reforms might be recliner chairs, cots or bassinets.
Focus on what makes a bed
SOME of the 1316 sub-acute hospital beds to be funded under the Gillard government’s health reforms might be recliner chairs, cots or bassinets.
AMA boss hits Labor on health
DOCTORS have accused Labor of failing to improve the nation’s public hospitals after four years in office.
Abbott to back plain-packet cigarettes
TONY Abbott has offered Coalition support for plain packaging of cigarettes, bowing to political pressure from Labor and sections of his own party.
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