PC call to reveal NDIS cost-shifting
The ‘troubling’ behaviour of governments should be made public to put an end to cost-shifting, the Productivity Commission says.
Health
Aged-care bid for fee freedom
The largest for-profit aged-care providers in the country want the ability to charge any ‘private fee’.
ALP, Greens voters back pill tests
A Newspoll has found 56 per cent of people in NSW believe pill testing should be permitted at music festivals.
Hospital takeover not healthy: ALP
The NSW opposition wants the government to refer a proposed takeover of the Northern Beaches Hospital to the FIRB.
More opt out of My Health
The My Health Record will have a lower participation rate than government officials expected with the formal opt-out period ending today.
No night checks on care homes
The agency responsible for carrying out “spot checks” on nursing homes did not make a single visit after 5pm in 18 months.
Sister of VC hero like a ‘zombie’
A blind woman in a Queensland nursing home has been sedated on a potent combination of psychotropic drugs.
SA’s e-health records system abandoned
A flawed electronic medical records system implemented by South Australia’s former Labor government has been abandoned.
Providers face crackdown on chemical restraint of elderly
Aged-care providers face a crackdown over the chemcial restraint of nursing home residents after new standards were amended.
Overdoses threaten future of ‘bush doof’
A drug cloud now hangs over the future of the Rainbow Serpent dance festival.
Aged ‘doped for years at a time’
A damning submission to the aged-care royal commission reveals nursing home residents have been doped for years at a time.
Injecting pioneer seeks pill trial
A faith-based organisation that spearheaded injecting clinics in Sydney in 2011 has offered its services to a pill-testing trial.
GP interns to go bush and save millions
Allowing junior doctors to fill rural vacancies could save Medicare more than $70,000 a year for each job swap.
Brawl over ‘doping’ of elderly
Tens of thousands of cases of abuse and neglect will be revealed at the aged-care royal commission when it opens this Friday.
NDIS costs create shadow market
Expensive compliance measures associated with the NDIS are creating a potential shadow market of unregistered providers.
Measles, flu surges alarm health chiefs
A summer flu surge and a measles outbreak have health authorities urging more Australians to get vaccinated.
Mentally ill kids held in restraints
Health Minister Greg Hunt has raised concern over the number of mentally ill young people being restrained in Queensland.
Hospital billing review scrapped
The states have scrapped plans to challenge claims public hospitals ‘harvest’ privately insured patients to offset costs.
Super for IVF, but with a catch
Couples will still be granted early access to retirement savings to pay for IVF — but only if they have a diagnosed mental illness.
Fentanyl ‘epidemic’ a deadly threat
Up to 6000 people could die in Australia if the US experience of fentanyl is replicated here.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/health/page/5