Ambo fury over hospital gridlock
Paramedics have called for “heads to roll” after “appalling” overcrowding at the new $2.4 billion Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Health
Bitter pill over PBS savings shortfall
A key savings measure for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme came up $864 million short last year.
McKinsey scoops $20m from Medicare review
Consultants from McKinsey have scooped $20 million to help the Medicare review taskforce find savings for the health budget.
Insurance cover turns aside natural therapies
The government will restrict health insurance coverage for natural therapies as a way to put downward pressure on premiums.
Autism driving up NDIS costs Autism revealed as major NDIS cost
The National Disability Insurance Scheme is on track to cost more than $33 billion by the end of the next decade.
Medicine ‘shrinking brains of children’
Antipsychotic medications may be shrinking the brains of thousands of Australian children.
No talks before policy cap plan
The lobby group for the life insurance sector proposes a $500,000 cap for people disclosing adverse tests for genetic diseases.
Owler’s Mediscare Mark II: Libs to ‘destroy’ healthcare
The man being touted as Labor’s Mr Medicare — high-flying Sydney neurosurgeon Brian Owler — has come out swinging.
Prognosis poor on GP careers
The number of medical graduates choosing to become GPs is falling amid ongoing political debate over Medicare.
Anti-vax filmmaker gets a visa
A British anti-vaccination filmmaker barred from entering Australia for screenings in August will be here next year.
Taxpayer funds for cult DVD on autism
An instructor in a ‘cult’ sold parents taxpayer-funded DVDs saying autistic children could see spirits from past lives.
Libs open fire on fees, aiming to clip Owler’s wings
Labor’s would-be member for Bennelong, neurosurgeon Brian Owler, has denied claims of excessive charging.
Millions to be saved from fewer GP scripts
The government’s new restrictions on foreign doctors will lead to fewer scripts being written for medications.
‘Cult’ teacher gets NDIS funds
A “behaviour specialist’’ who teaches in a “socially harmful cult’’ runs a clinic that receives money from the NDIS.
Probe of hospitals’ double dipping
A landmark investigation will use data-matching to look for evidence of public hospitals billing Medicare for patient care.
Funding spruiked in battleground
The Premier spruiks healthcare funding in Victoria’s Nationals heartland as Labor sets its sights on winning votes outside the city.
NDIS funding brawl ‘shameful’
Scott Morrison has accused Labor of cynical politics after the opposition criticised changes to NDIS funding.
Delays hold back nuclear medicine
Australia’s production of nuclear medicine is in disarray, with a world-class manufacturing plant two years behind schedule.
Psychologist ‘ran New Age cult’
A psychologist accused of once leading a cult has been working as an approved provider of an autism program since 2015.
‘Fraud’ exposes flaws in NDIS provider scrutiny
Officials concede they have no way of knowing whether new providers under the NDIS had committed taxpayer fraud.
Partners in health deal with big Texan
The Morrison government will today sign a deal with the largest medical complex in the world to encourage collaboration.
ALP vows action on mental health
Victorian Labor has promised a royal commission into mental health in a bid to tackle a crisis labelled a “national emergency”.
Suicide machine on show
The world’s first 3D-printable suicide machine will be on show in Australia from next week.
‘Fund sport or face mediocrity’
The Olympic chief has warned current funding levels are condemning Australia to greater levels of obesity.
Aged-care pay rises on horizon
The Coalition is moving on a major aged care workforce report which could lift pay rates for nurses and personal care workers.
‘PC plot’ to denigrate Cilento
Lady Phyllis Cilento’s descendants have lashed out at ‘politically correct’ efforts to denigrate the pioneering doctor.
NDIS rort accused has ties to ‘daycare fraud’
A man accused of stealing $480,000 from the NDIS has ties to a company sanctioned for obtaining daycare payments “by fraud”.
‘Replace’ unsafe Lucas Heights facility
There is a “make do and mend” culture at the Australian government’s nuclear medical facility at Lucas Heights.
Flesh-eating bug infections nearing record
The mysterious flesh-eating bug epidemic infecting Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula now has experts seriously worried.
Prosecutors seek more time for NDIS brief
Prosecutors require more time to prepare evidence against a man charged with defrauding disabled people.
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