Tag: Health
"Good take-up' at free swine flu vaccinations
More than 55,000 Queenslanders have been vaccinated against swine flu so far at free weekend clinics being held at high schools around the state.[MORE]
Mine boom causes doctor housing shortage
A central western New South Wales mayor says the local mining boom has led to a shortage of housing for doctors who are considering working in the region.[MORE]
Indigenous health funding a win-win
The West Australian General Practice Network says $145 million in indigenous health funding is a step in the right direction.[MORE]
Revamped cerebral palsy office opens
The Cerebral Palsy League (CPL) in Toowoomba will today open its refurbished offices just months after a break-in threatened to derail the non-profit organisation.[MORE]
Surgeons boycott TAC, WorkCover claims
A Carramut woman claims surgeons are boycotting TAC and WorkCover patients.[MORE]
Coal dust health claims 'misleading'
A resident in Gladstone, in central Queensland, says comments from the State Government that coal dust is not a risk to people's health are misleading.[MORE]
Meningococcal man dies
A man from the New South Wales Hunter Valley has died from meningococcal disease.[MORE]
Quality against quantity in the US health reforms
"We need courage," president Obama said, as he kicked off a week already deemed the make-or-break week for health care reform. We seem to have had a few make-or-break weeks over health care in the past few months but this one comes with a few other rhetorical riders as well - "one last shot" and "one final pitch" for example.[MORE]
Blind soldier 'sees' with his tongue
A British soldier left blind by a grenade in Iraq has told how his life has been transformed by ground-breaking technology that enables him to "see" with his tongue.[MORE]
Concern over library air quality
The Bega Valley Shire Council in the New South Wales South East says it is working to fix the air quality in Bega library, after a concerning assessment report.[MORE]
Liver transplant ready to go ahead
A 25-year-old West Australian woman with a history of drug addiction will undergo a live liver transplant in Singapore tomorrow.[MORE]
Approval for Midland health campus plans
The Commonwealth has given the go ahead for the private sector to run the new $360 million Midland health campus, provided there are no job losses.[MORE]
NT to get 'fair share' of rural doctors
Federal Minister Warren Snowdon says the Northern Territory will get its fair share of doctor trainees under the Government's new plan. [MORE]
Marj was a mistake, admits Rann
Premier Mike Rann again raises the controversy over the Marj name for Labor's planned new hospital.[MORE]
Hospital says specialist's resignation won't impact patients
The general manager of the Alice Springs Hospital says patients will not be affected by the departure of the head of obstetrics and gynaecology.[MORE]
Doubt cast over doctor training scheme
The vice-president of the Rural Doctors Association has applauded a plan to train more GPs but thinks it may be hard to implement in regional areas.[MORE]
Asbestos find no threat to students: Education Dept
The Education Department says asbestos found on a construction site at a Karratha school has been disposed of and students are not at risk.[MORE]
HIV infections increasing in Queensland
Queensland Health says the number of reported HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) cases in the state is climbing.[MORE]
Doctors demand health shake-up details
The lack of detail about Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's health reform plan is still concerning medical professionals on the New South Wales mid-north coast.[MORE]
Job seeker service to help mentally ill
A new service is being rolled out on the New South Wales south coast to help people with diagnosed mental illnesses find employment.[MORE]
Fears Rudd health plan to put pressure on resources
The South Australian branch of the Rural Doctors Association says a Federal Government plan to train extra doctors could put pressure on infrastructure and training providers.[MORE]
Rudd plan to 'significantly' improve GP shortage
A group that trains GPs in central and northern Victoria says an industry shortage will be addressed by a Federal Government push to train more doctors.[MORE]
Extra rural doctors welcome but support needed
Doctors say the Federal Government's initiative to send more GPs to rural and regional areas is welcome but warns that the plan is not a quick fix solution.[MORE]
Aeromedical nurses facing axe: union
The Australian Nursing Federation says aeromedical nurses could be made redundant because the Territory Government has chosen a new contractor.[MORE]
Work still needed to keep GPs
A general practitioner training provider in Gippsland says the region will still have to work to keep GPs under a $630 million Federal Government plan.[MORE]
