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2019-10-19

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The Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA) today called on all political parties to work together to find solutions to the current private health insurance crisis and to develop a joint approach to the future funding of private health care in Australia.

Australian Health Care Reform Alliance

4 days ago

The imperative of vaccination "... the real significance of this development is the wakeup call it sounds on the imperative of generating a far more active and universal effort to vaccinate all of us."Professor John Dwyer is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine at UNSWWHO Update on Omicron 28 November 2021 https://www.who.int/news/item/28-11-2021-update-on-omicron ... See MoreSee Less

Omicron is fuelled by our failure to mount a coordinated global response - Pearls and Irritations

johnmenadue.com

The new Omicron coronavirus variant is a wakeup call on the need to fully vaccinate the world’s poorest nations, and our own children. Alarm bells are ringing as South Africa warns the world that a ...

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Australian Health Care Reform Alliance

6 days ago

The New FrontierThe House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health, Aged Care & Sport has released a new report 'The New Frontier: Delivering better health for all Australians’ which recommends significant reforms to the health care system to ensure Australians have better and faster access to the wave of new medicines and technologies.The bipartisan report was tabled in the House of Representatives on Thursday 25 November 2021. https://bit.ly/3DSDIbmThe report covers the Committee's Inquiry into approval processes for new drugs and novel medical technologies in Australia. The 15-month inquiry received over 200 submissions and held 13 days of public hearings in several capital cities. https://bit.ly/30ZOvlLThe approval processes for new medicines and novel medical technologies are very complex, and the report discusses different ways to streamline them to provide better and faster patient access to care.The report makes 31 recommendations to reform Australia’s system for regulation and reimbursement with the hope that patients will receive faster access to the latest medicines and technologies. Public Hearings Transcripts: https://bit.ly/3xlTYz7Hansard Transcript (Thursday pp 25-28): https://bit.ly/3HTuv4K ... See MoreSee Less

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Australian Health Care Reform Alliance

7 days ago

Regulating Australian Health PractitionersThe Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) has released its Annual Report for 2020/21. It's an informative report for a tumultuous period that saw enormous challenges, great changes and relentless pressures on health practitioners in the face of a deadly pandemic. ... See MoreSee Less

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Australian Health Care Reform Alliance

1 week ago

A Damning Silence on Climate and HealthThe Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA) has consistently reported on evidence-based issues affecting health. Prominent among these is the impact of climate change. https://bit.ly/3HQ854sThe Lancet Countdown independently monitors the health consequences of a changing climate and represents the consensus of leading researchers worldwide. https://bit.ly/3FMrCkAThe 44 indicators of the 2021 Lancet Countdown report expose an unabated rise in the health impacts of climate change - providing a clear imperative for action that puts the health of people above all else.It's therefore disconcerting that Australian Health Ministers and health departments have failed to engage more vigorously with the recently concluded COP26 Conference. https://bit.ly/3I3aid9Climate change is not an issue solely for capitalist business and companies and economists - it is a compelling matter for the health of everyone now and in the future - and the political representatives of Australia must come to grips with that reality and provide the necessary leadership.Addendum 26 November 2021The George Institute for Global Health and the Climate and Health Alliance have partnered with 35+ health and medical groups in producing an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, following the 26th UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (COP26). The letter calls on the Federal Government to scale up international climate commitments to protect the health and wellbeing of Australians and Pacific Island neighbours. https://www.caha.org.au/cop26_jointletter ... See MoreSee Less

A damning silence from Australian health ministers and departments on COP26

www.croakey.org

Introduction by Croakey: Australian health ministers and health departments failed spectacularly to engage with COP26 as an important event for

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Australian Health Care Reform Alliance

2 weeks ago

A disturbing scenario It has been well said that without health, wealth is meaningless. To achieve better health and wellbeing, Australia needs to focus on preventive and primary care, with investment in public health resources that ensures the long term resilience and sustainability of the health workforce including nurses, paramedics, medical practitioners and the other valuable staff that keep the system running. ... See MoreSee Less

'The public have no idea': Australian nurses reveal the true extent of burnout in the workforce

www.abc.net.au

Across the country nurses are burnt out, exhausted and looking for new jobs, saying COVID-19 has only exacerbated workload pressures and staffing issues that existed long before the pandemic. Here's a...

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Australian Health Care Reform Alliance

3 weeks ago

Australian bushfires 2019–20: Update on health impactsThe Australian Institute of health and Welfare has released a web report that updates the 2020 report, Australian bushfires 2019–20: exploring the short-term health impacts. This report provides additional information through the analysis of admitted patient hospitalisations, emergency department presentations and use of bushfire-specific mental health Medicare-subsidised services in Australia, as well as changes in the frequency of selected physical activities in the Australian Capital Territory. https://bit.ly/3qwLNP6The 2019–20 bushfire season saw unprecedented fires sweep across Australia with a massive impact on many communities, devastating the natural environment and compromising air quality. Air pollution is perhaps the biggest environmental risk to health, affecting all regions, settings, socioeconomic groups, and age groups https://bit.ly/3ojVOwhThe AIHW report examines a range of health data sources to assess the short-term health impacts of the bushfires, including: emergency department visits, prescription and purchase of asthma medicines, mental health service use and GP visits. Results show clear associations between increased bushfire activity, including poor air quality, and people seeking assistance for their health. It's a sobering assessment that demonstrates why climate change is recognised almost universally as posing a health emergency. https://bit.ly/3DclYHk ... See MoreSee Less

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