E&OE… Topics: National Action Plan for Blood Cancers, September PBS listings, seasonal flu vaccine; Tamil family GREG HUNT: I’m joined this morning by Bill Petch, the CEO of the Leukaemia Foundation. Today is the first of September, the first day of Spring, the day of new medicines listings and Father’s Day. So…
The Morrison Government will establish an expert National Taskforce, and commission a National Action Plan to improve diagnosis, treatment and the understanding of blood cancers. There are three major types of blood cancer, leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma that account for almost nine per cent of all cancers diagnosed and almost 10 per cent of…
The Morrison Government will invest $27 million to provide affordable access to three new medicine listings through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), helping Australians who are living with complications following stroke, those fighting cancer, and to support the enhanced response to the outbreak of syphilis in northern, central and southern Australia. Three extended or…