E&OE… Topics: National partnership for mental health; Eating disorders; Safe use of medicines; E-cigarettes; Hospital services; Peel Health Campus eating disorder centre; Royal Commission into Aged Care. GREG HUNT: I want to welcome today’s progress through the COAG Health Ministers meeting. In particular, there was a historic agreement to work for a…
From today, Australians with complex eating disorders will be able to access new services through Medicare that will help save lives. In December 2018, the Morrison Government announced it would invest $110.7 million through Medicare to enable these life-saving services to be subsidised for the first time. Today, our Government delivers on this…
The Morrison Government will make Medicare rebates available for positron emission tomography (PET) scans for breast cancer. From 1 November 2019, the new Medicare rebates will ensure patients with advanced breast cancer can better manage and plan their treatment. Around 12,000 patients will benefit from these services each year. In 2019, the…
The Morrison Government has responded immediately to the findings of the Royal Commission into Aged Care, by delivering a united agreement from Health Ministers to that will deliver better management of medication in Aged Care. Health Ministers meeting in Perth today agreed to recognise Quality Use of Medicine and Medicine Safety to be a…
Health ministers have unanimously agreed to work in partnership to address the nationally critical issue of mental health. This historic breakthrough sets a new direction that will help deliver a seamless integrated mental health system – a once in a generation reform that puts the patient at the centre of care. It is an…