E&OE… Topics: Online fundraising campaigns; transparency system; Australian Medical Association; Charlie Teo; flu season; the stillbirth report. SHARRI MARKSON: And welcome back to The Kenny Report. I’m joined now by the Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. Thanks for joining me. GREG HUNT: Oh, pleasure. SHARRI MARKSON: Look, I want to start…
E&OE… Topics: Community Health and Hospitals Program funding underway GREG HUNT: It’s an absolute privilege to be here at St Vincent’s Hospital and in particular at the Aikenhead Centre for Medical Discovery. To be with Toby and Patricia, Angela, brilliant professors such as Peter and Mark, is to see the best of Australian medical technology,…
E&OE… Topics: New Frontiers for Vision; euthanasia; stillbirths GREG HUNT: Look, thanks very much to Professor Margaret Gardner, Professor Elizabeth Croft and Professor Christina Mitchell and to our amazing researchers Professor Arthur Lowery and Professor Geoffrey Rose. In a sense, Monash University is the very model of the university in the 21st…
E&OE… Topics: Aged Care; National Immunisation Program; PBS & Medicare; LEON BYNER: But in the meantime I want to talk about, first of all, the failure of three South Australian Government run aged care facilities. The reason I think that people are very upset about this is because this is 2 years…
E&OE… Topics: The re-elected Morrison Government JON FAINE: Scott Morrison unveiled his new ministry over the weekend. There’s winners and losers, and one of the big winners is the Victorian- senior Victorian Liberal, Health Minister Greg Hunt, who gets new responsibilities as sort of general government trouble-shooter, it would seem as the best…
E&OE… Topics: $496 million Victorian health plan; CAR T therapy; Mental Health; Labor’s Medicare freeze NEIL MITCHELL: On the line now is the Health Minister, Greg Hunt, who personally did help get Gina to the US. Mr Hunt, good morning. GREG HUNT: Good morning, Neil. NEIL MITCHELL: Just before we get…
E&OE… Topics: $200 million to reduce out of pocket costs for scans; Dental LEON BYNER: Out-of-pocket costs for procedures including ultrasounds, x-rays, are expected to fall. It’s ending a 20-year freeze on Medicare payments – 20 years for radiology services – and the Government are announcing rebates which are due for an…
Topics: $50 million for traumatic brain injury medical research; homecare packages; Flinders; federal election GREG HUNT: It’s a privilege today to be here at the Alfred Hospital. The trauma unit here is not just one of the finest in Australia but undoubtedly one of the finest in the world. I’m very drawn to…
GREG HUNT: To Trent. To George Tambassis, for his real vision and passion and focus for community pharmacy. To David Quilty – six years officially but six years in guild time I think is the equivalent of 12 years in real human time. Thank you for all of your amazing work. And…
E&OE… Topics: New Emergency Department for Mount Barker Hospital; New SA Statewide brain and spinal rehab unit – REPAT; Ambulance ramping; ALI CLARKE: It’s good morning federal Health Minister Greg Hunt. GREG HUNT: Good morning. DAVID BEVAN: You come bearing gifts, Minister. GREG HUNT: I do indeed. I’ve got a…