The Hon Tony Abbott MHR - Media Items
Listed below are media items for The Hon Tony Abbott MP, Former Minister for Health and Ageing
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Previous MinistersAugust 2007
27 August 2007
Doorstop interview re Mersey Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania
24 August 2007
New Medicare Bulk-Billing Records
Medicare statistics for the June quarter of 2007 showed non-referred GP attendance bulk-billing had increased for the 14th consecutrive quarter.
21 August 2007
Health and Medical Investment Fund
The Australian Government will establish a new fund to ensure that Australians receive the benefits of new health and medical breakthroughs.
20 August 2007
Funding to help patients manage their medication
Older patients and people taking multiple medications are set to benefit from better packaging of their medicines by pharmacists.
20 August 2007
An E-Health Report Card - Speech Notes for the Australian Health Summit, Sydney
20 August 2007
Doorstop Interview, Sydney
17 August 2007
Two-year growth surge for private health insurance
Statistics issued by the Private Health Insurance Administration Council show that private health hospital insurance has increased for the eighth consecutive quarter.
17 August 2007
PBS change for Crohn’s disease
A change to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme from 1 October 2007 will provide subsidised access to adults and children of Remicade® (infliximab) for the treatment of Crohn’s disease.
17 August 2007
Mersey Community Hospital transition
A distinguished Tasmanian, the Hon Neil Batt AO, has been appointed to chair the Mersey Interim Advisory Committee to assist in making the transition to the Mersey Community Hospital and Trust.
16 August 2007
National Heart Foundation’s national walking initiative
The Australian Government will provide $1.5 million over three years to support the National Heart Foundation’s National Walking Initiative, which will help to set up walking group programs across Australia to encourage people to engage in more physical activity.
14 August 2007
More dental care through Medicare
New arrangements will provide eligible patients with up to $4,250 worth of Medicare-funded dental treatment over two consecutive calendar years.
14 August 2007
GP Education and Training Board announced
The Commonwealth Government has announced changes to the membership of the board of General Practice Education and Training (GPET) Ltd.
10 August 2007
New online service explains pathology tests
The Commonwealth Government has launched a new Internet-based service to help Australians better understand any one of the hundreds of lab tests used to screen, diagnose or monitor illness and disease.
08 August 2007
Meetings in Tasmania
The Commonwealth is keen to provide a detailed plan for the Mersey Hospital and its integration with health services in the North-West but can only do this effectively with access to information held by the State Government. To further discuss this, Commonwealth officials will meet with their State counterparts by Thursday at the latest.
02 August 2007
$36 million for Australia’s medical researchers
The Government’s $36 million Australia Fellowships, through the National Health and Medical Research Council, have been awarded to researchers in cancer, infectious diseases and mental health.
01 August 2007
August 2007 PBS listings
From 1 August 2007, new medications will be listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for age-related vision loss, breast cancer, thyroid cancer, leukaemia, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease high, cholesterol, abnormal menstrual bleeding, psoriatic or rheumatoid arthritis, HIV and osteoporosis.
01 August 2007