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Listed below are media items for The Hon Nicola Roxon MP, Former Minister for Health and Ageing
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Previous MinistersNovember 2008
30 November 2008
A stronger health workforce - more doctors and nurses
The Rudd Government will invest $1.1 billion in training more doctors, nurses and other health professionals.
30 November 2008
$1.6 billion COAG investment in Closing the Gap
Australian Governments will invest $1.6 billion in Indigenous health to help close the appalling gap in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people within a generation.
26 November 2008
Medicare-Eligible MRI Unit for Clayton-Oakleigh
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, Member for Chisholm, Anna Burke, and Member for Hotham, Simon Crean, today announced that an additional Medicare-eligible magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) service will be provided at the Monash Medical Centre in Clayton.
25 November 2008
Improved prevention and support for perinatal depression
The Australian Government will provide $5 million to beyondblue to raise community awareness about perinatal depression, and develop information and training materials for health professionals who screen and treat new and expecting mothers for perinatal depression.
25 November 2008
Aussie Men Urged to Speak Up About Their Health
The Australian Government wants Aussie men to start talking – to help it develop Australia’s first ever National Men’s Health Policy.
21 November 2008
Young Drinkers Targeted In Ad Campaign
The Australian Government launches a series of “in your face” advertisements aimed at tackling the binge-drinking epidemic among young Australians.
18 November 2008
Chair of Health and Hospitals Fund Advisory Board
Mr Bill Ferris AC appointed as Chairman of the new Health and Hospitals Fund Advisory Board.
17 November 2008
Nurse Practitioner Scholarship Round Open
Applications for the 2009 Nurse Practitioner Scholarships are now open. The scholarships will provide up to $15,000 a year for two years to nurses to upgrade their skills to become nurse practitioners.
17 November 2008
National Binge Drinking Strategy
Nineteen community projects across Australia will receive a total of $3.6 million in the first round of grants for grassroots, community work targeted at combating the impact of excessive alcohol consumption on individuals, their families and the wider community.
16 November 2008
Skin cancer campaign launched
The Australian Government today launches the Summer 2008-2009 National Skin Cancer Awareness Campaign.
14 November 2008
Medicare bulk billing: September quarter 2008
In the 2008 September quarter, Medicare Australia processed 73.4 million services – involving the payment of benefits totalling $3.5 billion. This represented about 3.4 services and about $166 in benefits for every Australian.
14 November 2008
Improving patient transport services in Tasmania
Patient transport and accommodation will receive a $10 million boost to improve access to health services across Tasmania.
14 November 2008
World Diabetes Day
The theme of 2008’s World Diabetes Day is ‘Diabetes in Children and Adolescents’.
12 November 2008
Pharmacy Guild of Australia Annual Dinner, Great Hall, Parliament House, Canberra, 12 November 2008
10 November 2008
Medicare-Eligible MRI Unit for Joondalup
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon announced on 10 November 2008 that the Rudd Government will fund a Medicare-eligible magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) service will be provided in Joondalup, Western Australia, by SKG Radiology Pty Ltd.
10 November 2008
Medicare-Eligible MRI Unit for Armadale
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, and Member for Hasluck Sharryn Jackson announced on 10 November 2008 a Medicare-eligible magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) service funded by the Australian Government will be located in Armadale, Western Australia, by SKG Radiology Pty Ltd.
10 November 2008
All research great and small
Many of Australia’s leading health and medical researchers have reason to celebrate with the announcement of $132 million in National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Program Grants and Fellowships, as well as the NHMRC European Union Collaborative Health Research Grants.
07 November 2008
Zaidee’s rainbow hair net day
Zaidee’s Rainbow Hair Net Day – a day to raise awareness of organ donation among schoolchildren and their families.
05 November 2008
Boosting Australia’s Vital GP Workforce
The Rudd Government will invest $148 million to immediately establish new GP training places, allowing 175 additional new doctors to begin training to become GPs over the next two years.
01 November 2008
Insulin pump subsidy to benefit 700 young Australians
The Minister for Health and Ageing and Member for Gellibrand, Nicola Roxon, announced that from 1 November 2008 up to 700 young Australians with type 1 diabetes will be able to access insulin pumps subsidised by Rudd Government.
01 November 2008
Extended Prescriptions and New Medicines
Many patients with chronic illnesses will benefit from the added convenience of some PBS prescriptions now being able to be prescribed by doctors for a 12-month period.