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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 MinistersSeptember 2008
25 September 2008
Opening speech, Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association Congress 2008, Rydges Lakeside Resort, "Reform - the New Era", Canberra, 25 September 2008,
24 September 2008
Researchers earn grants for palliative care
Sixteen researchers have received grants to conduct research into palliative-care practices.
24 September 2008
Biggest breast cancer study: 100,000 women
About 100,000 women will be sought to take part in Australia’s biggest in-depth study of breast cancer.
24 September 2008
New measures give public a voice on potential PBS medicines
From today, consumers will be able to comment on medicines being considered for listing on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).
22 September 2008
Junior Doctor GP Training Places Boosted
The Australian Government will boost training for junior doctors in general practice, in an effort to increase the number of GPs across Australia.
20 September 2008
Annual Ben Chifley Memorial "Light on the Hill" Dinner Panthers Leagues Club, Bathurst 20 September 2008 “The Light on the Hill: History Repeating”
18 September 2008
Rudd Government introduces Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority legislation
The Rudd Government today introduced legislation in the House of Representatives to set up the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority, which will implement and oversee Australia's new organ donation and transplantation system.
16 September 2008
Funding boost to rural and remote health infrastructure
12 September 2008
Speech to the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine Access Block Solutions Summit – Hilton Hotel Melbourne 12 September 2008
10 September 2008
Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses, Annual Conference, “CATSIN Dreaming” , Adelaide, 10 September 2008
10 September 2008
World Suicide Prevention Day – New Australian Suicide Prevention Advisory Council
The Rudd Government will bring together key community experts in suicide prevention to develop the National Suicide Prevention Strategy, and invest $2.4 million in an innovative suicide-prevention pilot program.
10 September 2008
Maternity services discussion paper launched
As part of the Rudd Government’s development of a national action plan for maternity services, Health Minister Nicola Roxon today launched a discussion paper on improving maternity services in Australia.
10 September 2008
Raising Awareness of Gynaecological Cancer
Today is Gynaecological Cancer Awareness Day – a day to raise awareness among all Australians about the importance of gynaecological health.
09 September 2008
Rudd Government Improves Help for Women with Breast Cancer
The Rudd Government is investing $43 million to support women with breast cancer –delivering new breast cancer nurses to rural and regional areas and providing a subsidy of up to $400 for breast prostheses through Medicare Australia.
04 September 2008
Book Launch, ‘The Other Anzacs: Nurses at War, 1914-1918’ Parliament House, Canberra 4 September 2008
01 September 2008
National Asthma Week – Australians Urged to Take Control
The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, today urged Australians with asthma not to be complacent and to take control of their condition.
01 September 2008
Whooping Cough and Diabetes Targeted By New PBS Listings
From 1 September 2008, the liquid form of clarithromycin will be available on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for the treatment of pertussis or ‘whooping cough’, and for atypical Mycobacterium infections. An additional brand of blood glucose tests strips for diabetics will also be added to the PBS.