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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 MinistersJune 2011
30 June 2011
Interview with Deborah Cameron - ABC 702 Sydney
30 June 2011
Press Conference – Sydney
30 June 2011
GP Care a Phone Call Away for Families
After hours GP advice will only be a phone call away for Australian families with the launch of the after hours GP helpline on 1 July 2011.
29 June 2011
Boost for Healthy Kids and Healthy Workers in South Australia
School and work are the latest South Australian battlegrounds in the fight to combat obesity and make healthier lifestyle choices following a huge boost to the Healthy Children and Healthy Workers initiatives.
29 June 2011
Telehealth Transforming Health Care
Australian patients will be able to have Medicare funded consultations with any medical specialist via a video conference for the first time starting 1 July 2011.
29 June 2011
Press Conference – Adelaide
28 June 2011
New Mersey Community Hospital Funding Agreement Signed
The future of the Mersey Community Hospital at Latrobe has been assured through a new three-year funding deal signed between the Australian and Tasmanian Governments.
27 June 2011
Transcript of Press Conference – Canberra - National Health Reform, Plain Packaging of Tobacco, Immunisation
27 June 2011
More Elective Surgery and Sub-acute Beds for the ACT: National Health Reform Delivering
The ACT is seeing immediate benefits of national health reform with an additional 800 operations and four new sub-acute beds, the result of $10.4 million provided by the Australian Government.
27 June 2011
Interview on 2GB Drive with Warren Moore
24 June 2011
Transcript of Door Stop – Melbourne - Victoria University Exercise and Sports Science Precinct
21 June 2011
Applications Sought for New $5m GP Super Clinic in Darwin’s Northern Suburbs
Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon and Senator for the Northern Territory, Trish Crossin have announced that the Department of Health and Ageing has opened the Invitation to Apply process for the establishment of the $5 million Northern Suburbs GP Super Clinic in Darwin.
21 June 2011
Press Conference – Canberra
21 June 2011
Transcript of Interview with Alan Jones – 2GB Sydney - Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Listings, Erbitux
21 June 2011
Erbitux and Other New Medicines Listed on the PBS
More than 400,000 Australians will benefit from new subsidised medicines from 1 September 2011, including patients suffering multiple sclerosis, cystic fibrosis and various forms of cancer.
17 June 2011
Medicare Locals to Reform Primary Health Care in Victoria
Four communities in Victoria will be leading primary health care reform, as Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon announced the Victorian organisations that will become Medicare Locals from 1 July 2011.
17 June 2011
Ensuring the Successful Delivery of E-Health Records
The Australian Government has announced two important appointments to further guide the implementation of the nation’s personally controlled electronic health record (PCEHR) system.
15 June 2011
Transcript of Interview on ABC News Breakfast – ABC News 24
15 June 2011
Interview with Alan Jones – 2GB Sydney
14 June 2011
Ministerial Statement
10 June 2011
Playford North GP Super Clinic Opens
More doctors, nurses and allied health professionals will be closer to home for residents in the northern suburbs of Adelaide following the opening of the new $7.5 million Playford North GP Super Clinic.
10 June 2011
Adelaide out in Front Leading Primary Health Care Reform
Adelaide is set to become one of the first communities in Australia to lead primary health care reform.
09 June 2011
33 Healthier Lifestyle Projects Nation-Wide
New healthy eating and exercise programs, including getting your hands dirty in a community garden and learning to cycle safely are taking off around the country to help combat obesity.
08 June 2011
Interview with Madonna King - ABC 612 Brisbane
07 June 2011
Transcript of Interview on ABC News Breakfast – ABC News 24 - Health Reform
07 June 2011
Transcript of Interview with Ashleigh Hall on ABC AM - Health Reform
06 June 2011
Telehealth Fees Unveiled
Patients in rural, regional and outer metropolitan areas will benefit from an increase in telehealth services with greater access to Medicare funded medical specialist video consultations available from 1 July this year.
06 June 2011
First Medicare Locals to Continue Primary Health Care Reform
Nineteen communities around Australia will lead primary health care reform as Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon announced the organisations that will become the nation’s first Medicare Locals from 1 July 2011.
06 June 2011
Interview with Fran Kelly on ABC Radio National
03 June 2011
National Health Reform Full Steam Ahead
It’s full steam ahead for national health reform in the lead-up to the Council of Australian Governments’ (COAG) finalisation of the national health reform agreement next month.
02 June 2011
Abbott Silent as Party Moves Against Big Tobacco Donations
Tony Abbott’s defiant defence of big donations from big tobacco looks set to be challenged by the Liberal Party machine in coming weeks according to a report in The Australianthis morning, Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon said today.
02 June 2011
It’s 3am and Your GP is closed — Who Can You Call?
After-hours contact with a GP will be just a phone-call away from July 1. Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon today announced that Medibank has been appointed to be the operator for the after hours GP helplineand has already recruited over 100 doctors.
01 June 2011
Big Donations from Big Tobacco Continue as Tony Abbott Ignores his MPs
Pressure is mounting on Tony Abbott to listen to the chorus of voices, including from his own MPs, and end the Liberal Party’s dangerous practice of accepting big donations from big tobacco, Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon said.