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New cheaper medicines for autoimmune conditions, cancer and heart disease
Australians with types of vasculitis, leukaemia, heart disease, ulcerative colitis and arthritis now have access to new and expanded cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).Minister for Health and Aged Care, speech - 8 October 2024
Read Minister Butler's address to RACGP Health of the Nation Report launch at Parliament House.Reviews consider how to further strengthen Medicare
Three reviews that examined some of the structures and systems that underpin Medicare, general practice and primary care are now complete:
• the Review of General Practice Incentives
• the Review of After Hours Primary Care Programs and Policy, and
• the Working Better for Medicare Review.Professor Paul Kelly retirement
Today, Professor Paul Kelly has announced his decision to retire from his position as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the Department of Health and Aged Care.Ensuring access to rare cancer treatment for patients with neuroblastoma
Every Australian child and young adult with high-risk neuroblastoma will continue to have free access at Australian hospitals to a promising medicine not otherwise available in Australia, known as DFMO, thanks to an agreement secured from the Albanese Government.Queensland's Stronger Medicare Awards finalists
A GP, a nurse, an Aboriginal health practitioner and two multidisciplinary health teams are Queensland’s finalists in the Stronger Medicare Awards.Victoria's Stronger Medicare Awards finalists
Eleven individuals and teams, covering general practice, psychology, nursing and multidisciplinary teams, are Victoria’s finalists in the Stronger Medicare Awards.Almost $18 million for world-first Australian research project for heart attack protection
The Albanese Government is investing almost $18 million in a world-first Australian research project that will trial a drug discovered by Australian researchers that protects the heart during a heart attack.$13 million to drive aged care innovation
The Australian Government is investing a further $13 million to drive innovation across the aged care sector.SA Medicare Urgent Care Clinics hit 50,000 presentations as new clinic opens in Para Hills
The Australian Government is delivering better access to urgent health care for residents in Adelaide’s northeast with the opening of a new Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (Medicare UCC) at the McIntyre Medical Centre.Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 3 October 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on Para Hills Medicare Urgent Care Clinic.Radio interview with the Assistant Minister for Ageing, MIX 104.9 Darwin – 3 October 2024
Read the transcript from Assistant Minister Thwaites' interview with Katie Woolf on the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card, and the Seniors Roundtable in the Northern Territory.Radio interview with Minister Butler and Matthew Pantelis, FIVEAA Mornings - 2 October 2024
Read the interview between Minister Butler and Matthew Pantelis on the shingles vaccination.Improving Australia's world-class healthcare in a changing climate
19 major organisations will work together to deliver action on climate and health.More women getting screened this Breast Cancer Month
The Albanese Labor Government is celebrating an increase in breast cancer screening rates this Breast Cancer Month.Securing supply of PrEP
The Australian Government is ensuring thousands of Australians, with or at risk of contracting HIV, are protected by securing the supply of tenofovir with emtricitabine, or PrEP, by temporarily approving the supply on an alternative overseas-registered brand.
Pharmacists prepared to help Australians quit vaping
From today, new vaping reforms come into force to protect Australian kids from the harms of vaping and nicotine dependence.Mental health research boost
The Australian Government has committed over $14 million in mental health research through the Million Minds Mental Health Research Mission to protect Australians for decades to come.$50 million for innovative research into mental health, melanoma and more
The search for a multi-season flu vaccine, better treatment for schizophrenia, and how gut microorganisms may fight off melanoma, are 3 projects sharing in $50 million in health research funding from the Australian Government.Radio interview with Minister Butler and Jacqui Felgate, 3AW Drive – 1 October 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Jacqui Felgate on vape law changes.More opportunities for students to become psychologists
Read Assistant Minister McBride's opinion piece from the Daily Telegraph on the 30/9/2024.Australian Government funds mental health first aid training for healthcare workers
The Australian Government is investing $7.37 million in the Mental Health First Aid Training Program to support medical, nursing, midwifery, and allied health students to manage their mental health.Government backs "Deadly Choices" preventative health program
The Australian Government is expanding the highly successful “Deadly Choices” preventative health program to improve the health outcomes of First Nations Australians.Supporting victim-survivors of FSDV in the Nepean Blue Mountains area
The Australian Government is investing $1.9 million to better care for victim survivors of Family, Sexual and Domestic Violence (FSDV) in the Nepean Blue Mountains area of New South WalesRadio interview with Minister Butler and Scott Levi, ABC Central Coast Breakfast – 24 September 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Scott Levi on AFL, Central Coast listening tour, Medicare bulk billing rebates, vaping crackdown and the Royal Commission into Aged Care.
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