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Securing cheaper medicines and improved patient outcomes through 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement
The Australian Government and Pharmacy Guild of Australia have reached a Heads of Agreement for an 8th Community Pharmacy Agreement (8CPA).Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 14 March 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's press conference on empowering nurse practitioner care in SA; rural and regional health workforce; flu vaccines; RSV vaccines.Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, speech at the 67th Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Vienna, Austria – 14 March 2024
Read Assistant Minister McBride's speech to the 67th Commission on Narcotic Drugs side event titled 'On the road to 2029: How to accelerate our efforts to ensure safe access to essential controlled medicines for all patients in need while ensuring rational use and preventing diversion’.Assistant Minister for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, speech – 12 March 2024
Read Assistant Minister McBride's pre-recorded speech for the Preventive Mental Health Symposium in Melbourne.New mental health youth services coming to Tasmania
Young people in Tasmania will soon have better access to mental health support with a new statewide early psychosis service and an additional headspace centre on Hobart’s eastern shore.Australian delegation to the high-level segment for the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs
Assistant Minister the Hon Emma McBride MP will lead Australia’s delegation to the High-Level Segment of the 67th session for the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND).Nominate a Medicare champion today
Nominations are now open for the Stronger Medicare Awards.New headspace centre for Box Hill
The Box Hill community will now benefit from a new headspace centre.Radio interview with Assistant Minister McBride and Rod Sparks, ABC South East SA Mount Gambier - 7 March 2024
Read the transcript of Assistant Minister McBride's interview with Rod Sparks on Mount Gambier's Medicare Urgent Care Clinic; Head to Health.Urgent care and mental health services available for Mount Gambier residents
The Mount Gambier Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) is making it easier for locals to the urgent care they need when and where they need it and taking pressure off Mount Gambier and Districts Health Service.Podcast interview with Minister Butler and Bension Siebert - The Briefing – 7 March 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Bension Siebert on vaping.Private health insurance premiums rise less than wages, pensions and inflation
The Australian Government has ensured Australians get value for money from their private health insurance, with the average cost of private health insurance premiums rising at a much slower rate than the increase in wages, the age pension and inflation.Radio interview with Minister Butler and Nadia Mitsopoulos, ABC Radio Perth – 5 March 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's interview with Nadia Mitsopoulos which covered private health insurance premiums.Radio interview with Minister Butler and Chris O'Keefe, 2GB Drive – 5 March 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Chris O'Keefe on private health premiums rising less than other insurance.Minister for Health and Aged Care, doorstop - 3 March 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's doorstop on cheaper medicines; new medicines added to 60-day prescriptions; listing of Forxiga; heart failure; diabetes; ketamine.New headspace service for Hawkesbury
Young people in the Hawkesbury area are now benefiting from a permanent headspace centre.Australians with chronic heart failure benefit from cheaper medicines on the PBS
Australians with chronic heart failure now have access to cheaper medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS).Cheaper medicines with twice as many medicines now available for a 60-day prescription
The Albanese Government is making medicines cheaper by doubling the number of medicines now available for a 60-day prescription, with an additional 94 medicines for stable, ongoing health conditions like diabetes, epilepsy, breast cancer and menopause now eligible.COVID-19 2024 vaccine advice
The Australian Government has accepted the latest advice from the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) on the National COVID-19 Vaccine Program for 2024.Radio interview with Minister Butler and Craig Reucassel, ABC Radio Sydney Breakfast - 29 February 2024
Read the interview with Minister Butler and Craig Reucassel on the new influencer-led vaping campaign; next steps of vaping reform; snus; private health insurance.Radio interview with Minister Butler and Raf Epstein, ABC Melbourne Mornings - 29 February 2024
Read the transcript of Minister Butler's interview with Raf Epstein on the new influencer-led vaping campaign; next steps of vaping reform; private health insurance.More rare conditions considered for newborn bloodspot screening and new treatment option for spinal muscular atrophy
On Rare Disease Day, the Albanese Government has announced two more rare genetic conditions have been recommended by the independent group of experts for addition to Australian newborn bloodspot screening (NBS) and a new treatment option for infants with spinal muscular atrophy.Next steps of vaping reform and launch of influencer-led youth vaping campaign
The Australian Government’s world leading vaping reforms are progressing, with the next stage of import restrictions taking effect from 1 March, as well as the launch of a government communications campaign targeting youth vaping.Minister for Health and Aged Care - press conference - 28 February 2024
Read the transcript from Minister Butler's press conference on vaping, private health insurance, tobacco and the Community Pharmacy Agreement.A new Head to Health for Tuggeranong
The Tuggeranong community will soon have a safe place to access free mental health support, with a new Head to Health mental health service for adults receiving funding and set to open later this year.
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