A selection of links to the latest press releases, tenders and announcements relevant to the Australian health industry

Aged Care

View all 03/02/2025

New Aged Care Act Rules consultation – Release 2b – Consolidated Draft Rules Relating to Funding – Supporting Document

31/01/2025

ACQSC: Sector Readiness Plan

30/01/2025

Success in online lifestyle trial to improve cognition in older adults – UNSW Sydney Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing

22/01/2025

Apply now for the Support at Home and new Aged Care Act Transition Support Grant

21/01/2025

ACQSC: Regulatory Strategy placemat for aged care workers

Allied

View all 03/02/2025

Cheaper medicine for lung cancer patients

31/01/2025

$18.4 million to support nursing students with clinical placements in aged care

TIME TO STOP EXCUSES AND DELAYS AND FIX SENIORS’ ORAL HEALTH – The Australian Dental Association

30/01/2025

ACN welcomes streamlined processes for overseas nurses

PSA announce intent to acquire Australasian College of Pharmacy

Commonwealth

View all 31/01/2025

AIHW: Towards a national primary health care data collection – dementia demonstration project

AIHW: Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme prescriptions: monthly data

AIHW: Medicare Benefits Scheme funded services: monthly data

30/01/2025

AIHW: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander specific primary health care: results from the OSR and nKPI collections

DoHAC: Single Employer Model (SEM) jurisdiction-led trial Principles and Parameters

Community Care

View all 15/03/2024

Indigenous Governance Awards 2024: Applications extended

07/02/2024

Northern Sydney’s leading community care provider welcomes new name, Proveda

25/10/2023

Championing recognition for unpaid carers

24/10/2023

Care in the comfort of home: WSLHD launches inTouch Community Care video consultations in western Sydney

18/07/2023

ACT Health: CanTEST final report finds strong community support

Devices

View all 12/12/2024

Australian women lose class action over controversial medical device

28/11/2024

PCHS24/01: National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards requirements for reprocessing of reusable medical devices in practices

AS24/01: National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards requirements for reprocessing of reusable medical devices in health service organisations

23/09/2024

Radiopharm Theranostics: Launching American Depositary Receipt program

Oncosil: First Comparative Analysis Indicates Significant Benefits from Adding OncoSil™ to Chemotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer

Digital Health

View all 30/01/2025

Pathologists’ guide to artificial intelligence

14/01/2025

Mapping the Landscape of Digital Health Intervention Strategies: 25-Year Synthesis

24/12/2024

ADHA: Keeping prescriptions in one place now makes my health app the first stop for a healthy holiday

16/12/2024

LTR Pharma Announces Early Launch of Online Men’s Health Platform

Alfred Health deploys GE system to optimise operations

Disability

View all 03/02/2025

Supporting young children with disability or developmental concerns

31/01/2025

Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–2031 Outcomes Framework: 3rd annual report

30/01/2025

DSS: Updated Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021-2031, building a more inclusive Australia

24/01/2025

NDIS Independent Advisory Council releases 2023-24 Annual Report

NDIS provider fined $1.9m over death of at-risk man who choked on a toasted sandwich

Education

View all 27/11/2024

Public humiliation is still a common teaching tool in medical education. Here’s how it leaves patients worse off

22/11/2024

CDU to expand allied health services in Darwin – Charles Darwin University

18/11/2024

AMC: International Medical Graduate Experiences Survey

24/10/2024

ACCC authorises shared practices for graduate medical schools

02/09/2024

Charles Darwin University medical school to accept first students in semester one, 2025

Emergency Services

View all 17/01/2025

Moss Vale community a step closer to new ambulance station

15/01/2025

Crisis-hit health system ramping crisis deepens as official data shows thousands of hours lost to ‘police being ramped’

14/01/2025

‘Improvements necessary’: HealthShare Victoria given procurement role to tackle ambulance service demand

13/01/2025

Lift-off for new LifeFlight helicopter as service expands

17/12/2024

Second Dedicated Stroke Ambulance Hits Victoria’s Roads

Federal Government

View all 31/01/2025

Stephen Jones to leave parliament

29/01/2025

Dutton confirms he would axe Canberra APS jobs

20/01/2025

Australians waiting up to three times as long for health claims to be processed under Labor

Minister Wells Statement

16/01/2025

CHF: Health Legislation Amendment (Modernising My Health Record—Sharing by Default) Bill 2024

First Nations

View all 22/01/2025

Victoria: Culturally Safe Breast Screening For Aboriginal Women

24/12/2024

DoHAC: National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy

DoHAC: First Nations Health Governance Group (FNHGG) communique – December 2024

DoHAC: FNGPTC communique – 11 November 2024

16/12/2024

DoHAC: A better way: suicide prevention in First Nations communities

Hospitals

View all 03/02/2025

Heart Support Australia seeks new Hospital Patient Visitor volunteers

30/01/2025

Australian Greens announce plan to invest billions in public hospitals

29/01/2025

Eurobodalla Regional Hospital moves ahead with first concrete pour complete and highway roundabout works to begin

A healthy future for the Grafton Base Hospital Redevelopment and old Grafton Gaol

Spinal surgery, aged care, long COVID: Australia’s most expensive hospital stays revealed

Insurance

View all 28/01/2025

‘It’s a death sentence’: US health insurance system is failing, say doctors

20/01/2025

Bupa and Healthscope remain at impasse that could leave millions paying out of pocket at 38 hospitals

24/12/2024

ACCC proposes not to authorise boycott of private health insurers as part of Catholic hospitals collective bargaining

16/12/2024

APRA releases enhanced annual private health insurance statistics for 2023-2024

03/12/2024

Treating health funds like cash cows will be a disaster for our health system

LGBTQIA+

View all 17/01/2025

Supporting Young LGBTIQA+ Victorians To Live Their Best Lives

16/12/2024

AMA: Action plan to boost health and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people welcomed

The Greens: LGBTIQA+ health action plan light on meaningful reform

13/12/2024

LGBTQIA+ Action Plan important to close health gaps, says PHAA

18/11/2024

Tasmania: LGBTIQA+ health Action Plan 2024-2027 released

Medical practitioners

View all 13/08/2024

Medical Board of Australia’s August news for medical practitioners

30/08/2023

Doctor under investigation after patient dies

18/07/2023

Training the next generation of doctors in NSW

03/07/2023

Doctors on notice as cosmetic surgery practice and advertising changes come into effect

21/06/2023

National Health Practitioner Ombudsman: May review

Medico-legal

View all 15/08/2023

Historic win for junior doctors in wage theft case for unpaid overtime

13/07/2023

Charlie Teo found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct

08/06/2023

Mixed prospects for Merck lawsuit against US federal government, says GlobalData

17/05/2023

Three health practitioners hit with fines over unlawful importation of prescription medicines

15/05/2023

Maurice Blackburn Lawyers welcome OAIC decision to investigate Medibank complaint

Mental Health

View all 30/01/2025

DoHAC: Terms of reference – Psychosocial Project Group

DoHAC: New headspace for young people on Bribie Island

28/01/2025

Mental Health Capital Renewal Fund 2024-25 round open for submissions

23/01/2025

Cairns Hospital mental health unit officially opened

20/01/2025

Latest DVA stuff up sees thousands of psychiatry referrals incorrectly funded

Organisations

View all 23/01/2025

One Nation’s demand to exit WHO embraced by Trump

18/12/2024

Australian Medical Council annual report

17/12/2024

AUTISM PEAK BODY WELCOMES GRANT FUNDING: FAMILIES NEED OUR SUPPORT NOW MORE THAN EVER – Autism Awareness Australia

03/10/2024

ANU announces major restructure as it faces ‘financial challenge’

23/10/2023

IHACPA Annual Report 2022–23

Payments

View all 06/09/2023

Queensland Government: 7 projects get $1 million to boost health and community services workforce

24/08/2023

Raise more revenue to fairly fund services: ACOSS response to the IGR

22/08/2023

NHMRC: Over $9 million for collaborative research projects to improve health care access and equity

14/08/2023

Historic win for junior doctors in wage theft case for unpaid overtime

07/08/2023

RACGP and AMA meeting ACT political leaders to gain clarity for GPs on payroll tax concerns

Pharma/Biotech

View all 31/01/2025

Inoviq: KEY MILESTONES ACHIEVED IN DIAGNOSTICS AND THERAPEUTICS

OPTISCAN RECEIVES $1.775m R&D TAX REFUND

Optiscan QUARTERLY ACTIVITIES & CASHFLOW REPORT

Little Green Pharma: Quarterly activities report

Radiopharm Theranostics: Quarterly Activities/Appendix 4C Cash Flow Report

Primary Care

View all 03/02/2025

AMA media conference: It’s time to Modernise Medicare

31/01/2025

Celebrating Northern Sydney Nurses: Sydney North Health Network Highlights the Vital Role of Primary Care – Sydney North Health Network

Boost to GPs in South Australia, but training investment needed – Royal Australian College of GPs

30/01/2025

Free vaccine will protect NSW from deadly Meningococcal B: RACGP – Royal Australian College of GPs

28/01/2025

Bulk‐billing rates and out‐of‐pocket costs for general practitioner services in Australia, 2022, by SA3 region: analysis of Medicare claims data

Public Health

View all 03/02/2025

Australian Respiratory Surveillance Report

28/01/2025

Stop telling women they are too young to have breast cancer – Breast Cancer Network Australia

Voluntary assisted dying is legal in Australia – but many of us don’t know

24/01/2025

NZ gov’t reshuffle prioritises health in 2025

23/01/2025

Next Aust Govt must act on obesity, gambling, and climate harms – Public Health Association of Australia

Research

View all 03/02/2025

New research unlocks key to long-lasting immune response in cancer and chronic diseases

$20 million funding boost for childhood brain cancer research

31/01/2025

DoHAC: National Health and Medical Research Strategy Chair webinar 5 December 2024 – Presentation

Senator Anne Ruston: Labor Condemned for Cutting Critical Medical Research Funding

29/01/2025

$11 Million to Fill Gap in Australian Health and Climate Research

Rural Health

View all 03/02/2025

Have your say in 2025 Rural Health Issues Survey

16/12/2024

DoHAC: Statement of Intent from the National Rural Health Commissioner – 2 September 2024 to 30 June 2026

11/12/2024

Australian Government ensures future of Royal Flying Doctor Service

22/11/2024

Victoria: New Premises For National Centre For Farmer Health

21/11/2024

NSW: First look at expanded Tamworth Palliative Care Unit

Specialists

View all 03/02/2025

GMHBA to support members on cancer journey through new partnership with Osara Health

24/01/2025

Timely access to specialist outpatient care: can applying systems thinking unblock our waiting lists?

23/01/2025

Review of Paediatric Clinical Examination in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

21/01/2025

Vic’s Peter Mac cancer centre to overhaul HPC

17/12/2024

Invion: HONOURARY PROFESSOR ROBERT RAMSAY FROM PETER MACAPPOINTED AS SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR

States

View all 03/02/2025

Victorian man prosecuted for producing fake registration certificate

More than 1000 junior doctors start work in NSW

31/01/2025

New four-year trial to give regional Queenslanders better access to GPs, doctors

Victoria: Investing In Medtech So Patients Can Breathe Easier

Victoria: Pill Testing At Four More Festivals

Technology

View all 30/01/2025

NRFC invests $32 million in lifesaving medical Artificial Intelligence provider Harrison.ai

24/01/2025

AI medical scribes in primary care

AI medical scribes in primary care

23/01/2025

Trump unveils $500B ‘Project Stargate’ to build AI infrastructure in the U.S.

16/01/2025

The health information management workforce: Looking to the future

Tenders

View all 03/02/2025

Tender: Royal Darwin Hospital Mental Health Inpatient Unit

Tender: Western Australia Department of Health Community Aids and Equipment Program – Complex Needs and Specialised Equipment Services

Tender: Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency Doctors’ Health Services

Tender: Murray PHN Telepsychology Services

31/01/2025

DoHAC: Channel Nine Queensland Telethon 2025

Women's Health

View all 14/01/2025

Victoria: New Grants Program Boosting Women’s Health Research

24/12/2024

DoHAC: National Women’s Health Advisory Council Annual Report 2023–24

DoHAC: Additional funding to continue work of the National Women’s Health Advisory Council

12/12/2024

DoHAC: Update on cervical screening self-collection uptake

11/12/2024

International Monash partnership announces Premature Ovarian Insufficiency guidelines

Workforce

View all 21/01/2025

Beloved Parkside doctor Andrew Hunter identified as the victim of Sunday’s Kangaroo Island drowning

15/01/2025

National Maternity Workforce Strategy: Consultation Survey

Surgeon faces court over alleged confidentiality breach

‘Urine fetish’: Health worker’s Blue Card bid rejected after phone hidden above urinals

14/01/2025

Twelve days’ reproductive health leave could save $26b