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

Aged Care

View all 24/12/2024

DoHAC: New Aged Care Act: A GPMS guide to digital changes for providers

DoHAC: Care minutes targets in residential aged care by service (financial year 2024–25)

DoHAC: COVID-19 outbreaks in Australian residential aged care homes – 20 December 2024

16/12/2024

Commonwealth Ombudsman: Design changes for Star Ratings consultation

DoHAC: Aged Care Worker Survey 2024 report

Allied

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NSW Health: Southern NSW Midwifery Group Practice expanded to Goulburn

12/12/2024

ACN collaboration with Ugandan nurses and midwives – Australian College of Nursing

11/12/2024

NSW Health: Moss Vale community a step closer to a new ambulance station

Cook Government delivers new Midwifery Birth Centre at Bentley

28/11/2024

National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards Guide for Ambulance Health Services

Commonwealth

View all 24/12/2024

ABS: Provisional Mortality Statistics

DoHAC: Transition periods for manufacturers, importers, and retailers of tobacco products

DoHAC: Delivering an eating disorder centre for SA

DoHAC: New agreement to ensure medicines stay cheaper and on pharmacy shelves

PBS: Utilisation analysis of heart failure medicines listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS)

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 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

12/12/2024

‘Self-evolving’ virtual hospital concept in China to go public in 2025

11/12/2024

DoHAC: Digital Transformation Sector Partners meeting summary – 8 November 2024

Disability

View all 24/12/2024

WAL Disability Royal Commission roadmap released today

18/12/2024

NDIS gets $1b injection to slow growth even as budget slides into deficit

16/12/2024

New study reveals NDIS reforms penalise NDIS clients – Massage & Myotherapy Australia / Australian Natural Therapies Association / Australian Traditional

13/12/2024

NDIS growth curb ahead of schedule, but budget burden grows

11/12/2024

NDS: New research highlights urgent need for sustainable services for people with disability

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 17/12/2024

Second Dedicated Stroke Ambulance Hits Victoria’s Roads

30/09/2024

Motocross teenager thanks LifeFlight after crash

18/06/2024

Free emergency ambulances for Canberrans in Greens’ election pitch

20/05/2024

More paramedics and call takers join NSW Ambulance

03/05/2024

Systemic delays blamed for CFA volunteer’s death

Federal Government

View all 17/12/2024

Sen Anne Ruston: Labor Fails on Home Care Promise to Older Australians

13/12/2024

Sen Anne Ruston: Labor blames themselves for Australia’s healthcare crisis

05/12/2024

Treasury: 2025–26 Pre-Budget submissions

03/12/2024

Gifts and benefits standing disclosure for airline memberships – October 2024

28/11/2024

National Safety and Quality Primary and Community Healthcare Standards Guide for Healthcare Services

First Nations

View all 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

11/12/2024

NACCHO Welcomes the First Nations Health Care in Prisons National Review

Hospitals

View all 18/12/2024

Ramsay Health Care: Armidale Private Hospital doc celebrates 1,000 new knees

Have ED times really improved enough to prevent another child’s death?

17/12/2024

IHACPA: National Coding Advice

16/12/2024

DoHAC: List of declared hospitals

NSW Health: Construction moving ahead for Eurobodalla’s new $330 million hospital

Insurance

View all 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

02/12/2024

DoHAC: Private Health Insurer pandemic commitment monitoring – 2024

Bupa moves customer service offshore in latest blow to 4 million members

LGBTQIA+

View all 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

21/10/2024

DoHAC: LGBTIQA+ Health and Wellbeing 10-year National Action Plan Expert Advisory Group (EAG) communique – 18 October 2024

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 16/12/2024

AMA submission on strengthening the Australian Mental Health Commission

11/12/2024

Building Better Mental Health Facilities Across Victoria

10/12/2024

Australia’s mental healthcare system failing those who need it most: AMA warns

03/12/2024

Mental Health Australia: Statement on Addressing Unmet Need for Psychosocial Support Outside the NDIS

ABS: National Study of Mental Health and Wellbeing

Organisations

View all 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

Cancer Australia releases its 2022-23 Annual Report.

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 18/12/2024

Botanix Pharmaceuticals: First Sofdra prescriptions as commercialisation ramps up

Botanix Pharmaceuticals: First Sofdra prescriptions as commercialisation ramps up

AAHMS: Academy calls for a national human biomonitoring program to track the health impacts of forever chemicals

Novotech Named a Fierce CRO Award Winner in the Excellence in Clinical Trial Management and Global Operations Categories

17/12/2024

NEXSEN Biotech: Revolutionising Global Diagnostics with Nano-Technology Solutions

Primary Care

View all 24/12/2024

AMA Submission to draft Fifth National STI Strategy

16/12/2024

RACGP calls for free Meningococcal B vaccination program to save lives

DoHAC: Hervey Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic now open

13/12/2024

DoHAC: Hervey Bay Medicare Urgent Care Clinic now open

12/12/2024

NSW ED data shows urgent need for investment to ensure everyone can access affordable GP care – Royal Australian College of GPs

Public Health

View all 17/12/2024

National Health Reform public hospital funding National report – November 2024

16/12/2024

WHO: Global spending on health: emerging from the pandemic

11/12/2024

Drop in opioid use in Australia offset by spike in private scripts, NDARC study shows

Impact of Australia’s No Jab, No Pay policy on vaccination uptake – a before-after study in two national birth cohorts

10/12/2024

The cost of treating hypertension in Australia, 2012–22: an economic analysis

Research

View all 17/12/2024

Neurizon: Positive 8-month Interim Data from Open-Label Extension Study in Patients with ALS

16/12/2024

Medical Research Future Fund Report on gender data for grant opportunities – December 2024

2024 AAMRI Report

DoHAC: $40 million to rapidly translate research into high-quality health care

11/12/2024

Helping those with acquired brain injury maximise their technology use – Monash University

Rural Health

View all 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

NSW Health: Major infrastructure investments to boost health services for Broken Hill community

Specialists

View all 17/12/2024

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

16/12/2024

DoHAC: Securing cheaper medicines for people with severe eczema

13/12/2024

Health groups call for dying patients to receive pain relief amid critical medicines shortage: PCA

10/12/2024

Sonic Healthcare: ACQUISITION OF THE LADR LABORATORY GROUP IN GERMANY

29/11/2024

New Blackburn surgery centre millions over budget and delayed

States

View all 24/12/2024

WAL Key milestone for the new Women and Babies Hospital

16/12/2024

NSW Health: Work progressing for new palliative care units in Western Sydney

NSW Health: Permanent screening van rejoins BreastScreen NSW North Coast mobile fleet

13/12/2024

WA: Extra services to treat eating disorders and promote wellbeing

12/12/2024

Cook Government delivers new Midwifery Birth Centre at Bentley

Technology

View all 24/12/2024

Amplar Home Health introduces AI-driven Tissue Analytics solution to transform wound care

16/12/2024

An Australian-first AI Plan to boost capability

11/12/2024

DoHAC: Assistive Technology and Home Modifications List (AT-HM List)

NSW Health: Technology upgrade improving care for people with cancer on the Central Coast

Scammers using AI-generated videos of doctors to peddle supplements and harmful health advice

Tenders

View all 24/12/2024

Austin Health Harold Stokes Building Level 3 Endoscopy Redevelopment Project

Northeast Health Wangaratta: Key Worker Accommodation Project

WA Department of Finance: Community Aids and Equipment Program – Complex Needs and Specialised Equipment Services

HealthShare Victoria: Auction of N95 face masks (respirators – Personal Protective Equipment PPE) and infusion pumps

NHMRC: 2025 NHMRC e-ASIA Joint Research Program funding commencing 2026

Women's Health

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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

Understanding Concussion’s Impact On Women In Sport

Workforce

View all 16/12/2024

RACGP: Strengthening Australia’s GP workforce

NSW Health: Finley and Narrandera ready to welcome health staff into new accommodation units

11/12/2024

NSW Health: New health worker accommodation arrives in Leeton

DoHAC: New Single Assessment System workforce

27/11/2024

AAMRI: Submission: Fair Work Amendment (Secure Jobs, Better Pay) Act 2022 – Statutory Review