23 Jun 2023

Lower medicine costs for chronic health conditions

Under the first stage of the 60-day dispensing policy, eligible Australians living with chronic health conditions will have access to 92 cheaper Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines.

23 Jun 2023

Changes to Paxlovid® PBS eligibility criteria

Changes to Paxlovid® PBS eligibility criteria

23 Jun 2023

Heat maps identify asthma “hot spots” in WA, NT and Tas

Western Australia and parts of the Northern Territory and Tasmania have been identified as asthma “hot spots” recording the highest numbers of people with difficult to treat asthma in Australia, in a study published in the Journal of Asthma.

23 Jun 2023

My Aged Care will soon stop accepting fax referrals

SPONSORED: The nationwide referral program’s transition to e-Referral use will be completed by the end of July.

23 Jun 2023

Huge disadvantages for rural patients exposed

New details in an already concerning picture have emerged in research carried out on behalf of the National Rural Health Alliance.

22 Jun 2023

60-day dispensing is good for patients and it’s time to make it work

The AMA says 60-day dispensing is a key health policy that will halve medicine costs for many poorer Australians; improving access and helping patients who “fall off” their regular medicines.

22 Jun 2023

Junk food advertising regulation on the table to protect kids

There was broad support from the health profession for Teal MP Dr Sophie Scamps in Parliament this week.

22 Jun 2023

July 1 MBS Changes

MBS changes coming into effect soon.

22 Jun 2023

AMA President and Vice President take flu vaccination message to Australia’s classrooms

The popular children’s news program ‘BTN’, shown in many Australian classrooms, carried an important message on vaccination.

22 Jun 2023

AGPT Academic Post applications now open

Successful applicants will receive hands-on experience in teaching and research, while enhancing their skills in academia