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The Zap: comprehensive health and aged care update, plus important consultations now open The Zap brings news of moves to reduce alcohol-related harms in the ACT, and sepsis resources to help health services

The Zap: on the rarity of unicorn manure, and other obstacles to timely reform...
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The Zap: the latest health and aged care news, plus key consultations now open Insecure funding for important Indigenous health workforce organisations, nurse-led clinics providing chronic disease management and preventative healthcare, and warnings over

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Pricing for private hospital services: ways forward Over the last few months Dr Katharine Bassett, Director of Health Policy at Catholic Health Australia (CHA), and Croakey’s own

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The Zap: latest health and aged care news, plus consultations not to miss At a time of ongoing concerns about the safety and quality of aged care, Aged Care Minister Sam Rae appears

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Drawing connections between the arts, communities and health A recent arts festival on beautiful Yuin Country, in the Eurobodalla region of the far south coast of New South

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The Zap: the latest health and aged care news, plus key consultations now open Calls for action on a variety of fronts feature in The Zap this week, including for a national action plan

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The Zap: rounding up all the health and aged care news, plus consultations not to miss High hopes for the future of rural generalist medicine are reported in the column this week, as well as predictions

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Is it really true that 1 in 5 Australian children suffer chronic pain?

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The Zap: all the important health and aged care news, plus consultations not to miss In public health we hear a lot about food deserts but in the column below, Charles Maskell-Knight suggests that Australia

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On a controversial proposal for pricing of private hospital services Introduction by Croakey: On 27 August, we published an article by health policy analyst Charles Maskell-Knight raising serious concerns about

More on the Catholic Health Australia proposal for a National Private Price.

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The Zap: a comprehensive update on health and aged care news, plus key consultations now open The column this week is packed with important updates and sharp commentary on a wide range of topics, including health

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The Zap: latest health and aged care news, plus a stack of important consultations now open Waiting lists for aged care packages and assessments, a consultation draft of Australia’s first 10-year national health and medical research

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Lying in bed sick with measles aged 3 and watching a patch of sunlight move across the floor.

Pricing for private hospital services: unravelling some of the complexities Catholic Health Australia has been campaigning hard for what it calls a national price for private hospital services, but the

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The Zap: don’t miss the latest health and aged care news, plus consultations now open The Inspector-General of Aged Care has submitted a report examining progress on the implementation of recommendations of the Royal Commission

The latest edition of The Zap, productivity, NDIS, access to aged care... it's all happening.

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The Zap: catch the latest health and aged care news, plus consultations now open The limitations and risks of artificial intelligence are addressed in new guidance for clinicians, older Australians share their views on

The latest edition of The Zap via @Croakey.org including lots on productivity, and the Great Private Health Insurance War 2024-25 edition.
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The Zap: latest health and aged care news, plus a long list of consultations not to miss This week's column features calls for increased investment in breastfeeding support services and programs, for reforms to Medicare chronic disease

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Opinion | The America We Knew Is Rapidly Slipping Away

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The Zap: rounding up the health and aged care news, plus consultations now open A 25-year vision for improving heart health in Australia, an increase in the rate of reported stillbirths, World Hepatitis Day

The Zap: rounding up the health and aged care news including more aged care star ratings nonsense. The DHDA is advising Minister Rae all is good - he should share the advice.

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OB-GYN Group Makes Unprecedented Move Against Trump The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists announced it will no longer accept government funds due to “recent changes in federal funding laws and regulations.”

Largest National Org Of OB-GYNs Cuts Financial Ties With Trump Admin
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The Zap: catch all the latest health and aged care news, plus consultations now open Our columnist returns this week, with a focus on diabetes, chronic disease management more broadly, Tasmanian election promises for health,

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The Zap: latest health and policy news, plus a handy list of consultations now open Widespread concerns about NDIS pricing changes, the increasing toll of racism upon First Nations people, and an influencer-led youth vaping

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The Zap: latest health and aged care news, and a helpful list of consultations now open Recommendations for improving Australians' access to specialist care, implementation of the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, tackling elder abuse,

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Harvard mathematician and satirist Tom Lehrer said that satire died when they gave Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize. Is making Scott Morrison a Companion of the Order of Australia the Australian equivalent?
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The Zap: focus on aged care and health reform, plus consultations now open Safety concerns about medical devices, an initiative to advance human rights for older people, and calls for a full Productivity

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Focus on aged care and health reform, plus consultations now open

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The Zap: latest health and aged care news, and don’t miss these consultations The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has called on the Albanese Government to do more to address the “escalating humanitarian

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Lived experience of out-of-pocket costs of health care and medicines by people with chronic conditions and their families in Australia: a systematic review of the qualitative literature Despite Australia’s universal health insurance scheme, Medicare, out-of-pocket costs (OOPC) for healthcare comprises 14% of total health expenditure. …

Happy to have been part of the ANU NCEPH team led by A/Prof Jane Desborough that produced this article.

There are still lots of gaps in Australia's universal health care system, particularly for people with chronic disease.

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The Zap: catch the latest health and aged care news, plus consultations not to miss Changes to the Federal Ministry, proposed reforms to the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme, and recommendations for addressing "the exorbitant

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In our entire history only one President got our credit downgraded in both his terms AND got us added to the Human Rights Watch List.

Bless his heart

Chart showing that Australia is a low-taxing nation and raises around $138bn less tax than the average of the OPEC

Business groups are calling for the government to overhaul the tax system. Excellent!
As @grogsgamut.bsky.social writes, we have some ideas...
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