Private health reform argues Australia’s private sector is not delivering value despite generous subsidies. It outlines three practical steps to fix this: measure patient-reported outcomes using PROMs...
Clintel Systems has launched the CareRight Mental Health Solution, a cloud based platform designed for Australian mental health services. It combines patient administration, electronic medical records...
On 16 and 17 June, local and international health leaders will gather in Canberra for a prevention workshop and summit focused on clarifying who owns prevention, how it is measured, and where to inves...
The Sydney North Health Network has outlined a plan to roll out three Neighbourhood Health Hubs in the Sydney North region via the Northern Sydney Wellbeing Collaborative. The launch is expected in Ju...
New figures from Dementia Australia show 446,500 Australians are living with dementia today, with projections the total could exceed one million by 2065. The data also note 29,000 people have young on...
At the Australian Financial Review healthcare summit in Sydney, Dr Nick Coatsworth challenged simple budget splits and highlighted the NDIS as a major, growing funding item. He floated moving some NDI...
Following serious allegations about a Victorian gynaecologist, a new support package widens the role of general practitioners in care navigation. The Federal Government announced a 7.45 million packag...
The Federal Government has launched a free telehealth therapy for emerging mental illness, offering LiCBT low intensity cognitive behavioural therapy for people 16 and older. Access is available witho...
Value-based pricing moves ahead in Australia as affordability dominates policy debate at the Australian Financial Review Healthcare Summit. The approach prices care by its value to patients and to the...
A Victorian Supreme Court decision awarded a patient $280,000 after a judge ruled consent to a vaginal examination during labour had not been properly obtained. The payout followed an incident at Bend...
The HepLink telehealth service was launched by Hepatitis Australia to deliver an end-to-end care pathway for hepatitis C using integrated digital platforms. MediRecords provides the cloud-based clinic...
The Australian General Practice Research Foundation has opened two GP led grant rounds. The Ageing Well Research Grant offers $150,000 to GP led research addressing ageing, aged care and end‑of‑life c...
The RACGP NSW/ACT has released its NSW pre-budget submission for 2026-27, urging the government to lift primary care funding. A core ask is a 40 per cent rise in Medicare rebates for Level C and D GP...
Care Pathways Australia Review, commissioned by Streamliners and conducted by Nous Group, was released in March 2026 after 42 stakeholder consultations across seven states and territories. It finds Au...
The Federal Government has released a consultation paper examining whether current referral rules still fit modern healthcare and is exploring options to extend default referral validity periods. The...
At Karinya, a 50-bed not-for-profit residential aged care facility in regional Western Australia, telehealth changed how care is delivered. Narrogin Cottage Homes explained how a single telehealth car...
Australia is debating major reforms to scope of practice laws and pharmacy prescribing to address workforce shortages in primary care. Emergency contraception moved into Australian pharmacies about tw...
AI is already moving into routine care, but a WA Digital Health Summit panel warned that without stronger governance and system reform it could entrench inequities. Speakers including Sumit Sinha-Roy...
GP burnout is reframed as a system problem rather than an individual failing. The piece follows Dr Sarah as she experiences a typical busy morning, then contrasts it with a neighbourhood health hub mo...
A 2020–2021 Australian study of 3,682 births finds continuity of midwifery care lowers birth trauma versus standard care. Women who had ongoing care from a small team of midwives, in public or private...
