09 Dec 2024
New Single Assessment System workforce
The new Single Assessment System workforce will make it easier for older people to enter aged care and access different services as their needs change.
09 Dec 2024
My Aged Care support plans now available in My Health Record
My Aged Care support plans developed or updated from 9 December 2024 can be made available in My Health Record.
09 Dec 2024
Outcome Statements for October 2024 Stakeholder Meetings: Oral Contraceptives and Migraine
Outcome Statements for October 2024 Stakeholder Meetings: Oral Contraceptives and Migraine
09 Dec 2024
Vexatious notification safeguard reform
Key points Processes to better identify and minimise the harms of vexatious notifications against health practitioners will be further strengthened. It follows a National Health Practitioner Ombudsman review that confirmed vexatious notifications are rare, but could be better dealt with through a range of recommendations. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency and National Boards have accepted, and are already implementing, the recommendations.
09 Dec 2024
Paramedic reprimanded for professional misconduct
A tribunal has reprimanded a Queensland paramedic and put conditions on his registration for acting outside his scope of practice and failing to keep adequate records.
09 Dec 2024
Parental leave fee relief on the way
Key points A 30 per cent rebate on annual registration fees for practitioners who take parental leave comes into effect on 1 July 2025. The rebate applies to all forms of protected leave, including disability and carers’ leave. Ahpra is also undertaking a wider review of opportunities for pro rata fees.
07 Dec 2024
NSW residents urged to take care this mosquito season
NSW Health is reminding people to take measures to protect themselves from mosquito bites this summer season.
07 Dec 2024
Meningococcal cases 7 December 2024
A 5-year-old child from metropolitan Adelaide is in a stable condition in hospital, after being diagnosed with invasive meningococcal disease.
07 Dec 2024
Concept design released for new Launceston Hospice
The new state-of-the-art hospice in Launceston has taken another important step forward, with release of concept designs.
06 Dec 2024
Number of patients undergoing elective surgery in Australia’s public hospitals highest on record
Public hospital admissions for elective surgery were the highest on record in 2023–24, according to new data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), indicating a return to pre-COVID levels of elective surgical activity.