Specialist Updates Women's Health

How Birthing on Country helps Indigenous mums

16th October 2019
As proposals go, it seems radical: MBS funding for midwives to attend Indigenous women with low-risk pregnancies wanting…
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Melanie Robinson
6Minutes News

11 facts about wellbeing in Australia

10th September 2019
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has published its biennial flagship report - Australia’s Welfare 2019. The…
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Australian Doctor News

Thousands of rural patients airlifted for mental health problems

30th August 2019
Poor availability of mental health services in rural Australia increasingly leads to people reaching a crisis and requiring…
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Australian Doctor News

Indigenous PIP rewarding paperwork, not care: RACGP

16th July 2019
Practices are competing to register patients for the Indigenous Health Incentive to reap the annual sign-up payments without…
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Australian Doctor News

Bid to set up Indigenous hospital to address major healthcare gaps

15th July 2019
Doctors concerned about the major gaps between Indigenous and non-Indigenous healthcare have proposed a hospital dedicated…
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Professor Noel Hayman.
Smart Practice

How this new screening tool will help to lift spirits

12th July 2019
If a doctor suspects a patient may be at risk of depression, they will likely ask about the person’s mood, appetite, sleep…
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Indigenous
Medical Observer Opinion

Why current measures are failing to prevent Indigenous youth suicides

10th May 2019
The Minister for Indigenous Affairs recently shared that the Federal Government has allocated $134 million of funding into…
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