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  • IQPC Podcasting with Dr Ian Olver, The Cancer Council
    This interview will explore the nature of preventative health in Australia and assessing the way in which The Cancer Council engages with the community to push preventative health strategies.
  • IQPC Podcasting with Dr Christine Connors, Dept Health & Families NT
    IQPC podcast with Dr Christine Connors, Preventable Chronic Disease Program Leader – Department of Health and Families NT. Exploring the main challenges in terms of dealing with the chronic disease epidemic in Australia, the effectiveness of the national preventative health taskforce to date, and chronic health prevention within aboriginal communities.

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  • AFR Article: Rudd's $2bn Health Splash to Woo States
    Abstract: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will today increase his latest health spending promises to almost $2 billion in a bid to win state support for his mammoth health-care reforms, outlining changes to aged-care services including more zero-interest loans to encourage private investment in the sector.
  • Patients at high risk of a heart attack or stroke are under treated
    Article: Australian research has confirmed substantial under treatment of patients who are at risk of cardiovascular disease. The new research shows that up to 70% of patients who are at a high risk of a heart attack or stroke in the next 5 years aren’t receiving the care required to prevent these conditions. Findings also show that 50% of older patients who have had a heart attack or stroke aren’t receiving the care or treatments they need to prevent a second attack.

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  • A National Health and Hospitals Network for Australia's Future
    This reform plan is the culmination of rigorous and serious engagement with health experts, practitioners, patients and the Australian community. This plan builds on the final report of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission (NHHRC), established by the Government to conduct the most comprehensive review of Australia’s health and hospital system in over 20 years. It also builds on the Government’s extensive consultations on health reform with the Australian people across 2009 and 2010.
  • REVIEW OF Health Technology Assessment in Australia
    Abstract: The Australian Government assists Australians with the cost of their health care through a range of different funding arrangements. The cost of these programs has been rising over time, due to a range of factors including population growth, population ageing, development of new technologies and changing expectations of health care. Health technology assessment (HTA) is a key tool for the Australian Government to achieve its overall objective of delivering a safe, effective and efficient health system that is fiscally sustainable in the longer term.

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  • New study highlights need to boost chronic disease prevention
    Media Release: The nation’s largest independent disease prevention groups have called on the government to implement a comprehensive national obesity strategy following the release of a new study showing that obesity and overweight costs Australians $21 billion a year plus $35.6 billion dollars in government subsidies.