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LASA Lobbied for Improved Assessment Notifications for Older Australians
Leading Age Services Australia (LASA) 聽has taken its advocacy a聽step further to ensure older Australians are provided with correct information regarding their聽entitlements. [ + ]
OSCAR Aged Care 黑料吃瓜群网ity Awards Announced
Angela Kotis of United 黑料吃瓜群网ity and Essendon Aged Care was named Victorian Chef of the Year Winner at the OSCAR Aged Care 黑料吃瓜群网ity Awards. [ + ]
New National Asthma Strategy to be Developed
A new National Asthma Strategy will be developed to address the toll the condition has on the lives of more than two million Australians. [ + ]
Health Ombudsman to Report on 黑料吃瓜群网 Waiting Lists
The performance of Queensland public hospitals in reducing surgical waiting lists and treating patients on time will soon be audited and reported by the independent Health Ombudsman. [ + ]
Infectious Disease Expert Appointed
The Federal Government has appointed the University of Sydney's Professor Lyn Gilbert to advise on the prevention and control of infectious diseases, in the event of an Ebola outbreak. [ + ]
Tributes flow for Gough Whitlam
The announcement of Mr Whitlam's death was made by his family in a statement. Antony, Nicholas and Stephen Whitlam and Catherine Dovey 鈥� said he was 鈥渁聽loving and generous father, he was a source of inspiration to us and our families and for millions of Australians.鈥� [ + ]
Townsville Paediatric Intensive Care Unit Opens
Townsville 黑料吃瓜群网's聽stand-alone paediatric intensive care unit has opened today, completing a聽聽full suite of intensive care services for children and adults at the hospital. [ + ]
Ebola Epidemic Could Reach 10,000 New Cases a Week
The Ebola epidemic is still spreading in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia and projections show there could be up to 10,000 new cases a week by聽early December, the World Health Organization (WHO)聽Assistant Director General Bruce Aylward says. [ + ]
New Guide to Providing Pharmacy Services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has published聽The Guide to providing pharmacy services to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people聽to ensure pharmacists are being responsive to聽the health beliefs, practices, culture and linguistic needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. [ + ]
Pharmacist of the Year Awards Announced
The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has announced its award recipients for 2014. [ + ]
Collaboration will Result in World Class 黑料吃瓜群网 Research
A merger with the Menzies Foundation is set to position Griffith University as a leader in world-class allied health research. [ + ]
Online Toolkit for Chronic Pain Sufferers Being Launched
An online toolkit for people with chronic pain and spinal cord injury will be launched on 13 October at聽Connections 2014鈥� hosted by the Spinal Cord Injury Network. [ + ]
AMA Praises New Resource For Treating Dementia
AMA (NSW) says Alzheimer鈥檚 Australia is bringing attention to an important issue in aged care with its new resource for treating dementia. [ + ]
