Health and Aged Care News

Applications for the 2009 Nurse Practitioner Scholarships are now open. The scholarships will provide up to $15,000 a year for two years to nurses to upgrade their skills to become nurse practitioners. ...

Nineteen local communities will receive Federal Government support for grassroots programs to help tackle binge-drinking by young people. ...

The passage through the Senate today of the legislation setting up the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority marks a new era of hope for people needing organ transplants. ...

The Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot today detailed the next stage of the Australian Government's $46 million Indigenous Aged Care Plan - which includes the first overnight aged care service at Mutitjulu near Uluru and a general works and equipment program to lift standards. ...

On the weekend, the Department of Health and Ageing imposed sanctions on Latrobe Private Nursing Home in Melbourne - citing serious risk to its residents identified by the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency. ...

The Australian Government today announced a $12 million national grants program to improve respite services for carers in their communities. ...

The Rudd Government will invest $148 million to immediately establish new GP training places, allowing 175 additional new doctors to begin training to become GPs over the next two years. ...

Over the next three years, the Rudd Labor Government will create more than 37,000 new aged care places. ...

The Australian Government has simplified the application form for the Continence Aids Assistance Scheme - a program that helps people with the cost of pads and other personal continence products. ...

This weekend, Queensland will receive its largest single offer of nursing home and hostel beds and community places, the Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot said. ...