Sep 3
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Alcohol, Indigenous Health, New Legislation, Northern Territory Health Services | Comments off
ABC News, AP, 2 September 2010
“The Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) says the Territory Government’s plans to establish a register of problem drinkers to address chronic alcoholism sounds like a flawed idea. The Government plans to spend $6 million to create a register that will alert take-away outlets when a known problem drinker tries to buy alcohol.”
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Aug 31
Posted by Sabina Bhate in Indigenous Health, Resource Allocation | Comments off
The Age- 30 August, 2010
Author: Danny Rose
“A United Nations’ conference that has brought aid workers from across to the globe to Melbourne has been told of Australia’s “appalling” record on indigenous health.”
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Aug 19
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Alcohol, Death, Indigenous Health | Comments off
ABC News, By Katrina Bolt, 19 August 2010
“An Alice Springs pastor is calling for serious change to Northern Territory alcohol laws to cut what he says is ongoing carnage. Alcohol in an enormous industry but in Central Australia it is causing a particularly high rate of death. Indigenous people there are 14 times as likely as other Australians to die from alcohol-related causes.”
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Aug 10
Posted by Edwina Light in Indigenous Health, National Health Services | Comments off
AMA statement, 10 August 2010
“AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce, said today that it is unacceptable that the major parties are yet to make significant policy announcements to address the health needs of Indigenous Australians. Dr Pesce said Indigenous health must be a priority in this election, not an afterthought. “Indigenous people have the worst health outcomes and life expectancy in Australia, but we are hearing very little policy to deliver better access to health services to the people in greatest need,” Dr Pesce said. “The unacceptable health outcomes experienced by Indigenous people, and their low access to appropriate health and medical care, should be headline health issues this election.””
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Jul 30
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Biomedical Research, Discrimination, Health Services, Indigenous Health | Comments off
ABC News, AP, 30 July 2010
“Researchers in WA are trying to determine why most health and social services have failed to significantly improve the health and well being of Aboriginal people. The project by the Perth Telethon Institute and Murdoch University will take place over five years. Murdoch University’s Rhonda Marriot says eight studies will be conducted and will involve feedback from Aboriginal communities.”
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Jul 21
Posted by Edwina Light in Chronic Disease, Disability, Elder Care, Electronic Medical Records, Indigenous Health, Insurance, Medical Boards and Associations, Mental Illness, National Health Services, Preventative care, Regulatory Compliance, Resource Allocation | Comments off
Australian Medical Association, 21 July 2010
“Elections are about choices. The type of health system we want is one of those crucial decisions. In an ideal world, something as important as health care would be above party politics. But it isn’t. In this election, all political parties cannot afford to give scant regard to the health care of the Australian population. …In this document, the AMA has detailed wide-ranging policies that build on what works and attempts to fix what doesn’t.”
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Jul 9
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Chronic Disease, Indigenous Health, Resource Allocation | Comments off
ABC News, AP, 9 July 2010
“Indigenous Australians with kidney disease are being forced to live in motel rooms, thousands of kilometres from their homes, to receive treatment. Indigenous people are five times more likely to have kidney disease than other Australians and in some Aboriginal communities the rate of kidney disease is 20 times that of the national average.”
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Jul 3
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Alcohol, Indigenous Health | Comments off
ABC News, AP, 3 July 2010
“The Northern Territory Council of Social Services says cheap wine should not be allowed to be sold in the Northern Territory. The Greens have passed a motion for the Federal Health Minister to meet large supermarket chains and public health authorities to discuss the responsible sale of alcohol.”
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Jul 1
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Dentistry, Indigenous Health, Resource Allocation, Rural Health | Comments off
ABC News, By Amy Marshall, 1 July 2010
“About 8,000 people living in the remote Northern Territory communities of Utopia, Lake Nash, Papunya and Epenarra will soon have regular access to dental services. A new dental truck to be based in Alice Springs is expected to be operating by December and will bring the Central Australian fleet to three.”
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Jun 24
Posted by Nancy Lentz in Indigenous Health, Mental Illness, Resource Allocation, Whistleblowing | Comments off
The Australian, By Natasha Robinson, 24 June 2010
“A remote health expert has expressed disappointment that a key recommendation on Aboriginal health has been ignored. The expert was hand-picked by the Rudd government to draw up a blueprint for health reform and the recommendation came from the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission. Sabina Knight, an associate professor in remote health practice, said there was an urgent need to reform health service delivery to people living in the most isolated areas of Australia.”
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