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Wednesday, 09 December 2009
Catholic Health Australia and various health sector stakeholders expressed disappointment at the Council of Australian Governments' lack of progress on health and aged care reform at a meeting this week.
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Thursday, 26 November 2009
Following a finding that a Belgian man spent 23 years misdiagnosed as being in a vegetative state, an Australian medical specialist wants a reassesment of unresponsive local patients to ensure they are not conscious and trapped inside their bodies.
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Catholic Health Australia is urging Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to take over the funding of Catholic hospitals to begin delivering a 2007 election promise to take control of the public hospital system.
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Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Australia is failing to make best use of nurse practitioners within the health system, according to a new survey carried out with assistance from Australian Catholic University.
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009
Citing "a decision of conscience", Louisiana Catholic Representative Anh "Joseph" Cao was the sole Republican to vote with the Democrat majority to pass the House of Representatives health bill after Speaker Nancy Pelosi accepted to insert a ban on federal abortion funding proposed by Michigan Democrat Representative Bart Stupak.
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Thursday, 05 November 2009
The position of chaplain at the Lismore Base Hospital could be axed due to budget cutbacks, after almost 20 years of service to the patients, families and staff.
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Wednesday, 14 October 2009
NSW chemist Trevor Dal Broi removed condoms from his East Griffith Pharmacy several weeks ago, banned the sale of emergency contraception morning after pills and is telling women using oral contraceptive pills for birth control to take their scripts to another chemist.
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009
Catholic Health Australia has called on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to dump the Howard Government's aged care system and commit to "a radical rewrite" of the aged care rules.
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Thursday, 20 August 2009
Perth man Christian Rossiter plans to apply for a passport to travel to Switzerland to die, while the Australian Medical Association and Philip Nitschke were at odds about whether the ruling in the case was a step toward legalising euthanasia.
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Wednesday, 19 August 2009
Catholic Health Australia is developing a plan to combine its hospitals, medical clinics and social services into a network offering free support programs for the community's most disadvantaged, under a new "Medicare Select" proposal.
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