The Hon Tony Abbott MHR - Media Items
Listed below are media items for The Hon Tony Abbott MP, Former Minister for Health and Ageing
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Previous MinistersJuly 2007
27 July 2007
Australian Red Cross Blood Service relocation
The Australian Government will provide funding of up to $99 million to the Australian Red Cross Blood Service to help the service relocate and upgrade its blood processing and testing headquarters in Sydney.
26 July 2007
Survey to measure rate of informed financial consent
A consumer survey has been conducted throughout July to measure patients’ awareness of the costs of their privately insured hospital services before they received treatment.
25 July 2007
Kava monitoring, control and buy-back scheme
The Australian Government has announced a buy-back scheme for kava impounded by Customs at Australia’s borders. The buy-back scheme, to be administered by the Office of Chemical Safety, follows the Government’s tightening of import restrictions on kava to combat abuse and significant associated health problems in some Indigenous communities.
24 July 2007
HealthDirect Australia begins operation
From 25 July 2007, people in the Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Western Australia can call a 24 hours a day, seven days a week call centre for health advice.
23 July 2007
National Blood Authority head reappointed
Dr Alison Turner has been reappointed as General Manager of the National Blood Authority for a second four-year term.
23 July 2007
New PHIAC commissioner appointed
Mr James Dominguez has been appointed commissioner of the Private Health Insurance Administration Council Board from 21 July 2007 for three years.
19 July 2007
Professional Services Review protecting patients
A review of the Professional Services Review Scheme has found that it continues to provide a safeguard for patients against inappropriate medical practice.
09 July 2007
Funding provided to ensure medicines line continues
The Australian Government will provide funding to enable the services provided through the Adverse Medicines Events (AME) telephone line to continue for a further 12 months.
09 July 2007
National Diabetes Week
National Diabetes Week, which begins on 8 July, aims to raise awareness of the risk factors that contribute to contracting Type 2 diabetes, the most common type diagnosed in Australian adults.
05 July 2007
Indigenous child health checks
Health checks for all Indigenous children under the age of 16 years are a key component of the Australian Government’s emergency response to the Little Children are Sacred report.
01 July 2007
More support for GP obstetricians in rural areas
The Australian Government will further improve incentives for GPs providing obstetric services in rural and remote areas.
01 July 2007
HPV vaccination GP program commences
General practitioners in South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory will begin administering free Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine to women aged 18 to 26 years from 1 July, with the other states to follow shortly thereafter.
01 July 2007
New PBS listings to improve treatment of diabetes, ADHD
Patients with diabetes and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) will benefit from treatments to be subsidised through the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) from 1 July.
01 July 2007