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Peter BreadonThe Examiner |
Specialist doctors' fees in Australia are out of control. Since 2023, specialist fees have grown three times faster than inflation. Subscribe now...
The cost of seeing a psychiatrist, paediatrician or other medical specialist is skyrocketing, and reforms are targeting low-hanging fruit. We need to...
Your supermarket can discount bread. Your servo can discount petrol. But strict rules stop your pharmacy discounting most medicines. Subscribe now for...
A new report from The Grattan Institute recommends that responsibility for setting pharmacy remuneration be shifted to the Independent Health and Aged...
No other Australian health industry group gets to negotiate its own funding behind closed doors, with no public evidence to justify the decisions.
This budget was much more about funding existing health services than reform.
A Senate inquiry is looking into rural healthcare. The biggest problem it should tackle is "GP deserts" - communities in the bottom 5 per...
Australia has more nurses per person than many countries. Allowing nurses in general practice to use all their skills could help meet the growing...
Before COVID, Australia reached its target of 95% of one-year-olds fully immunised. Now, lower coverage means more babies are at risk of whooping...
The latest figures suggest it’s easier now to find a bulk-billing GP. But poorer patients can still miss out, for one important reason.
The deal struck between states and territories and the federal government follows a long-running standoff. Here’s what’s been agreed, and what’s...
Hospitals are feeling intense pressure, yet the states have been asked to rein in spending. Here’s how they can get more care for every hospital...