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Lowering Medicare thresholds will benefit disadvantaged Australians

A professional body for general practitioners is asking the Federal government to lower the Medicare Safety Net thresholds so more Australians can get access to medical care. The Medicare Safety Net thresholds allow Australians to lower the out-of-pocket expenses while visiting a GP or a hospital, and lowering these nets, more disadvantaged Australians can have …

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Nurses burdened by admin work in clinics

According to the Australian Primary Healthcare Nurses Association’s, a third of nurses’ work are under-utilised, focusing on administrative works instead of clinical tasks. With chronic health workforce shortages across Australia, nurses are taking on a range of non-clinical tasks linking to the impact of patients’ treatment experience.   Image: Shutterstock – Lysenko Andrii Produced By: …

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More men end up in hospital

Falling accounts for more than a third of male hospitalisations, and according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, adult Australian Men made up more than half of injury hospitalisations and emergency department injuries during 2021-22. 35% of these injury hospitalisations are due to falls.  Why are falls so often to blame? Image: Image: …

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