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18 August 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Goldfields Nurse Awarded for Plan to Fight Post-Natal Depression in Brazil Victor P Taffa Leonora Community Nurse Naomi Sprigg dos Santos has been awarded the first WA Minister for Health’s International Outreach Fellowship, Health Minister Kim Hames said today. Dr. Hames said the inaugural award was worth $20,000, which would be used [...]
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16 August 2010
New South Wales Ambulance Service Focus: Falls and Acquired Brain Injury Victor P Taffa One in three people over sixty-five years and one in two people over 80 years of age will experience a fall each year. These statistics are alarming because some falls can result in ongoing disability and even an enforced change in living arrangements for [...]
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16 August 2010
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare BreastScreen Australia Reaching Women in Remote Areas Victor P Taffa Free Breast Cancer screening is achieving good participation rates in both city and country women, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Over 1.6 million women across Australia took part in Free Breast Cancer Screening [...]
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16 August 2010
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare An Estimated $5.3 Billion Spent Nationally On Mental Health Services in 2007–08 Victor P Taffa National recurrent expenditure on all mental health related services in Australia in 2007–08 was estimated to be $5.3 Billion, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The report, Mental [...]
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16 August 2010
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Type 1 Diabetes In Children Stable, But Still A Concern Victor P Taffa While Type 1 Diabetes among Australia’s children remains a cause for concern, things do not appear to be worsening, according to a report released today by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The report, Incidence of Type 1 diabetes [...]
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13 August 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Fiona Stanley Hospital Stage Two Contract Awarded Victor P Taffa Brookfield Multiplex has been awarded the Stage Two contract to build the $2 Billion Fiona Stanley Hospital at Murdoch. Health Minister Kim Hames said Brookfield Multiplex had already completed work on the design and early construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital on time [...]
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13 August 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Review Finds Vaccination Program Suspension ‘Right Decision’ Victor P Taffa The way information about vaccinations is recorded and collected would undergo a major overhaul in Western Australia following a review of the suspension of the State Government’s free childhood seasonal influenza vaccination program. Health Minister Kim Hames tabled in State Parliament a [...]
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31 July 2010
CLP Candidate For Lingiari Leo Abbott LEO ABBOTT ANNOUNCES BOOST TO REGIONAL HEALTH WORKFORCE Victor P Taffa The Coalition’s commitment to boost health services in regional Australia with a $27 Million fund is just what the doctor ordered for the Territory, Country Liberals Candidate for Lingiari Leo Abbott said today. “One of the biggest issues for us in the [...]
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31 July 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Western Australia Minister for Regional Development Brendon Grylls New Defibrillator for Tom Price Hospital Victor P Taffa Great things come in small packages and – as far as medical equipment is concerned – this applies to Tom Price Hospital’s New Defibrillator. The purchase of the $29,000 state-of-the-art defibrillator was made possible through funding [...]
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28 July 2010
Western Australia Minister for Mental Health Graham Jacobs Government Announces State’s First-Ever Mental Health Commissioner Victor P Taffa Mental Health Minister Graham Jacobs today welcomed the announcement of Mr. Eddie Bartnik as Western Australia’s first-ever Mental Health Commissioner. This year, the Liberal-National Government has delivered the first-ever Mental Health Commission to drive reform and we have the first ever [...]
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25 July 2010
Liberal Candidate for Braddon Garry Carpenter $3 MILLION FOR MRI IN NSW, SHORT-CHANGED IN BRADDON Victor P Taffa Federal Labor Health Minister Nicola Roxon has this week announced over $3 Million for a new MRI machine in outer Sydney, three times as much as Labor gave to North West Tasmania for a MRI machine. On 19 May Federal Labor [...]
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20 July 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Hospital Plaques to Commemorate Outstanding East Pilbara People Victor P Taffa The significant contributions of 15 people to the health and wellbeing of the East Pilbara Region will be recognised in the new $138 Million Hedland Health Campus. Health Minister Kim Hames said today the WA Country Health Service Pilbara was calling [...]
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15 July 2010
Victoria Opposition Leader Ted Baillieu COALITION COMMITS TO BUILD BALLARAT HELIPAD Victor P Taffa The Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition if elected in November will build a helipad at Ballarat, reaffirming a commitment made eight years ago for a helipad at the Ballarat Base Hospital, Leader of the Victorian Liberal Nationals Coalition Ted Baillieu said today. The Coalition has long [...]
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15 July 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Elective Surgery to Continue at Bentley Hospital Victor P Taffa Health Minister Kim Hames today announced Elective Surgery Procedures at Bentley Hospital would continue beyond 2014 to ensure people had access to health care close to where they lived. Dr. Hames said a decision to halt elective surgery at Bentley after 2014 [...]
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