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21 May 2010
Western Australia Minister for Mental Health Graham Jacobs State Budget 2010-11: First ever budget for new approach to Mental Health Victor P Taffa The Liberal-National Government has delivered an historical budget for Mental Health in Western Australia. Mental Health Minister Graham Jacobs said $506.561Million was allocated for mental health services in 2010-11 through the new Mental Health Commission and [...]
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21 May 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames State Budget 2010-11: Major spending boost to deliver better Budget certainty Victor P Taffa The Western Australia State Government has bolstered its spend on health care by more than $1.1 Billion in recurrent funding over four years to provide a stable and certain budget for the future, as well as further [...]
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21 May 2010
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare Asthma among older people in Australia Victor P Taffa Over 92% of the 402 asthma deaths in 2006 were among people aged 45 years and over. Asthma in older Australians is distinct in many ways. The presence of comorbid conditions makes the management of asthma in older people more complex. The disease [...]
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20 May 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames $120 Million for new medical equipment Victor P Taffa More than $120 Million over three years will be used to replace priority clinical and diagnostic medical equipment for patients in Western Australia’s hospitals to improve care. Health Minister Kim Hames said the additional funding recognised that much of the medical equipment within [...]
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19 May 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Third wave of hospitals join Four Hour Rule Victor P Taffa The Western Australia State Government’s innovative Four Hour Rule Program, to improve the way hospital patients receive unplanned and emergency care, has now gone State-wide. Albany, Broome, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie, Port Hedland, Nickol Bay (in Karratha) and King Edward Memorial hospitals and [...]
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19 May 2010
Western Australia Minister for Mental Health Graham Jacobs Alcohol-caused cancer focus of new State Government campaign Victor P Taffa In an Australian first, alcohol-caused cancer will be the focus of a major new campaign to raise awareness about the health risks associated with alcohol consumption. Minister for Mental Health Graham Jacobs said the Liberal-National Government wanted West Australians [...]
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16 May 2010
Victor P Taffa For the second time in my life some people in both the New South Wales (NSW) Labor Party and NSW Police have overseen my forced hospitalisation in the Parkview Unit, Macquarie Psychiatric Hospital, North Ryde, Sydney. Assessment of Mental Health Patients Patient Patrick* told me that he has been “In and out of Macquarie Hospital [...]
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16 May 2010
Victor P Taffa For the second time in my life some people in both the New South Wales (NSW) Labor Party and NSW Police have overseen my forced hospitalisation in the Parkview Unit, Macquarie Psychiatric Hospital, North Ryde, Sydney. Heroin Injecting Room Kings Cross & Police Media Unit When then NSW Premier Bob Carr announced the creation of [...]
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16 May 2010
Victor P Taffa For the second time in my life some people in both the New South Wales (NSW) Labor Party and NSW Police have overseen my forced hospitalisation in the Parkview Unit, Macquarie Psychiatric Hospital, North Ryde, Sydney. Royal North Shore Hospital 2010 The drama with RNSH began in September 2009. I had a consultation with them [...]
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16 May 2010
Victor P Taffa For the second time in my life some people in both the New South Wales (NSW) Labor Party and NSW Police have overseen my forced hospitalisation in the Parkview Unit, Macquarie Psychiatric Hospital, North Ryde, Sydney. Homosexuality, Catholic Church & the Nicene Creed Long before I had accepted or realised that I was homosexual [...]
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16 May 2010
Victor P Taffa For the second time in my life some people in both the New South Wales (NSW) Labor Party and NSW Police have overseen my forced hospitalisation in the Parkview Unit, Macquarie Psychiatric Hospital, North Ryde, Sydney. Macquarie Psychiatric Hospital 2010 Friday 26 March 2010 On Friday 26 March 2010 as per usual I went to the [...]
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15 May 2010
Western Australia Minister for Indigenous Affairs Kim Hames Survey shows improving services to remote Aboriginal communities Victor P Taffa The Western Australia State Government has welcomed report results which show an improvement in living conditions for Aboriginal communities, but acknowledges much more needs to be achieved. The third Environmental Health Needs Survey report shows that since 1997, throughout Western [...]
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14 May 2010
Western Australia Minister for Seniors and Volunteering Robyn McSweeney Global trends provide insight into needs of Ageing Population Victor P Taffa The State Government is drawing upon international expertise to help plan and provide for the needs of an ageing West Australian population. Addressing today’s Seniors Sector Forum, held jointly by the Department for Communities and Council on the [...]
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13 May 2010
Western Australia Minister for Health Kim Hames Call for Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Award nominations Victor P Taffa West Australians have the chance to have their favourite nurse or midwife recognised as among the State’s best. Health Minister Kim Hames today used International Nurses’ Day to call for nominations for the 2010 Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards. Dr Hames said [...]
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