Health Policy

Political leaders are lamenting the "Americanisation" of the debate around a legislative push to increase access to abortion pills in Australia's most populous

US President Donald Trump has signed a wide-reaching executive order directing drug makers to lower the prices of their medicines to align with what other countries pay that

Drug makers have been warned that US President Donald Trump's administration is considering linking United States medicine prices to lower amounts paid by other developed

The deaths of two children at a controversy-plagued hospital have sparked an emotional exchange over government inaction. A scathing report from the NSW auditor-general

A childcare centre will shut for up to six months after the discovery of lead in soil below kindergarten areas. Goodstart was advised in October that its centre

A taskforce will scour a private hospital operator's contract to run a public health facility is being examined as the company looks for a way out of the deal amid its

Australia loses more than $21 billion in productivity every year due to absenteeism but providing workers with one day of reproductive leave a month would significantly mitigate

Poor customer service and protracted delays in processing claims by health insurers are frustrating thousands around the nation, a report has found. The Office

Dentists want federal government action to ensure private health insurers can't hide behind hidden policy conditions. The Australian Dental Association

Voters are being offered a better understanding of their medical bills, with a promise to improve transparency. Patients across Australia can pay hundreds more

WHAT ARE THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO VICTORIA'S EUTHANASIA LAWS? * Doctors able to raise the issue of voluntary assisted dying with terminally ill patients,

Any looming rise in health insurance premiums would be "proportionate", the health minister says, following fears of a large increase. Data from comparison

As a rural speech pathologist, Saffron Foy treats whoever comes through the door. She has helped babies with feeding problems, school kids with speech difficulties,

A suspended chiropractor who continued to practise for 16 months has been sentenced to community work after his lawyer said he acted out of concern for patients rather than

Loyalists to Health Workers Union boss Diana Asmar are barred from running the Victorian branch in the ongoing legal fight over alleged rorting of union funds.

A new study led by Monash University has revealed patients are surprisingly happy with telehealth consults for a range of health services, including allied health.

A man has been awarded more than $2 million in compensation after suffering a stroke and brain damage resulting from improper treatment at a Queensland hospital.

Victorian coroners have thrown their weight behind calls for a drug testing trial in the state following the deaths of two men they believe unknowingly took synthetic substances.

National policies on alcohol should consider gender, the World Health Organisation says, warning the industry is increasingly targeting women who face greater health risks

ustralia's peak medical body wants independent oversight of price hikes to private health insurance premiums, following a more than three per cent spike.