Health Policy

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.

The Albanese government is resisting pressure to markedly increase health insurance premiums in another looming cost-of-living blow to struggling Australian families.

Experienced emergency physicians would be on standby at a music festival under an official pitch to the Victorian government to host a free pill testing trial.

Young Australians overwhelmingly want the right to a healthy environment enshrined in law to keep pace with standards overseas. Nine out of 10 people aged 13

More than 30 tonnes of vapes which falsely claimed to be nicotine-free, have been seized by the Australian Border Force and the medical regulator. Over the

With more young people vaping and schools at a loss how to prevent it, the NSW government will host a panel of experts and interest groups to help guide policy measures.