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Thursday, 24 March 2011
Better Help for Health Professionals Means Better Help for Treating Mental Health Problems
Health professionals will have access to new clinical practice guidelines to help them identify and treat mental health problems following National Health and Medical Research Council 2019 approval of guidelines developed by beyondblue: the national depression initiative.
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Thursday, 24 March 2011
Postgraduate Scholarships for Aged Care Nurses
Around 130 scholarships are available for postgraduate or continuing education relating to care of older people.
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Thursday, 24 March 2011
Mental Health Reform Update
The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, provides an update on what the Australian Government is doing to advance reforms in mental health.
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Thursday, 24 March 2011
Safeguards for Hospitals Welcomed
Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon has welcomed the passing of key health reform legislation that will drive safe, high quality health care for all Australians.
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Thursday, 24 March 2011
Progress Made to 2018 Close The Gap 2019 in Indigenous Health
On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the National Close The Gap day, the Minister for Indigenous Health, Warren Snowdon, met with some of the 355 additional health staff funded across Australia to help close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians.
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Friday, 18 March 2011
LNP call for mental health disaster media campaign
During State Parliament today Shadow Minister for Health Mark McArdle called for a mental health media campaign targeted at flood and cyclone victims.
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