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Wednesday, 31 March 2010
$436 Million To Take Pressure Off Our Hospitals By Delivering Personalised Care For Diabetics
As part of delivering a National Health and Hospitals Network, the Rudd Government will invest $436 million to transform the way Australians with long term illness are treated.
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Healthier Communities Coming After an Australian Government Grant
The Rudd Government announced today $4.9 Million for 12 Healthy Communities grants across Australia to tackle overweight and obesity in local communities.
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Five Million Extra GP Services
Analysis by the Department of Health of the Government's $632 million investment to train 1200 new GPs a year has shown that the move will deliver around five million extra GP services across Australia.
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010
A Landmark Day for Australian Nurses and Midwives
Today the Senate has passed historic legislation that provides long deserved recognition of Australia's highly skilled nurses and midwives.
These reforms will give nurse practitioners and midwives access to the Medical Benefits Schedule (MBS) and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) for the first time.
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Building A National Health And Hospitals Network - Training Record Numbers Of Junior Doctors In General Practice
The Rudd Government will invest $148 million to ensure that more junior doctors can experience a career in general practice before they become a fully fledged doctor.
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Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Building a National Health and Hospitals Network - Training Record Numbers of GPs
The Rudd Government will invest $339 million to increase GP training places to record levels to deliver better health and better hospitals for all Australians.
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