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Sydney Morning Herald - National | 1 day ago

Govt not ignoring mental health: Roxon

...over the struggling mental health system in its health reform blue print. Health Minister Nicola Roxon says she makes no apologies for dealing with the foundations of health reform...

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The Australian | 2 days ago

Health identifier bill delayed

...had been seeking more details on how the scheme would work. Late last Friday, Health Minister Nicola Roxon finally released draft regulations underlying the proposed...

"Nurse practitioners and midwives wishing to provide treatment under Medicare and prescribe medicines under the PBS will need to demonstrate that they meet certain professional eligibility requirements and that they have appropriate collaborative arrangements in place," Ms Roxon said.

Start of a new era for nurses The Australian | 3 days ago

The Australian | 3 days ago

Start of a new era for nurses

...schools and contributed to the record number of graduates now coming through. Health Minister Nicola Roxon hailed the passage of the new powers to nurse practitioners and midwives...

Sydney Morning Herald - National | 3 days ago

Controversial midwives laws pass Senate

...their sign-off to access Medicare insurance and pharmaceutical benefits. Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the laws were a vital reform, but also used the opportunity to criticise...

BusinessWeek | 3 days ago

Rudd Feels Obama Health-Care Pain as He Loses Majority Support

Sixty percent of Australians aren't able to get access to a doctor when they need one, Health Minister Nicola Roxon told Ten Network television today. "People do turn up at emergency...

The Australian | 4 days ago

$630m prescription to end doctor crisis

...been accused of running closed shops and trying to limit their own numbers. Health Minister Nicola Roxon said she would not tolerate "misuse or abuse" of the programs. But she said she...

Sydney Morning Herald - National | 4 days ago

PM flags GP training funding boost

...training of GPs and specialists. Mr Rudd was touring Queanbeyan hospital with Health Minister Nicola Roxon on Monday morning ahead of the announcement of another element of the...

Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 4 days ago

Biffo over health may come out of the blue

...to brief the Tasmanian and SA oppositions. Redmond, despite her ambush arrival, had a briefing with Nicola Roxon's chief of staff and officials from Treasury and Health. But it was not...

Sydney Morning Herald - National | 6 days ago

Rudd a bully over hospital plan: Abbott

...the health and hospital system when he was federal health minister. Similarly, Health Minister Nicola Roxon said Mr Abbott had already ripped $1 billion from the health system and was...

Sydney Morning Herald - National | 6 days ago

Roxon uncomfortable with sex selection

Health Minister Nicola Roxon says the federal government isn't pushing for a ban on baby gender selection technology to be lifted and she's personally very uncomfortable with the...

The Australian | 1 week ago

Medicare dentistry full of holes

...and other treatments while ignoring the more urgent work such as fillings. Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the latest evidence of rising uptake made the case for scrapping or...

The Australian | 1 week ago

Roxon releases health identifier rules

FEDERAL Health Minister Nicola Roxon has buckled and released proposed draft regulations for the Healthcare Identifiers service, after privacy and security experts told a Senate inquiry the...