Australia
New Local Health Service networks to launch across Victoria, Australia
New Local Health Service networks to launch across Victoria, Australia
Each health service will maintain its board, CEO, and local identity.
Australia invests $13.2m in new Forbes Hospital operating theatre
Planning will begin in the coming months.
Australia to launch national lung cancer screening programme on 1 July
The disease is the leading cause of cancer death in the country.
Joondalup Health Campus unveils expanded public ward block, theatre complex
Key features include 46 contemporary individual patient rooms across two new wards.
Australia’s nuclear imaging agents market to hit $30m by 2036
Its growth is driven by a rise in prostate cancer cases.
Alfred Health launches real-time data platform in Australia
The system supports clinical care and organisational operations.
Queensland’s $21.5b health budget to expand hospitals, boost workforce
This includes a $12.04b (A$18.53b) investment to provide over 2,600 new beds statewide.
St Vincent’s Hospital’s dialysis unit relocates to ‘the Park’
The Gertrude Street unit ceased operations on 27 May.
Australian gov’t invests $413.4m in Mater Hospital Springfield project
The facility will house 174 new overnight beds.
Joondalup Health campus to add 60 public beds under $13.2m investment
The hospital’s new ward block currently has 46 beds.
Australian gov’t invests $13.4m for highly-specialised therapies
These treatments focus on rare diseases and high-risk neuroblastoma.
Free Medicare chronic wound care scheme starts for older Australians
Fully subsidised wound care products will be provided for people aged 65 and over.
Australia’s $162.1m Griffith Base Hospital to open on 26 June
All health services, except dental, will move into the new building.
NSW Ambulance trials drones for aeromedical, search and rescue operations
The devices provide real-time aerial surveillance.
Canowindra HealthOne facility construction begins in NSW, Australia
It will be built on the existing hospital site.
Contractor appointed for $12.8m Mullewa Community Hospital upgrade
Main works are expected to start later this year.
New $19.6m cancer treatment facility to be built in Geraldton
The initiative includes $652,000 (A$1m) of planning funding from the state budget.