Australia

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.

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.

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.