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The National Rural Health Alliance, the peak body for rural and remote health in Australia, welcomed the NBN’s announcement today of a renewed focus on regional Australia.
National Rural Health Alliance CEO Dr Gabrielle O’Kane said that digital connectivity was still a huge issue for rural communities accessing health services.
“There’s still a desperate need to improve...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance, the peak body for rural and remote health in Australia, said that new Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data shows that tobacco use is still a serious health risk factor and one that disproportionately affects the health of rural Australians.
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- The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has released a report today...
The National Rural Health Alliance, the peak body for rural and remote health in Australia, welcomed the beginning of Anti-Poverty Week, which highlights the need to reduce poverty to improve health and wellbeing in rural Australia.
“The Alliance’s vision is for healthy and sustainable rural, regional and remote communities and we believe that tackling poverty is a vital part of this,”...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance, the peak body for rural and remote health in Australia, welcomed the Federal Government’s announcement today of new safety standards for quad bikes.
“Quad bikes are responsible for far too many preventable injuries and deaths in rural Australia, and so we welcome the introduction today of new safety measures which will apply in full from 2021,” said...
read moreAt the Alliance’s 28th Annual General Meeting this week in Canberra, Tanya Lehmann was re-appointed Chair of the National Rural Health Alliance, and a new Strategic Plan was launched.
Upon taking office, Tanya thanked the Board for their support over the past year and for the confidence in her to lead the Alliance for another year. Tanya paid tribute to the work of outgoing Board Member...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance, Australia’s umbrella rural health organisation, visited Parliament today to call for action to improve health outcomes for the 7 million people living outside Australia’s major cities.
Chair of the Alliance, Tanya Lehmann, said that the Alliance wants to see healthy and sustainable regional communities, but sadly that is not the reality in Australia...
read moreFresh on the recent hearings of the Royal Commission into aged care and safety in Darwin, Broome and Cairns, the Australian Journal of Rural Health publishes a special issue focussing on older persons’ health in rural, regional and remote Australia.
Jointly edited by Dr Evelien Spelten (La Trobe University) and Professor Oliver Burmeister (Charles Sturt University) the issue draws...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance commends the Health Minister Greg Hunt’s inclusion of a stronger rural health sector in ‘Australia’s Long Term National Health Plan.’
The Plan clearly articulates the Government’s commitment to bring an additional 3,000 extra doctors and 3,000 additional nurses to rural Australia over 10 years, and the Alliance encourages the Government to consider...
read moreResearch plays a leading role in improving the health of people in rural and remote Australia and the call for abstracts is now open for presentations to the 7th Rural and Remote Health Scientific Symposium, to be held in Alice Springs, 25-26 May 2020.
Expressions of interest are now being sought from researchers whose work can contribute to better health and wellbeing for the 7 million...
read moreOver the next 5 weeks the National Rural Health Alliance will be releasing series of health workforce fact sheets that show the number of health professionals working in rural, regional and remote areas per capita compared to major cities.
The fact sheets confirm the significant mal-distribution of the health workforce across Australia, with...
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