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A chorus of concern over the major parties’ failure to focus on rural health issues in the election campaign is growing, the National Rural Health Alliance says.
The peak body for rural, regional and remote health says the 7 million people living in rural Australia have been unable to discern what the big health policy announcements mean for them.
“Nor has there been a specific...
read moreA report out today showing higher levels of risky drinking in country areas compared with cities illustrates why political parties claiming to care for rural Australia must spell out what they are offering on rural health this election, the National Rural Health Alliance says.
NRHA CEO Mark Diamond said the 7 million people living in rural, regional and remote Australia have heard...
read moreAustralia’s peak body for rural health is dismayed at the lack of focus on rural health issues in the election debate on health at the National Press Club in Canberra yesterday.
“It’s fair to say that the health needs of over 7 million people were totally ignored in this debate,” National Rural Health Alliance CEO Mark Diamond said.
The Alliance represents 37 health peak member...
read moreAustralia’s peak body for rural health has urged aspiring members of the nation’s next Federal Government to abandon the assumption that market economics can be the main lever driving the delivery of health services in rural areas.
“We know that when it comes to rural health, market failure exists,” National Rural Health Alliance Chair Tanya Lehmann said.
“We have to come out of...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance – Australia’s umbrella rural health group – has welcomed the major parties’ focus on rural, regional and remote connectivity for health’s sake, ahead of the Federal election.
Labor has promised $245 million to eradicate mobile black spots, improve digital literacy and fund local projects to improve connectivity in regional communities. The Coalition...
read moreRural health needs greater focus to help undecided voters get clear about their choices ahead of the Federal Election on May 18, the National Rural Health Alliance says.
“Big issues like water and whether new coal mines should be opened can overwhelm the equally significant health service needs of the 7 million people who live outside Australia’s big cities, but in fact these are all...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance has welcomed the ALP’s announcement of a $2.4 billion Pensioner Dental Plan – providing access to free dental oral health care to 3 million older Australians.
Alliance CEO, Mark Diamond, said the move would provide relief to older people in rural communities who did not have access to such services.
Mr Diamond said access to oral health services...
read moreAn incoming Federal Government needs to immediately address the critical shortage of allied health professionals in rural, regional and remote Australia if the nation is to have any hope of making healthcare accessible to those regions, the National Rural Health Alliance says.
CEO Mark Diamond acknowledged considerable progress by previous governments in addressing rural doctor...
read moreLabor’s planned $33 million attack on eradicating rheumatic heart disease, and its promise to give Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations a bigger role in delivering culturally appropriate primary healthcare services is welcomed by the nation’s peak body for rur
al and remote health, the National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA).
“We have long argued that delivering...
read moreThe National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) has named four key areas an incoming Federal Government must address to help rural Australians get healthier and live longer.
The nation’s peak body for rural, regional and remote health has also listed in detail what needs to be done in each area.
The four areas are: