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WEBVital items pushing health fund costs up: Get a better deal. Private health cover costs are set to rise after the government backed down on a key money-saving measure. …

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Best private health funds for Aussies as premiums rise

WEBAustralia’s largest health fund Medibank will raise its premiums by an average 3.31 per cent and Bupa, the second largest fund by 3.6 per cent. If you want to …

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Menopause The Other Side: facts and misconceptions

WEBWomen in their early 40s and 50s are living through hell and the cause is affecting their careers, relationships and mental health. At a stage when women are …

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Calls for swift action on LGH misconduct claims

WEBPeter Renshaw, Launceston General Hospital's executive director of medical services, has denied he lied to Department of Health secretary Kathrine Morgan-Wicks …

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Private health insurance: How to save on private health …

WEBBut we found if consumers shop around, they can buy Gold cover for half that amount. St Luke’s health fund is offering a gold policy for as little as $5172 per year for …

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New cancer centre to give sufferers access to new clinical …

WEBS.H. E has been lobbying for the establishment of a women’s cancer wellness centre in the heart of Hobart – and its goal now appears to be in sight. A partnership …

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Australian Medical Association says Tasmania’s health …

WEBThe survey results come as the latest Public Health data showed that while Covid cases have dropped, two people were in intensive care and one person had died with the virus …

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Tasmanian health system branded ‘massive fail’

WEBThe Tasmanian health system’s deterioration due to a lack of resources is “a massive fail”, emergency physicians say. Australasian College of Emergency Medicine Tasmanian …

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Richard Scolyer returns to Tassie roots in fight against …

WEBThis time last year, esteemed melanoma researcher and fitness enthusiast Richard Scolyer was cycling across Queensland and NSW as part of cancer fundraising event Tour de …

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Health boss Kathrine Morgan- Wicks to head Tasmanian …

WEBMs Morgan-Wicks was on a total package worth $559,000 at Health in 2022-23. [email protected]. The senior executive who steered the Department of …

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How much Medicare is helping cover private patient bills The …

WEBThe Medicare fee for a hip replacement is just $1761 compared to the AMA fee of $5675. Under health insurance rules, health funds must top up the Medicare …

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New medical interns start at the Royal Hobart Hospital The Mercury

WEBSeventy-eight medical interns have begun work across the state’s public health system this month. Among them is Finn Macrossan, 23, of Sandy Bay, who is …

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The biggest issues in Tasmania: Tassie 2022 road map The Mercury

WEBLifestyle disadvantages needed to be removed for rural and remote Tasmanians by plugging holes in the state’s social safety net (31.12 per cent), improving transport …

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'She told me she needed a nap 20 minutes later she was gone'

WEBEdward said his two daughters had been distracted by family members who have flown from all over the country to support the young family. “The girls have their …

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Regional Victorian hospitals facing closure amid state budget cost

WEBIt comes at a time the government is also considering forced mergers of hospitals to reduce the number of health services from 76 to as few as 12.

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Nurse claims LGH deaths hidden from coroner

WEBAn inquiry is needed into claims a disgraced senior administrator at the Launceston General Hospital failed to refer the deaths of multiple patients to the …

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Huon Valley Council: Geeveston, Dover medical centres to get new …

WEBThe Huon Valley Council says it will employ two new doctors at its Geeveston and Dover medical centres following the shock announcement that long …

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SA Health to dump mandatory Covid vaccinations The Mercury

WEBSA Health is set to remove mandatory Covid vaccinations for employees who work with patients and will consult its more-than 40,000 staff about the move. Chief …

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‘Health is good’ OJ’s final social media video The Mercury

WEB‘Health is good’ OJ’s final social media video. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window.

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Royal Hobart Hospital chief executive Susan Gannon resigns

WEBLabor has slammed the state government’s management of Tasmania’s public health system, after the departure of several senior executives within the span of …

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UTAS nursing students’ healthcare mission in Nepal

WEBL-R Holly Sluijter, Maggie Roberts, Ellie Thunder, Jess Dobbie, Jasmine Downham, Claudia Gaffney, Molly Browning. UTAS Bachelor of Nursing students who are heading off to …

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Health, redundancy force workers into retirement

WEBJust one in three Australians retire on their own terms, with most pushed out of the workforce due to health issues or redundancy, according to a new survey. And a …

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