With the release of the World Health Organization’s Antimicrobial Resistance Global Report on Surveillance, Cathryn Murphy believes it opens the way to build infection control capacity through novel approaches, including exploring new partnerships with medical industry. [ + ]

According to the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality (VASM)  sixth annual report,  trends relating to clinical risk management show overall improvements in patient surgical care. [ + ]

To successfully deliver the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), there needs to be improved collaboration across government and services, according to a  new report by the University of Sydney and the Young People In Nursing Homes National Alliance. [ + ]

Too many Australians are suffering and dying from chronic heart failure due to a disjointed national approach to managing the debilitating condition, according to the Heart Foundation. [ + ]

Discussion of health and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia tends to focus on closing the gap in on the social and health disadvantages – the comparatively poor life expectancy and the disproportionately high burden of chronic illness such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and chronic respiratory diseases. [ + ]

Eminent doctor and leader in the medical profession, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, will be the new Chairperson of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. [ + ]

The National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has called for submissions from the Australian public on evidence regarding the health effects of water fluoridation. [ + ]

The Pharmacy Practitioner Development Committee (PPDC) is commencing a review of the Australian pharmacy profession’s competency standards. [ + ]

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A Hepatitis Report Card released for World Hepatitis Day today shows 250,000 Australians with untreated hepatitis B or C are aged over 40 years and have reached the critical age-point where liver scarring accelerates and the risk of cirrhosis, liver cancer and liver failure dramatically increases. [ + ]

Dr Len Notaras has recently been appointed the Chief Executive Officer for the Northern Territory Department of Health. His new position has overarching responsibility for the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC) of which he was recently Executive Director. [ + ]

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have shown new media technologies such as smart phone apps may be an effective means of improving health outcomes for new mothers and their babies. [ + ]

The future for family doctors living in and serving local communities in sufficient numbers depends  on the capacity to attract medical students to pursue general practice, and to be able provide quality training experiences within general practice, according to AMA President, A/Prof Brian Owler. [ + ]

Fellows, members and staff of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) were extremely saddened to hear of the death of their friend and colleague, Liam Davison and his wife Frankie. [ + ]

Australians living with diabetes are not getting the mental and emotional health support they need from the health care practitioners and are struggling in silence, according to a Diabetes NSW member survey. [ + ]