Lung rehab expansion to slash ACT wait times
Wait times for pulmonary rehabilitation in Canberra are expected to fall from as long as two years to about two months under an expansion of services across the ACT.
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Canberra Liberals Leader Mark Parton will move a motion in the Legislative Assembly today calling for continued funding of non-clinical, home-based palliative care support after funding changes affecting Community Options.
Canberra palliative care specialist Kate Reed-Cox has been named the 2026 Australian nurse practitioner of the year.
Canberrans are spending an average $1640.08 a year keeping fit, the highest of any Australian capital, according to new research that ranks Canberra the country's least fitness-friendly city.
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Elevated rates of MND found in regional Australia
Motor neuron disease is impacting people in some parts of western NSW at rates of up to seven times higher than the global average.
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Midwives take on expanded role in ACT trial
Pregnant women and new parents using Canberra's public maternity services will have access to more consistent care under a new 12-month trial supporting endorsed midwives.
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Key talks to free patients stranded in public hospitals
States will lobby for more federal funding to free up desperately needed hospital beds in their health systems as ministers meet for talks.
The federal government has expanded the range of cancers a drug will be subsidised to treat as part of its discounted medicines scheme.
Takeaway coffee drinkers are getting more than they bargained for with their caffeine, new research shows.
“We’re not asking for a unicorn with a rainbow. We’re asking for a safe and efficient system. We know we can do better,” new AMA president Dr Betty Ge tells reporter DHWANI PATHAK.
Canberra Health Services (CHS) has renamed and updated its patient-facing app, dropping the ACT Health name in favour of Canberra Health Services and changing how wait times are displayed across its services.
Australian researchers believe they are on the cusp on a world-leading breakthrough that could reverse genetic heart disease.
A new report has revealed key savings that are made through intervention by exercise physiologists, with experts arguing the industry should be GST-exempt.
More than half of Australian women with endometriosis are experiencing a mental health problem, with new research revealing the hidden toll of the condition.
Motivated by personal experience, a health advocate has launched National Strength Day urging greater focus on strength in health care.
A decades-old ban that has little to do with health care is hindering how the terminally ill end their lives in more ways than people realise, doctors say.
People with home gardens are less likely to develop type 2 diabetes, with new University of Queensland research suggesting access to green spaces should be a priority in urban planning.
Ines Pires da Silva didn't sit on her laurels after winning a major science prize - she is ever closer to personalising immunotherapy for cancer patients.
The federal government hopes a milestone pay rise for aged-care workers will help attract and retain staff in a sector stretched by shortages.
