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Appointment Health

Mercy Health says appointment will benefit ‘our youngest patients’ 

Mercy Health and the University of Melbourne have announced the appointment of Brett Manley as Mercy Hospital for Women’s inaugural director of neonatal research and professor of neonatal medicine.

Health

Government ‘wary’ of entering health care funding dispute

The Secretary of the Department of Health and Aged Care, Blair Comley, has told Catholic Health Australia’s national conference that the Albanese Government was wary of entering the funding dispute between private health care providers and the insurance industry.

Health People

Tunnel borer named the ‘Gillian’ in honour of Breastmilk Bank founder

The Victorian Government has recognised Dr Gillian Opie, founder of Mercy Health’s Breastmilk Bank, by naming a tunnel boring machine in her honour as part of the North East Link tunnel development.

Health

Doctor and philanthropist honoured for work in Catholic health care

Catholic Health Australia has paid tribute to two exceptional leaders for their outstanding lifetime contributions to Catholic health care over almost half a century.

Health

Rejoice, Reimagine – an opportunity to refocus health care

Hundreds of delegates and speakers are gathering in Sydney for Catholic Health Australia’s annual conference “Rejoice, Reimagine”, which begins today.

Health

Reopening of emergency department eases strain on Hobart hospital system

A Catholic private hospital in Hobart will reopen its emergency department 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with hopes it can ease some of the stress on the hospital system. Source: ABC News.

Health

Private health insurers’ profits rise while private hospitals struggle 

Catholic Health Australia has today released new analysis that exposes private health insurers’ soaring profits while many private hospitals struggle to remain viable.

Health Research

Building the future of healthcare at St Vincent’s

Melbourne’s new medical research centre is one step closer to making life-saving scientific discoveries for generations to come, and St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne is playing a leading role. Source: Catholic Health Australia.

Health

Hospitals seek right to boycott big insurers from funding talks

Not-for-profit hospital operators want to overhaul how they negotiate funding deals with health insurers, as private hospitals fight to ensure their survival. Source: Australian Financial Review.