Tag: health

By Angela Dorizas Governments should be prepared to pay more for employee assistance programs if they are to make any headway in addressing mental health in the workplace. That was…

By Angela Dorizas Australian governments have shown real leadership on workplace health and wellbeing, according to Sean Sullivan, president and chief executive of the US-based Institute for Health and Productivity…

  The inaugural Corporate Health and Productivity Management Awards: Allan Lally (second from left); Louise Cross (third from right); and Sean Sullivan (second from right).   By Angela Dorizas The Queensland…

By Angela Dorizas Health services in regional Western Australia are in crisis, with councils bearing the cost of attracting GPs to their communities. That was the take-home message of an emergency…

By Angela Dorizas The Federal Government's proposed takeover of aged care does not go far enough to address short and long term issues within the sector, industry experts have warned….

By Angela Dorizas Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced a Commonwealth takeover of aged care policy and funding in the lead up to next week’s COAG meeting.   The Government…

By Rob O'Brien Victorian workers have been given a scare by a State Government-run health program which has found a high percentage don’t exercise enough with a number of people asked…

By Angela Dorizas Research in the UK has shown that flexible work arrangements have a positive effect on the health and wellbeing of employees. The Cochrane Collaboration research team conducted ten…

By Angela Dorizas The Federal Government has unveiled its $30.9 billion overhaul of Australia’s health system, which is the most significant reform to the federation in its history. Prime Minister…

By Rob O'Brien Older Australians living in Victoria are to get health checks during the hot summer months, the State Government has announced.   More than 7,000 older Victorian public…