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Nursing and Health Workforce Strategy Committee - 28 February 08
Health and Community Services Policy Forum - 28 Februaruy 08
Primary Health Care Committee - 28 February 08
Disability Services Committee - 28 February 08
Transition to Registered Nursing Program - 28 February 08
Heart disease and the role of Practice Nurses - 28 February 08
Workers' Compensation - Renewal Time - 28 February 08
Spending on Public Health maintained at 2% on the total health expenditure - 28 February 08
Aboriginal Health Reform - the time is now - 28 February 08
Workplace Relations - 28 February 08

Nursing and Health Workforce Strategy Committee - 28 February 08

The Committee has agreed to initiate a private sector survey of the nursing workforce. It is hoped that the results of this survey will assist the Committee to generate further activities for 2008. Two other issues that remain on the policy agenda for the Committee involve issues relating to w...

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Health and Community Services Policy Forum - 28 Februaruy 08

The initial Committee meeting following the break involved the Committee identifying the policy agenda for 2008. Not unexpectedly the Committee agreed to a continued focus on workforce health issues and to establish links with the public sector policy makers....

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Primary Health Care Committee - 28 February 08

A topic that continues to remain of interest to Committee members relates to workforce issues and role redesign in the primary health care services sector. The Committee has also been briefed about the Health Networks established by the WA Health Department....

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Disability Services Committee - 28 February 08

Participation of people with disabilities in the workforce remains an issue of focus for the group. The Committee remains committed to making improvements in this area. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was discussed by the Committee. It is intende...

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Transition to Registered Nursing Program - 28 February 08

Congratulations to the recent 2007 graduates. We are pleased to announce that many of the students have taken places at Curtin University in their nursing program. We are also pleased to confirm that those students who did not take places at Curtin University have remained committed to n...

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Heart disease and the role of Practice Nurses - 28 February 08

Heart disease affects many Australians despite the improvements that have been made over the last several decades in the prevention, identification and management of heart disease. Many factors contribute to heart disease, including diet and physical activity. If individuals improve thei...

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Spending on Public Health maintained at 2% on the total health expenditure - 28 February 08

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) confirms that the spending on public health activities has remained constant at about 2% of the total health spends. Health departments across Australian spent an approximate $71 per person on public health activities in 2005/06. Thes...

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Aboriginal Health Reform - the time is now - 28 February 08

The health of Australian Aboriginals is in significant need of an overhaul. It is common knowledge that Australian Aboriginals die earlier than there non-Aboriginal counterparts. After decades of reviews, inquiries, programs and policies it is time for action - and outcomes. "Impro...

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Workplace Relations - 28 February 08

Introduction of the Workplace Relations Amendment (Transition to Forward with Fairness) Bill 2008 On the 13th February 2008, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard introduced into Federal Parliament the Rudd Government's transitional industrial relations legislation, Workplace Relations Amendment (Tran...

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