Introduction by Croakey: Back in September, soon after National RUOK day prompted Australians to check in with each other’s mental health, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Preside... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A social media campaign busted myths about homelessness to mark World Homelessness Day on 10 October, with the #HomelessTruths hashtag trending nationally in Austral... Read more
Hospital emergency departments are at the forefront of dealing with the impacts of the increasing number of floods, heatwaves, bushfires and other natural disasters that are being driven by... Read more
If you want to get a feel for the state of our health system, a visit to a hospital emergency department is a good place to start. Hospital EDs are the one health service that never closes.... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: Bureaucracy and technology are major barriers to effective patient care across the fragmented silos of Australia’s health system, but the key to better integration lies in... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: New guidelines launched today aim to ensure better, culturally safer care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who present to hospital services when at r... Read more
Trust, hope, safety, respect, dignity, connection and comfort – these are among some of the qualities fostered by the Safe Haven café in the grounds of St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.... Read more
When a sizeable crowd gathered to walk and talk about mental health in Melbourne, participants shared a real life exercise in the importance of social connections for health and wellbeing. T... Read more
In this edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell shares some of the latest news in mental health and oral health, amongst other things. Lesley Russell writes: In the pa... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: In 2015, national consultations were held to guide development of a long-awaited national alcohol strategy. Further national consultations were held in 2017, and thi... Read more
