Croakey intro: Sydney GP Sara Townend is urging medical colleagues to sign a petition calling on Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to bring a refugee dying of advanced lung cancer from Naur... Read more
At the recent Choosing Wisely National Meeting, CEO of the Consumers Health Forum of Australia, Leanne Wells, made the comment that in the health sector there should be ‘no design without co... Read more
Lesley Russell writes: Early on May 20 – a brisk, sunny autumn morning – a small but enthusiastic group gathered for a #CroakeyGO walk in Callan Park, on the shores of Iron Cove in the Sydne... Read more
This year’s Indigenous Health Mayday Twitter event, #IHMayDay18, trended nationally on Twitter throughout the day, and involved almost 1,500 participants, with 20 guest tweeters joinin... Read more
Lesley Russell writes: If you’re a #CroakeyGO reader or you follow me on Twitter (@lrussellwolpe), then you know I’m an avid walker. I walk almost every day, but I’m never happier than when... Read more
Croakey has highlighted before that the way Australia treats prisoners, particularly the many who go into prison with pre-existing disabilities, is an internationally recognised matter of hu... Read more
Ruth Armstrong writes: A single tweet put Monday night’s Four Corners episode into perspective for me. I’d been trying to put my finger on what seemed out of kilter with the whole segment an... Read more
*** This article was updated on 1 June with Twitter analytics for #Nurseforce *** The Federal Government’s Health Care Homes program was hailed by the Prime Minister as one of the grea... Read more
The result of an Irish referendum held last weekend, which provided overwhelming support for liberalising the country’s abortion laws, has given Australians something to think about. The law... Read more
This Thursday, 31 May, is the fifth annual Indigenous Health MayDay Twitter festival – #IHMayDay18. As previously reported, the theme this year is Stepping Out Into Our Future, and the... Read more
