The Federal Government has successfully navigated its Healthcare Identifiers Bill 2010 and the Healthcare Identifiers (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2010 through the Senate. The bills permit e-health authority NeHTA and Medicare Australia to begin assigning the unique, 16-digit individual healthcare identifiers (IHI) to each member of the Australian public. More information is available at www.ehealthinfo.gov.au or www.medicare.gov.au
Direct care workers pay boosted by up to 28.5%, as indirect care workers get 6.8% increase: FWC
Personal care workers and assistants in nursing working in residential aged care facilities and home care workers this afternoon received long-awaited pay rises. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) awarded: Personal Care Workers (PCW): Extra 18.2% to...