Sentences with phrase «peak health groups»

Croakey contributor and moderator Jennifer Doggett has been appointed the new Chair of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA), saying the diversity of the coalition of peak health groups gives it the capacity to overcome sectional interests that prevent sensible reform.

At the same time, health leaders — including the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) and other nursing and midwifery groups, the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association, and other peak health groups have spoken up for the importance of cultural safety for improving care and outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

Jennifer Doggett has produced a useful overview of scorecards from peak health groups, suggesting an overall preference for a Green or Labor Government, and concern on a number of fronts with the prospect of a Coalition win.

Not exact matches

The peak industry group, which represents more than 60,000 businesses across manufacturing, engineering, telecommunications, mining, airlines and related sectors, will caution the Turnbull government against large cuts but call for careful spending reductions across aged care, health, the pension system and the public service to fund a company tax cut as a key priority.

Craig A. Horswill, PhD, adjunct professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition at the University of Illinois in Chicago and a member of the statement writing group, concurred: «Athletic trainers and other health professionals are pivotal in the health of athletes in their programs, providing hands - on guidance in the prevention and treatment of injuries and advising them on strategies for peak performance.»

Pikes Peak Community College, the highest ranked school in this group with a mental health counseling program, has a total student population of 13,572.

The Redfern Statement, covered in full by Croakey here, is the result of an historic collaboration between 16 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peak organisations, supported by many more health groups and NGOs, to produce a call for Government action to produce policies that will «meaningfully address Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander disadvantage», in the lead - up to the election.

In recognition of the growing number of pharmacists working in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs), the peak national body for pharmacists, the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has launched the ACCHO Special Interest Group (SIG).

In 2010 the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) awarded Grandparents Victoria the contract to establish a kinship carer network across Victoria and to act as the peak group representing the views of kinship carers across Victoria.

This Leadership Group comprised of 14 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health peak bodies and other health stakeholders, including the National Congress and the Commission.

Our scope and reach covers peak bodies including consumer groups (such as the Country Women's Association of Australia and the Isolated Children's Parents» Association), the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health sector, health professional organisations (representing doctors, nurses and midwives, allied health professionals, dentists, pharmacists, optometrists, paramedics, health students, and health service managers) and service providers (such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service).

The Neurological Alliance Australia (NAA), ten national peak not - for - profit health organisations, met recently in Canberra with parliamentarians and their staff, people living with these conditions and advocacy groups to launch a joint position paper highlighting the issues relating to people with progressive neurodegenerative diseases in the NDIS.