health - "government"

The Federal government has appointed its first Commonwealth chief nurse.

BUSINESSES will be encouraged to monitor the weight of their employees as part of a £56m government plan to tackle Scotland's obesity epidemic.

The Australian Medical Association today urged the government to address the policy inertia that continued to restrict medical services for the care of sick and frail residents of aged care homes. AMA President, Dr Rosanna Capolingua, warned that GP services to residents in aged care homes were under growing pressure. She said GPs were continually frustrated by the barriers that prevented constant medical care from being delivered to residents of aged care homes.

According to a survey released today by C-Change, a national cancer coalition of key leaders from the government, business and non-profit sectors, Americans are not aware of the important role they play in cancer prevention.

The taskforce overseeing the Federal intervention into Northern Territory Indigenous communities is calling for the Federal government to establish what it describes as 'real jobs' in remote communities and focus on health needs.

The New South Wales government has announced new powers for council rangers to confiscate disability parking permits as part of a crackdown on the abuse of the scheme.

Proposed changes to South Australia's country health system will be fought by local government.