May 11, 2023
Catholic Health Australia, which represents the largest non-government provider grouping of health, aged, and community care services in Australia, has welcomed the federal budget’s inclusion of […]
April 13, 2023
Catholic Health Australia has joined with the Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) and LGBTIQ+ Health Australia (LHA) in signing a joint statement on LGBTQI+ […]
April 11, 2023
To mark World Parkinson’s Day Catholic Health Australia Chair Hon John Watkins AM wrote the following moving article in the Sydney Morning Herald reflecting on the […]
March 29, 2023
Residents, staff and invited guests have joined Melbourne’s Catholic Archbishop Peter Comensoli today to officially open Calvary Health Care’s landmark retirement living, health and aged care […]
March 29, 2023
A new affordable homes development in Ivanhoe will give older people on low incomes and people with disability desperately needed homes for life. As Australia’s housing […]
March 29, 2023
This week CHA delivered a positive message for age care reform together with a coalition of not-for profit, faith-based aged care providers and the Health Services […]
March 22, 2023
A set of quadruplets has been welcomed into the world at Mater Mothers’ Hospital in South Brisbane, the first born there in four years. The babies, […]
March 22, 2023
An Albury study by disability service provider Mercy Connect has used virtual reality to give users a first-hand glimpse of what living with an intellectual disability […]
March 7, 2023
Teenager Olivia Scott has just secured her first paid job and, while part-time employment is a rite of passage for most teens, as a female with […]
February 15, 2023
Queensland woman Alisi Jack Kaufusi was just 24 and working as a flight attendant when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Five years on the 30-year-old […]
February 15, 2023
St John of God Ballarat Hospital’s $80 million redevelopment has made a great start, with more to come this year ahead of the project’s 2024 completion […]
February 8, 2023
The Hon. Dominic Perrottet MP delivers this message to the Catholic health and aged care community for World Day of the Sick, this Saturday 11 February.
February 2, 2023
A St Vincent’s Hospital cardiologist is calling for greater awareness and screening of a disease that was considered a death sentence just five years ago. Dr […]
February 1, 2023
VMCH is taking part in a multi-million-dollar research project aimed at predicting and preventing falls among older people in aged care. Falls are a major health […]
February 1, 2023
Werribee Mercy Hospital midwife Louise Thompson has retired after 29 years’ service and after witnessing more than 55,000 births at Wyndham, in Melbourne’s booming west. Louise […]
December 7, 2022
Religious pluralism in healthcare means that conflicts regarding appropriate treatment can occur because of convictions of patients and healthcare workers alike. This contribution argues for a […]
November 17, 2022
Mercy Health has announced it will join with Our Lady Aged Care Centre (OLACC) to open and operate a brand new aged care home adjacent to […]
November 17, 2022
Doctors at Mater Mothers’ Hospital in Brisbane saved the life of a premature baby girl after removing a 2kg tumour from the tiny newborn’s spine. Her […]
November 16, 2022
An Ambulatory Emergency Care Unit has been opened at St John of God Midland Public Hospital to provide urgent assessment and treatment for patients presenting to […]
November 3, 2022
By Jason Kara CHA Aged Care Director There has been a flurry of activity in the aged care space since the election of the Albanese Government […]
November 3, 2022
By Brigid Meney Director of Strategy & Mission Catholic Health Australia This year, the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference’s Social Justice Statement 2022-2023 confronts the scourge of […]
November 2, 2022
A major health initiative in the US state of Missouri proves the future is here, and that future is virtual. Opened in 2015, the Mercy Virtual […]
November 2, 2022
A Cabrini Women’s Mental Health Service client was so inspired by her experience during her recent admission that she designed a new fabric. The client, an […]
November 2, 2022
St Vincent’s Diabetes Service in Sydney is marking World Diabetes Day with a forum aimed at helping type 1 diabetes patients manage and live with their […]
October 18, 2022
National Nutrition Week, October 16-22, aims to celebrate vegetables and the important role they play in our health and wellbeing. It’s an important issue, with recent […]
October 17, 2022
National Carers Week, October 16-22, is a time to recognise and celebrate the 2.65 million Australians who provide care and support to their loved ones. This […]
October 13, 2022
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Australian women. But Australia has one of the best survival rates in the world, with 89 out of […]
October 10, 2022
From National Conference and prostheses list reforms to new funding for aged care and campaigns to encourage vaccination, CHA has been working hard to get the […]
October 10, 2022
Thirty-five guests including the Most Reverened Peter Comensoli, Archbishop of Melbourne, and Victorian Health Minister Hon Mary-Anne Thomas MP gathered in Melbourne for a dinner following […]
October 6, 2022
Ernst and Young recently conducted a consultation on the private healthcare default benefits framework on behalf of the Department of Health and Aged Care. Default benefits […]
September 22, 2022
Aged care providers received a much-needed boost with the Federal Government announcing an extension of COVID19 funding. This $1.4 billion investment extends measures in place that […]
September 19, 2022
Dementia could be one of Australia’s – and increasingly the world’s – most devastating conditions. Dementia is the term used to describe the symptoms of a […]
September 9, 2022
On behalf of Catholic Health Australia members, I wish to express our sadness at the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. She will be remembered for a […]
September 7, 2022
Perth’s St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital glowed yellow this week in recognition of R U OK? Day. Today (Thursday, September 8), is a national […]
September 1, 2022
Around 270 delegates from our members gathered in Brisbane last week for Catholic Health Australia’s national conference, our first in three years. They came from all […]
September 1, 2022
With aged-care facing critical staff shortages and some negative press – especially during COVID – a positive new Mercy Health program is showing high school students […]
August 11, 2022
By CHA Health Policy Director Caitlin O’Dea and Manager – Health Policy Alex Lynch The COVID-19 pandemic has seen the acceleration of relatively new trends in […]
August 9, 2022
Archbishop Timothy Costelloe SDB has officially taken over the presidency of the Australian Catholic Bishops Conference. Health Matters spoke to him about his role, his faith […]
August 8, 2022
Mater Mothers’ Hospital is using World Breastfeeding Week to shine a spotlight on a new program that gives parents the skills they need to take their […]
August 5, 2022
Monday is Dying to Know Day, the culmination of a national campaign that asks people of all ages and stages of life to have conversations around […]
July 28, 2022
Rachel Resuggan, Group Allied Health Manager St John of God Health Care Since its inception in 2020 Catholic Health Australia’s Allied Health Committee has continued to […]
July 28, 2022
Think homelessness couldn’t happen to you? Neither did Helen Simmons. Forty years ago, Helen, now aged 79, “had it all”. A husband, three children, a nice […]
July 27, 2022
The Mater Hospital has celebrated the extraordinary service Sister Angela Mary Doyle has given to Brisbane, 75 years after her arrival in the city from her […]
June 22, 2022
Catholic Health Australia has appointed Jason Kara as Director, Aged Care to replace Nick Mersiades who is leaving after a number of years service. For the […]
June 22, 2022
Mark Green, Calvary’s National Director, Mission, says the I Am Living initiative encourages Australians to have open and honest conversations and engage in timely planning for […]
June 21, 2022
This month hosts Motor Neurone Disease Awareness Week, a time when people living with the disease, those who have lost someone to it, carers, researchers, healthcare […]
June 14, 2022
Loneliness can be debilitating, especially as we age, and Michael Whitehead wants to do something about it. Mr Whitehead is the Men’s Health Clinical Nurse Consultant […]
May 20, 2022
Margaret O’Connor is a deeply respected palliative-care clinician and teacher, but you’ll often find her out in a clinical service, far from universities and hospitals. “I’ve […]
May 5, 2022
Brisbane father-of-three Terry Cameron is breaking down stereotypes one baby at a time as the only male midwife to work at Australia’s largest maternity services provider. […]
May 2, 2022
Pope Francis’s public message this past week urging us to honour, serve and show love for the elderly was a moving address and one that is […]