The Health Insurance Act 1973 underpins the Medicare scheme by providing for payments by way of medical benefits and for hospital services. The National Health Act 1953 makes provision for pharmaceutical, sickness and hospital benefits, and of medical and dental services.
The Public Health Act 2016 provides a flexible and proactive framework for the regulation of public health, with key features including: promoting public health and well-being in the community. helping to prevent disease, injury, disability and premature death.
There are two levels of health care in Australia: the public system (Medicare) and the private health system. Medicare provides a high level of health care for all Australian residents. It offers residents access to hospital treatment and lowers the cost of medical treatment outside of hospitals.
Everyone who is seeking or receiving care in the Australian Health system has certain rights regarding the nature of that care. These are described in the Australian Charter of Healthcare Rights. The rights included in the Charter relates to access, safety, respect, communication, participation, privacy and comment.
protect and promote public health. control the risk to public health. promote the control of infectious diseases.
Abstract. An overview of ethics and clinical ethics is presented in this review. The 4 main ethical principles, that is beneficence, nonmaleficence, autonomy, and justice, are defined and explained. Informed consent, truth-telling, and confidentiality spring from the principle of autonomy, and each of them is discussed ...
The Australian Government is committed to protecting and promoting traditional rights and freedoms, including freedom of speech, opinion, religion, association and movement.
What is Ryan's Rule? Introduced in Queensland in 2013, first initiated by Children's Health Queensland, the rule allows patients, parents or caregivers to request an immediate clinical review if the patient's health condition is getting worse or not improving as well as expected.
Primary Health Care (PHC) is founded on the interconnecting principles of equity, access, empowerment, community self-determination and intersectoral collaboration. It encompasses an understanding of the social, environmental, economic, cultural and political determinants of health.
Health services in Australia are provided by both the public and private sectors. Public hospitals are owned and managed by state and territory governments. The cost of your healthcare depends on whether you receive care in a public or private practice.
The Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (OH&S Act) is the main workplace health and safety law in Victoria. It sets out the key principles, duties of employers and rights of workers with respect to occupational health and safety.
The Public Health Regulation 2012 supports the Public Health Act 2010 by making provisions across these areas. Under the conditions of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989, the Public Health Regulation 2012 will be repealed on 1 September 2022 and rewritten to become the Public Health Regulation 2022.
An Act relating to the maintenance of proper standards of health for the public; and for other purposes. This Act may be cited as the Public Health Act 1991. This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
Ryan's Rule applies to all patients admitted to any Queensland Health public hospital—including the emergency department—and in some Hospital in the Home (HITH) services.
A practitioner cannot refuse to see a patient on the basis of discrimination (race, religion, gender etc.) If you believe a practitioner has refused to see you on such a basis you can lodge a complaint with the Anti-Discrimination Board NSW. The Board can be contacted on 1800 670 812.
REACH is the NSW equivalent of Queensland`s Ryan Rule and has been implemented in about half of the state`s hospitals. In Victoria and Western Australia, patients can speak to a patient liaison officer at each hospital to raise their own concerns or those of their family members.
This fact sheet introduces the different types of law that govern Australia – statute law made by parliament, delegated law made by government and common law made by courts.
The two main types of laws in Australia are the statutes or codified laws that are decided by state and federal parliaments and the uncodified case laws that are interpreted by judges in the court system. The statutes are enacted after a debate in parliament. They can only be changed by parliament.
Human rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination.
The principles of care include choice, dignity, independence, partnership, privacy, respect, rights, safety, equality and inclusion, and confidentiality.
Principles of Public Health Practice/What are the core values underlying public health? In this topic we are looking at some of the values that underpin public health practice such as: equity, social justice, participation, efficiency, effectiveness, acceptability, affordability and accessibility.