Close the Gap Day is a day to acknowledge the critical role Aboriginal medical services and health professionals must play in turning around the significant health gap between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation said today. Read more

The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) have welcomed the announcement of a trial to support Aboriginal health organisations to integrate pharmacists into their services. The trial was announced today by the Federal Minister for Health Greg Hunt at PSA17, PSA’s national conference. Both PSA and NACCHO thank the Minister for supporting this innovative project that will improve the h...

Australia’s biggest Aboriginal health and public healthcare and hospitals bodies today signed a national agreement to work together on closing the gap in Aboriginal health.Under the agreement the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) and the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) will work together on policies, research, and public health campaigns to address health issues in Aboriginal communities.NACCHO represents more th...

There is a long way to go yet before we get agreement. Governments, particularly the Commonwealth, remain determined to pursuedraft targets agreed to by COAG last December whereas we want to get the focuson the reform priorities and their implementation.   Of mostconcern is that no government has so far been prepared to put new funding ont...

On the floor of Parliament yesterday, the Prime Minister spoke of a change happening in our country: that there is a shared understanding that we have a shared future- Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, together. But our present is not shared. Our present, and indeed our past is marred in difference, in disparity. This striking disparity in quality of life outcomes is what began the historic journey of the Closing the Gap initiatives a decade ago.But after ten...

New medical research shows the potentially life-saving benefits of integrating pharmacists within Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services to improve chronic disease management. James Cook University (JCU), the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and the National Aborig...

Joint Council makes progress towards new National Agreement on Closing the Gap. A meeting of the Joint Council on Closing the Gap was held today in Adelaide, between representatives of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) and a Coalition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peak Bodies (Coalition of Peaks). ...

On the floor of Parliament yesterday, the Prime Minister spoke of a change happening in our country: that there is a shared understanding that we have a shared future- Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, together. But our present is not shared. Our present, and indeed our past is marred in difference, in disparity. This striking disparity in quality of life outcomes is what began the historic journey of the Closing the Gap initiatives a decade ago.But after ten...

An event hosted by the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG) gathered the top 100 influencers in the women’s health sector to share, discuss and dissect the most pressing challenges facing Australian women. CEO of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO) Pat Turner spoke about how health reforms and policies that are not developed in consultation with Aboriginal peoples have a negative impac...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities around Australia have had their say on a new national agreement on Closing the Gap, which is currently in development through a partnership between the Coalition of Peaks and the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community-controlled Coalition of Peaks, in partn...