Health News Archives
Current COVID-19 Restrictions WA
For information about current restrictions and information, please visit: https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-the-premier-and-cabinet/covid-19-coronavirus-what-you-can-and-cant-do#public-gatherings...
NDIS Price Guide 1st March
The NDIS Price Guide has been updated with the latest COVID normal measurers, effective 1st March 2021. Price Guide and further informationContact Info 4A 266 Hay Street, Subiaco 6008 (08) 9388 1490 We are making some changes...
Registered Health Practitioners and Students – COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout
The National Boards and Ahpra have published a joint statement today to help registered health practitioners and students understand what’s expected of them in giving, receiving and advising on and sharing information about COVID-19...
Department of Health – Alerts
Find out how the Department of Health are monitoring and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, how you can help stop the spread of the virus in Australia and what to do if you have symptoms. They also report the latest case numbers,...
Emergency Management Act – Essential Workers
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ACT 2005 (WA) Sections 61, 67, 71 and 72A STAY AT HOME AND CLOSURE (PERTH, PEEL AND THE SOUTH WEST REGIONS) DIRECTIONS Updated 31st January 2021 by Chris Dawson Commissioner of Police and State Emergency CoOrdinator...
COVID – Essential Workers 2021
Essential health services The following is classified as essential health services. emergency surgery, procedures and medical consulting undertaken for the investigation, diagnosis and management of conditions where failure to do so...
Telehealth Permanent Part of Medicare System
Health Minister Hon Greg Hunt advised the following on Friday 27th November 2020: In particular, I'm pleased to announce that, for the long term, telehealth will become a permanent part of the Medicare system. We have just passed 40...
NDIS Consultation Papers – Have Your Say
Message from NDIS below NDIS want to hear more from providers, families, carers and participants about changes they are planning – to make the NDIS simpler, faster, fairer and more flexible. On 25 November 2020 the NDIA released three...
(HBF) Temporary Telehealth Benefits Extended
HBF have advised that their temporary telehealth benefits due to end 30 June 2021 has recently been extended to 31 December 2021. Please remember HBF require the following information on the invoice: Telehealth item number (refer to...
Advertising a Regulated Health Service
Information has been provided to WAOTA by the Occupational Therapy Board of Australia that alerts to revised publications from AHPRA on Guidelines for advertising a regulated health service and Advertising compliance and enforcement...