Public health funding in Victoria is an obscure dance between funded health services and the funding body. There is no doubt that relatively more health funding goes to metropolitan centres and rural and remote Australians have greater difficulty with access to the health services that they need. Kate Redwood explains some of the complex decisions involved in operating the Central Highland Rural Health network.
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Have you noticed Daylesford’s resident ravens? They are Little Ravens – a funny name as they are not little at all! And why are they ravens and not crows? Tanya Loos explains.
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Deputy Mayor, Cr Lesley Hewitt, discusses some of the difficulty decisions councillors make in determining the annual budget of the Shire and expresses concerns about health funding in regional Australia.
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At it’s regular meeting on Tuesday, July 18, Council will consider a planning application for a...
Read MoreRural people experience a triple health disadvantage: poorer circumstances in terms of social determinants of health, a lack of service availability, and higher costs of access and delivery, all resulting in poor health outcomes. According to a new report, around 10 percent less is spent on health for Rural Australians than on those living in metropolitan areas.
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