Key programs
- National Strategic Framework for Rural and Remote Health
- Immunisation clinics
- Telehealth – Connecting health services with the future: Modernising Medicare by providing rebates for online consultations
Key programs
- Health and Hospitals Fund: Regional Priority Round (Round 3)
- Multidisciplinary Rural Training Network - Rural Education Infrastructure Development (REID) Pool
- National Rural and Remote Health Infrastructure Program (NRRHIP)
Latest News
- 15 May 2012
The National Strategic Framework for Rural and Remote Health
The National Strategic Framework for Rural and Remote Health promotes a national approach to policy, planning, design and delivery of health services in rural and remote communities.
- 21 February 2012
Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS)
The scope of the Nursing and Allied Health Rural Locum Scheme (NAHRLS) has been revised to now include leave for a variety of purposes. NAHRLS is a retention tool for rural and remote nurses, midwives and allied health professionals.
Visiting Optometrists Scheme
The Visiting Optometrists Scheme (VOS) supports optometrists to deliver outreach optometric services to remote and very remote locations, and rural communities with an identified need for optometric services.
A new $1 million custom-built mobile health clinic offering supervised student allied health services to residents along the NSW Far South Coast was officially launched at the University of Canberra...
The Department of Health and Ageing and Rural and Regional Health Australia wish to congratulate the following successful applicants in the Rural and Remote Health category of the National Awards for Local Government 2012.- 09 December 2011
Consultation on the Regionally Tailored Primary Health Care Initiatives through Medicare Locals Fund has commenced, allowing for stakeholders to provide feedback on the objectives and priorities of the Fund.
