According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), almost half of Australians (47%, or more than 11 million people) were estimated to have at least one of the ten most common chronic diseases in 2022. Chronic conditions such as asthma, cancer, cardiovascular disease, or diabetes are an everyday part of the lives…
The Chronic Disease Nurses Faculty is being launched. This group of highly specialised nurses are passionate about increasing awareness of the importance of their specialty in improving health outcomes. As our population continues to live longer, there is now a need, more than ever, to support our nurses working in the area of Chronic Disease Nursing.…
At the 2019 Policy Summit in March, we caught up with each of the Policy Chapter Chairs to get a brief overview of the work conducted in 2018 as well as the upcoming priorities for 2019. Professor Lisa Whitehead FACN is the Chair of the Chronic Disease Policy Chapter and the Deputy Chair is Robyn Quinn…