Catholic Health Australia has appointed Tim Udorovic as its new Chief Executive Officer. Mr Udorovic brings extensive experience as a senior leader across government, consulting, and mission-driven organisations, including most recently in the Catholic education sector where he was responsible for enterprise-wide strategy, advocacy and policy in Australia’s largest non-government school sys...

Catholic Health Australia and BUPA have collectively called on the Federal Government to expand hospital in the home services and reform Medicare to provide more Australians with the option to receive clinically safe, high-quality care in their own homes. The two healthcare organisations have worked collaboratively to identify what is needed to make the proposed hospital in the home reforms...

The Federal Budget has drawn a measured but hopeful response from both the St Vincent de Paul Society and Catholic Health Australia who have welcomed reforms they believe could improve the lives of Australians facing housing stress, poverty, illness and ageing. However, both organisations have also warned that much more needs to be done to ensure vulnerable people are not left behind. In a ...

Catholic Health Australia has called on the Albanese Government to legislate a minimum 90 per cent benefit-payout ratio for private health insurers, warning that voluntary action has comprehensively failed and patients are paying the price. The latest data reveals just 85.6 cents of every premium dollar is now reaching patient care, down from 91.9 cents before the pandemic. Had the payou...

Catholic Health Australia (CHA) has launched Health Matters, the first podcast produced and hosted by an Australian health peak body. New episodes will be released monthly, addressing issues across health, aged care and mission. Future topics will include aged care reform, workforce sustainability, hospital funding and palliative care. “Both health and aged care are at a critical junc...

Catholic Health Australia has welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to ensure personal care minutes delivered by religious sisters in aged care homes are formally recognised and count towards mandated targets. The Department of Health, Ageing and Disability has updated the definition of a Personal Care Worker to include a person who is a member of a religious order, such as a nun or re...

The compassion of the Samaritan: loving by bearing another’s pain. That was the theme - drawn from the parable of the Good Samaritan - that Pope Leo XIV selected for the 34th World Day of the Sick which was celebrated on February 11. In his message to commemorate the day, Pope Leo said, “we live immersed in a culture of speed, immediacy and haste - a culture of ‘discard’ and indifference...

Catholic Health Australia had long called for aged care funding reforms that would allow providers to operate sustainably and keep serving their communities.

Speakers include global AI thought leader Professor Joel Pearson, motivational speaker and
London bombing survivor Dr Gill Hicks and renowned health economist Dr Stephen Duckett AM.

One of eight outreach services delivered by St John of God Health Care, Horizon House provides safe, stable accommodation to young people aged 16-22 years who are currently experiencing or are at risk of homelessness.