Desert Climate In Australia

The health of Aboriginal people in Canada is both a tragedy and a crisis (Aboriginal Affairs and North Development Canada, 2010). Aboriginals have a higher rate of death among aboriginal babies, twice the national average, higher rate of Infectious diseases example gastrointestinal infections to tuberculosis, and chronic and degenerative diseases such as cancer and heart disease are affecting more aboriginal people than they once did (AANDC, 2010). Availability of important medical facility is not enough to accommodate the growing medical needs of Aboriginals. A socioeconomic and cultural issue also hinders the access of aboriginals to access health care in the community.

The Australian healthcare system has been evolving since the beginning of the colonisation of Australia. Today, Australia has an extremely efficient healthcare system although it still has several issues. The influencing factors, structure, and current issues of the Australian healthcare system will be throughly discussed and explained in this essay.

I believe a good thing about current health care in rural areas is The Royal Flying Doctors Service, which delivers primary health care and emergency services to those in rural areas (Flyingdoctor.org.au, 2015).

The Tropical North Queensland region of Australia is filled with beautiful beaches, scenic views, and endless ways to spend a lazy day. This is just one side of this incredible region but there is another side of this tropical paradise that is filled with unique adventures and those who are true thrill seekers love the many ways to spend their days in Australia as well.

al., 2011). Health service accessibility by individuals in rural and remote areas is a problem central to both countries. Reports indicate that compared with metropolitan populations, non-metropolitan populations, in both Australia and the UK, experience poor access to health services (Watt, Franks, Sheldon, 1994, p. 16). As in the primary care sector of the UK, majority of the doctors in Australia are self-employed and reimbursed on a fee-for-service approach (Gillies, 2003, p. 77). GP’s are the initial point of contact for patients in both Australia and the UK. Additional specialist medical services such as physiotherapy and optometry are only available when patients are provided with a formal referral from their GPs (Piterman, Koritsas, 2005). Although the NHS is similar to the Australian health system in certain ways, both systems also possess some differences.

(as cited in Griffiths, Coleman, Lee & Madden, 2016) Essentially, the destructive historical policies and social inequalities that were settled in the British colonization was the start of limiting their access to healthcare services. As non-indigenous people including Europeans expanded territories over Australia, Indigenous Australians started to encounter social injustices, lost possession of lands as well as control over legal and political responsibilities. The colonizers separated them forcibly from their lands and resources. This resulted in unequal and poor health accessibility, and caused them to be exposed to malnourishment, severe infectious illnesses and plagues.

General Hospital - offers various services like emergency, general, critical and intensive care to various

Rural health has been always a major concern for different parties in Australia. Various groups are involved in the process of decision making in order to insure that health care system is accessible and equitable to every person in Australia including those in rural areas. Examples of these groups are:

The Northern Territory, which covers over one-sixth of the Australian continent, contains a variety of habitats in which numerous species of wildlife live. These habitats range from the tropical north or Top End to the arid desert regions in the south. Several feral animals, including large mammals, inhabit these regions. Feral species in the Northern Territory include introduced wild animals such as rabbits, foxes, cane toads and deer. They also include livestock include buffalo, cattle, horses, donkey, camels and pigs.

During colonization, there was less facility of medication in rural or remote areas, this can be reflected even today. People living in rural or remote areas do not have the facility to travel to get the medical facilities for their treatment. In some remote areas of Australia, health care providers travel around to treat the indigenous people in remote areas.

During the 1970's and 80's refugees in Australia originated from South East Asia and Latin America (Taylor J. 2004). Presently the UNHCR stated the majority of refugee's entering Australia are from South-West Asia, the Middle East and Africa (UNHCR, 2015). In Australia, the health care system has been influenced by the United Kingdom and other western regions. The focus is predominantly biomedical, with doctors considered to be the experts on our health. This differs significantly to non-western regions whose health focus is more on spiritual healing and traditional medicine (Germov,

This report provides the summary of the health services provided by The Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia.

There are a number of primary healthcare services that are provided by National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health and Clinical Services (NACCHO) such as 24 hour emergency care, preventive care, immunisation and early intervention i.e. health check-ups for all and prevention of complications in chronic illness etc. (NACCHO 2016).

To be successful of this to happen all health employers or employees need to develop culturally safe and competent care to all Indigenous and Torres Strait Islanders. It also requires for all workers to be working as a team together and also with the Indigenous communities and leaders (The Weekend Australian by Noel Pearson, 2009). By eliminating systemic and institutional barriers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples accessing care, including language barriers, trust, patient dissatisfaction and poor understanding of treatment will help improve the quality of healthcare (Pmc.gov.au, 2014). As I have looked over the modern healthcare system, there is still a lot of more work that can be done to help improve Indigenous health

Whilst Fred was working in New South Wales, he was soon to establish the first Aboriginal Medical Clinic as he was becoming aware of the poor health conditions of the Indigenous Australians.