Federal Minister for Well being and Ageing Mark Butler will ship the keynote deal with on the Nationwide Diabetes Summit on 31 March at Parliament Home in Canberra.
The Summit will present a platform for collaboration and innovation, exploring methods to enhance outcomes for folks dwelling with diabetes whereas strengthening Australia’s well being system.
Minister Butler might be joined on the Summit by consultants and leaders from throughout the well being sector, together with senior representatives of the Division of Well being, Incapacity and Ageing.
Penny Shakespeare, Deputy Secretary for Well being Resourcing, will present the Summit’s opening deal with, and Duncan McIntyre, First Assistant Secretary, Know-how Evaluation and Entry, will contribute to a key panel dialogue on Australia’s diabetes panorama.
The Nationwide Diabetes Summit will carry collectively leaders throughout diabetes, well being, analysis, coverage and advocacy to handle the growing affect of diabetes on Australians and speed up sensible options to one of many nation’s most urgent well being challenges.
Diabetes Australia Group CEO Justine Cain welcomed Minister Butler’s participation within the Summit and recognised the Federal Authorities’s dedication to the diabetes group.
“We’re delighted that Minister Butler will ship the keynote deal with and that senior leaders from the Division of Well being, Incapacity and Ageing will even contribute to this essential nationwide dialog,” Ms Cain stated.
“This Summit is a chance for direct dialogue on the coronary heart of presidency about one of the crucial pressing and sophisticated well being challenges going through Australia.
“The significance of investing in preventive well being; the urgency of the diabetes disaster in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities; the necessity for reasonably priced entry to diabetes applied sciences – these are all points that might be canvassed on the Summit and we admire the willingness of the Minister and the division to interact in these essential matters,” she stated.
This occasion is hosted by Diabetes Australia, in partnership with Marion Scrymgour MP, Member for Lingiari, and Melissa McIntosh MP, Member for Lindsay, the co-chairs of the Parliamentary Pals for the Prevention of Diabetes group.
“We’re so grateful for the assist of the Parliamentary Pals group. As co-chairs, the Member for Lingiari and the Member for Lindsay have been invaluable in serving to to coordinate this Summit,” Ms Cain stated.
Summit individuals will embrace folks dwelling with diabetes, well being leaders, policymakers, clinicians, researchers and advocates, creating a novel alternative for cross sector dialogue that connects lived expertise with nationwide resolution making.
Following the summit an Exhibition and Networking Reception will showcase the most recent applied sciences, companies, therapies and analysis advancing diabetes prevention and administration throughout Australia.
About Diabetes Australia
Diabetes Australia is the nationwide peak physique supporting folks dwelling with, and vulnerable to, diabetes. We’re main the nationwide response to Australia’s largest well being disaster, working in collaboration with folks with lived expertise, member organisations, peak our bodies, well being professionals, state-based organisations, researchers and the group. Our work focuses on supporting folks with diabetes to reside properly, offering info, sources, and assist companies, in addition to investing in prevention, and lowering the affect of diabetes on folks, well being programs and society. We advocate for optimistic change that may create a more healthy future for everybody.
For info: Monica Rostron, Diabetes Australia – 0409 126 332 [email protected]
