.ScottMorrisonMP has announced the national cabinet has agreed to ease some restrictions on elective surgery, including IVF and hip replacements, after the ANZAC Day long weekend.
Scott Morrison has announced the national cabinet has agreed to ease some restrictions on elective surgery, including IVF and hip replacements, after the ANZAC Day long weekend. The lift in restrictions is expected to see a re-opening of around 25 per cent of elective surgery activity in private and public hospitals.
It will be reviewed by the national cabinet again on May 11. Mr Morrison said all category two or equivalent procedures in the private sector, and selected category three procedures can resume from next week. "Priority will be given, with this re-opening, on the basis of clinical determinations by the relevant health professionals and that will occur in both the public and private system,” he said.
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