Just imagine this: the scale of the shake-up required to put health equity at the heart of research
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NSW Government plans for non government operators to redevelop and run a number of public hospitals are a worrying sign of a shift towards “the Americanisation” of healthcare, according to... Read more
In this AFL Grand Final week, amid all the fanfare that surrounds the Sydney Swans’ third final in five years, I’m reminded of the difference that just one year makes. It was this time last year that... Read more
The environments in which we live are already determining our health in 2040. Health is shaped by a confluence of myriad factors, including the air we breathe, the food we eat, the work we do, the tax... Read more
Nearly 500 people from more than 40 countries attended the 12th International Conference on Medical Regulation in Melbourne last week. You can watch Croakey’s interviews with some of the present... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Earlier this year the United Kingdom’s medical regulator took the “nuclear threat option” and threatened to remove junior doctors – who make up one-third of s... Read more
Health leaders this week urged the wider health sector to engage with welfare reform debate and processes, noting the significant impacts that such reforms could have upon healthcare systems and the c... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: Consumers who lodged complaints about doctors to Australia’s healthcare regulators were “generally unhappy” about the process because they were seen and treat... Read more
At the start of his most recent Boyer Lecture, Professor Sir Michael Marmot asked: “What do Tanzania, Paraguay, Latvia and the top 25 earning hedge fund managers in the US have in common?” “The answer... Read more
On a recent visit to Japan, Croakey moderator Dr Ruth Armstrong and her travelling companions enjoyed a series of walks in the woods and the mountains, that she shares below with readers, as part of t... Read more
This week the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) and the Northern Territory Chronic Diseases Network (CDN) held the joint PHAA 44th Annual Conference and the 20th Chronic Diseases Network C... Read more
