In the first of two Croakey articles looking at how to cut health costs, John Menadue writes: “Successive governments in Australia have failed to examine and take action to curb rapidl... Read more
What will the hospital reforms mean for primary health care reform? And when the Government finally gets around to addressing what should be a central part of its health reform agenda, what... Read more
Some links to recent articles that may be of interest…. Health economist John Deeble doubts the PM’s claims that the plans will end the blame game, according to this piece publis... Read more
It seems that Tony Abbott has been copping a hammering from every man, woman and their dog about his plans for paid parental leave. Leaving the politics of it all aside for a moment, isn’t t... Read more
The PM is pushing hospitals to centre stage in the health reform debate, but questions are being widely asked about the wisdom of his priorities. Smart politics does not necessarily make for... Read more
The judgment in the widely reported Vioxx case is longer than many books. It runs to more than 200,000 words, and you can read them all here. Hopefully, plenty of researchers will pick it ov... Read more
Before we get carried away with the usual internal bunfights, let’s all take a deep breath and have a look at how to help turn the Government’s plans for health reform in to some... Read more
Margo Saunders, a public health policy consultant in Canberra, reports on a recent public lecture by a senior Kellogg Company executive, John Bryant: “Thanks to the power of pervasive... Read more
The SMH has a story featuring Dr Stephen Duckett, who has an interesting perspective as one of the architects of casemix funding in Victoria and a member of the National Health and Hospitals... Read more
This is the text of an email that has been circulated within NSW Health by the Director-General, Professor Debora Picone: The Prime Minister set out a series of proposed structural reforms t... Read more
