At Croakey last November, Leonie Young, CEO of the national depression initiative, beyondblue, outlined plans to introduce a new model for mental health care into Australia. She said it was... Read more
Citizens’ juries are a relatively under-utilised way of setting principles and priorities around health care and resource allocation. They bring together a randomly selected group of people,... Read more
The Association of Health Care Journalists, which is based in the US but has members across the globe, offers a useful service to members that I thought may be of interest to Croakey readers... Read more
Croakey is taking a break over the Christmas period. If you are in the fortunate position of having more cash or goods than you need post-Christmas, spare a thought for the Asylum Seekers Ce... Read more
As you may have heard in the news today, the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler has announced that he will chair a new Expert Advisory Group on Mental Health. A shame that the... Read more
Dr Pieter Peach, a Melbourne clinician and a Croakey correspondent with an interest in next generation web technologies and their potential impact on health, would like to tap the creative i... Read more
When research investigating what Australians think of our health system was released recently, Minister Nicola Roxon was quick to trumpet the findings as “evidence that the Government’... Read more
How to respond to the national health reform agenda is one of the pressing questions before the new Victorian Government. Following on from a previous Croakey post giving some free health ad... Read more
As previously reported at Croakey, there have been mixed reactions to the Government’s change of plans regarding diabetes reform. Plans to introduce voluntary patient enrolment with block fu... Read more
This post is for those who haven’t yet realised that Twitter is a fantastic source of public health news. And it’s also for those who might have realised this, but don’t ha... Read more
