The best way to take the pressure off hospitals is to ensure that most people don’t need to go there in the first place. In this new paper Jennifer Doggett explains how we can reorient… more
Primary Care
John Menadue | Presentation at 11th National Rural Health Conference
CPD’s John Menadue was recently invited to speak at the 11th National Rural Health Conference, held in Perth in March 2011. Here is an edited version of John Menadue’s speaking notes: There are systemic problems in… more
Shock Tactics
Are the ads made by John Singleton attacking the ALP’s health record telling the whole story? Jennifer Doggett tunes in
Are Doctors the Cornerstones of Primary Health Care?
Are doctors the cornerstones of primary health care?, asks Tim Woodruff in his address to the Victorian Healthcare Association Conference. ‘If they are currently, they shouldn’t be. Patients should be. The fact that we have… more
What is the health service for? Where is the strategy in health reform?
CPD Board Director John Menadue AO presented “What is the health service for? Where is the strategy in health reform?” for the Victorian Healthcare Association’s Annual Conference in Melbourne, 17 October 2008.
Health Economics talk for Directors of Pharmacy
CPD fellow Jennifer Doggett will address the Directors of Pharmacy from all the major public hospitals in NSW and the ACT when she speaks on health financing reforms at a Hospira information session on October… more
CPD submission to the NHHRC
In response to their call for submissions on its Draft Principles for Australia’s Health System and on its Terms of Reference, the Centre for Policy Development offered the NHHRC comments based on our own research… more
Health & hospital reform: advice to the commissioners
Jennifer Doggett, Ian McAuley, and Denis King offer a few words of advice to the new members of the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission.
Strategic directions for a national primary health care policy
This article proposes a ‘cooperative federalist’ approach to funding and workforce integration with the aim of improving primary care across Australia over 5 to 10 years.
A New Approach to Primary Care for Australia | OCCASIONAL PAPER
The best way to take the pressure off hospitals is to ensure that most people don’t need to go there in the first place. In this new paper Jennifer Doggett explains how we can reorient… more