CPD’s John Menadue was recently invited to speak at the 11th National Rural Health Conference, held in Perth in March 2011. One in three Australian live in rural and remote Australia but they are often overlooked by a public health sector that is geared towards servicing city dwellers and securing hospital resources. Critical areas such as rural health, Indigenous health and mental … more
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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 our health sector – a lack of guiding values and principles, governance confusion, exclusion of the community from health decisions, rapidly rising costs and the … more
Shock Tactics
Are the ads made by John Singleton attacking the ALP’s health record telling the whole story? Jennifer Doggett tunes in more
Hang On – Are Local Hospital Boards Really A Good Idea?
The Coalition released its health and hospitals package today, including a pledge to establish local hospital boards. Before the paperwork stacks up too high, Jennifer Doggett has a closer look at the policy more
Rudd’s Health Reforms: More Politics than Policy
Jennifer Doggett considers that the significance of the COAG meeting on health reform needs to be seen in terms of politics, rather than policy. more
Rudd’s destructive intervention
Jeff Richardson provides an alternative response to the National Health and Hospitals Network announcement with concerns about the Commonwealth creating a health monopoly more
An Industry Economist looks at Australia’s health industry
Ian McAuley describes how the health sector would look to an industry economist, and finds some strange practices. more
Take health governance out of politician’s hands
John Menadue AO identifies a lack of political will as the essence of the problem for governments facing health care reform. The solution is governance reform that puts a permanent independent Australian Health Commission in charge of the hard decisions – like a Reserve Bank for health. more
Your Local or mine?
Fiona Armstrong looks at the diverse meanings being given to the word ‘local’ in the current health debate, and explains the need for all health care services (not just hospitals) to be linked or integrated into regional health organisations. more