The Health Wrap by Associate Professor Lesley Russell returns for 2021 with a big review of 2020 and the lessons to be learnt from the coronavirus pandemic, plus a close look at vaccines and... Read more
Labor’s announcement on Wednesday that it would establish a permanent Australian Health Reform Commission has been welcomed though all eyes will of course be on the detail and the fund... Read more
Lesley Russell writes: Australian news outlets are this week full of stories about the drought crisis, while in Europe, the United Kingdom and the United States summer temperatures are scorc... Read more
*** This article was updated on 1 June with Twitter analytics for #Nurseforce *** The Federal Government’s Health Care Homes program was hailed by the Prime Minister as one of the grea... Read more
In the latest edition of The Health Wrap, Associate Professor Lesley Russell (who outed herself on national radio this morning as a “health policy tragic”) investigates primary h... Read more
Earlier this month the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care released the Second Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, a trove of information that canvases expected... Read more
This post continues Croakey’s coverage of the 2017-18 Federal Budget, with links to detailed information and analysis on measures from services, sectors, academics, media and others on... Read more
When announcing the Health Care Homes pilot, the Prime Minister and (then) Health Minister, Sussan Ley, promised that it would deliver major gains for people with chronic conditions and the... Read more
Health reform is on the agenda in Canberra with the Federal Government in the process of developing the 2017/18 Federal Budget and Labor signalling a major review of its policies via its Hea... Read more
Medical groups have been raising concerns about the Federal Government’s plans for Health Care Homes (HCH), ahead of a looming 15 December grant deadline for organisations wishing to partici... Read more
