Overdiagnosis and overtreatment are major issues in Australia and globally, as has been highlighted in Croakey’s TOO MUCH of a Good Thing series, published as a collaboration between W... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The Productivity Commission has released a series of reports of interest to Croakey readers. The annual Report on Government Services provides reams of data and spre... Read more
Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 18 January 2021. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2020. This article was fi... Read more
How are health professionals sustaining themselves and their networks amid the demands and disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic? In the Q&A below, Associate Professor Kelvin Kong, a Worim... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: **Updated with more responses** Evidence about the higher risks of coronavirus transmission among crowds and indoors have guided the development of a three stage “roa... Read more
Shaun Tatipata writes: With some elective surgery recommencing this week after the COVID-19 shutdown, it is critical that health authorities prioritise equity of access for Aboriginal and To... Read more
Mark Ragg writes: The health sector has reacted with horror to the National Cabinet’s backdown on plans to suspend elective surgery in public and private hospitals at short notice. On the mo... Read more
We all understand the role of clinical trials in testing new medicines but many people would be surprised to find out that there are different regulatory processes in place for the introduc... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A decade after former Health Minister Nicola Roxon’s efforts to reform cataract surgery rebates failed in the face of concerted medical opposition, health reformers... Read more
The Consumers Health Forum of Australia recently published the results of its survey on Out of Pocket Pain which drew 1,200 responses. It said that the survey report Out of Pocket Pain and... Read more
