Robert Wells writes: One of the key platforms of the first Rudd government was to reform the health and hospital system. The key message from then-prime minister Kevin Rudd was that the heal... Read more
By Kellie Bisset Tobacco control was a dominant issue this fortnight, but Closing the Gap on Indigenous health inequality, barriers to evidence-informed policy, patient safety and immunisati... Read more
Yesterday the LNP in Queensland announced its “Blueprint for Better Healthcare”. Michael Moore, CEO Public Health Association of Australia and Adjunct Professor Health Policy and... Read more
Stephen Duckett writes: After months of battle between the Commonwealth and Victorian governments on hospital funding, Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek dramatically intervened last W... Read more
If every system is perfectly designed to produce the outcomes it gets, then it’s clear that our “health system” (of course there’s no such thing) does an excellent jo... Read more
Anthony Scott writes: The latest round of the health blame game is in full swing, with service cuts to Victorian hospitals, and neither the state nor federal government taking responsibility... Read more
The never-ending federal-state blame game about hospital funding is in full swing in Victoria and Queensland, where the Health Minister has warned that the equivalent of 2,000 full time nurs... Read more
Gerard Fitzgerald, Professor of Public Health at the University of Queensland, writes: Data released today by the National Health Performance Authority (NHPA) shows just 54% of major metropo... Read more
Next time you hear a politician or medical lobby group arguing for “more hospital beds”, perhaps you could flick them the link to this recent study suggesting they have the wrong end of the... Read more
The distribution of power within the health system has a profound impact upon how the funding cake is divided and to what effect. In the article below, health economist Professor Gavin Moone... Read more