Introduction by Croakey: Fires, floods, drought – Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s speech had it all up there in lights, but nary a nod was to be seen in Tuesday’s budget for th... Read more
US health expert Professor Don Berwick was appointed this year by the UK Prime Minister David Cameron to review patient safety in the National Health Service (NHS) following a scandal around... Read more
If the Olympic Games can be used to promote anti-health industries, then why can’t they be used to promote discussions about human rights, social justice and a fairer distribution of wealth... Read more
Following on from the previous post about the impending visit of UK health reformer, Professor Lord Ara Darzi, the article below profiles another NHS transformer, Jim Easton, who is also hea... Read more
Some of the world’s leaders in health reform and quality improvement are heading to Australia as part of a series of workshops organised by the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Associatio... Read more
The opportunities of the digital age are changing the way public health advocates engage with the wider community, as evidenced by the recent launch of Drink Tank, a new “conversation space”... Read more
(Update on March 1: Links to more reading have been added to the bottom of the post). Huge amounts of media space are being consumed by furore over the NHS reforms in England (though I haven... Read more
Health policy buff Professor Philip Davies no doubt has many claims to fame. Today, however, he stakes a claim as the first Croakey contributor to quote Leonard Cohen and David Byrne in a si... Read more
Recent headlines (like this and this) may have given casual readers the impression that they should be racing to stock up on zinc supplements to help ward off colds. The reports arose out of... Read more
There are plenty of interesting snippets about the health sector and its role in both contributing to and mitigating carbon emissions in the latest edition of the NSW Public Health Bulletin.... Read more
