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Monday, 8 October 2007 1
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We don't accept second-best when it comes to the safety and integration of airline travel. Neither should we accept compromises in the safety, quality and integration of healthcare and hospital treatment.
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Friday, 5 October 2007 0
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After a week in which one Sydney hospital’s problems triggered national health debate, a prominent specialist gives an insider’s perspective based on his 30-plus years working in NSW public hospitals.
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Wednesday, 3 October 2007 1
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You would never guess it from reading the newspapers in Australia, but many governments around the world are broadening their horizons beyond hospitals when it comes to improving people's health.
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Tuesday, 2 October 2007 5
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It’s very kind of the media to allow Minister Tony Abbott to keep the election focus on the perennial problems of public hospitals. This not only gives him an easy shot at the states, but also helps distract public attention from areas where the health buck stops firmly at his government’s feet.
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Thursday, 27 September 2007 2
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Another day and another tragic, heart-rending headline about the appalling state of the NSW hospital system. In the hot seat is the new director-general of the Health Department, Deborah Piccone, who is an ALP hackette from way back, writes Alex Mitchell.
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Monday, 10 September 2007 0
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A sound health policy will not just spend money, it will spend it wisely. The AMA’s latest policy hits all the politically-correct buttons but are we getting the best value for our health spending?
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Monday, 3 September 2007 0
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The ALP's hospital takeover plan has lead to vigorous debate at both federal and state levels. In Crikey's continuing search for policy detail, we have submitted the following questions about the plan to Nicola Roxon, member for Gellibrand and Shadow Minister for Health and will run the answers if/when they are received.
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Friday, 24 August 2007 0
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Crikey takes a look at the full health policy lists both parties have laid out on the operating table.
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Friday, 24 August 2007 0
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The Kevin Rudd plan to reform the health system and , if necessary, take over the hospitals has many sound policy features. But let the buyer beware, writes Robert Wells.
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Friday, 24 August 2007 0
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The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Health and Ageing called its report tabled in the Parliament last December “The Blame Game: Report on the inquiry into health funding”. Kevin Rudd has clearly read it.
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Thursday, 23 August 2007 0
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There were no ifs, buts or maybes when Prime Minister John Howard strode on to the grounds of the Mersey Hospital at Latrobe in Tasmania and announced that the Federal Government was taking it over to protect the good people of nearby Devonport from the intention of the Tasmanian Labor Government to downgrade its facilities.
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Wednesday, 1 August 2007 0
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Former Health Minister Dr Michael Wooldridge has just joined one of the fastest growing companies in the nation, Aspen Medical, which is riding the wave of privatisation of Australia healthcare. Health journalists Ray Moynihan and Melissa Sweet report.
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Friday, 13 July 2007 0
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On Wednesday, The New York Times reported on how former Surgeon General Dr Richard H. Carmona who held the peak health advisory position from 2002-06 had told a US Congressional panel on Tuesday “that top Bush administration officials repeatedly tried to weaken or suppress important public health reports because of political considerations.”
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Monday, 9 July 2007 0
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Hospital managers are so focused on keeping their political masters happy that they’ve seriously compromised their duty to the public.
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 0
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The States and Territories report on health funding, released last weekend, found that the Commonwealth is short changing them to the tune of $1.1 billion per year in hospital funding. Not surprisingly, state and territory governments are asking that this funding be repaid.
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 0
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Forget the human costs of the planned mass medical screenings of Aboriginal children, screenings that may well involve invasive testing. Let’s look at the relevant item numbers under the Medical Benefits Scheme...
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Monday, 25 June 2007 0
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Yes, of course it’s a pre-election, pre-emptive strike by the Labor states and territories in their perennial battle with the Feds over hospital funding. But that doesn’t mean the report analysing Federal health funding, released yesterday by states and territories, doesn’t say a few things worth hearing.
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Wednesday, 13 June 2007 0
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The penny finally dropped for me a few years ago when researching a story about how heavily Australia relies on other countries, especially poorer ones, to provide doctors for so many of our rural and remote communities.
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Friday, 9 March 2007 0
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Yesterday, young women of voting age in the Victorian electorate of Higgins received a personalised letter about their health from their member, Peter Costello. But was there more to it?