Australian health


Ministerial briefing note 1: To the next health minister

The ideal health system, I suggest, is one where appropriate and effective care is provided to all who need it a timely and an efficient manner, writes Professor Stephen Leeder.

Political interference in medical research and advocacy: send us your examples

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.”

How fear of political wrath is killing our hospitals

Hospital managers are so focused on keeping their political masters happy that they’ve seriously compromised their duty to the public.