The federal government continues to arrive at so-called ‘action’ statements without any specific numeric goals, targets or timelines for achievement of any changes to the mental health service system over 10 years or any other period, writes Professor Alan Rose.
Federal Department of Health
The federal Health Department’s document dump
What does the Department of Health and Ageing’s brief to the incoming government tell us about the state-of-play on health reform? Questions about the detail and implementation of reform remain unanswered, particularly regarding primary health care, reports Rebecca de Boer.
Time to take on Australia’s toughest closed shop: specialist medicine
As long as there is a gross under-supply of specialists and an unwillingness to think about big changes to the way governments reimburse doctors services, the public will remain the big losers, writes Professor Ian Hickie.
