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	<title>Crikey &#187; hospitals</title>
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		<title>The Baillieu Dump: terminally ill miss out on beds in Gippsland</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/the-baillieu-dump-terminally-ill-miss-out-on-beds-in-gippsland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/07/the-baillieu-dump-terminally-ill-miss-out-on-beds-in-gippsland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aged care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gippsland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Baillieu Dump]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lack of palliative care beds in Gippsland means terminally ill patients may be missing out on vital early care, a palliative care co-ordinator has warned. <b>Cassandra White</b> reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond hospital bed tallies: how about some innovation?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/11/19/beyond-hospital-bed-tallies-lets-hear-about-some-innovation-in-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/11/19/beyond-hospital-bed-tallies-lets-hear-about-some-innovation-in-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 00:34:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>f79</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=187193</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to most media coverage, health reform is all about having more hospital beds and more doctors. The debate of course extends a lot further than that, and some answers for Australia could be found in the US health care system, writes <b>Dr Lesley Russell</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to set a world standard for health care</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/diary-of-a-surgeon-how-to-set-a-world-standard-for-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/diary-of-a-surgeon-how-to-set-a-world-standard-for-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 03:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[deep venous thrombosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DVT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surgery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=140635</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Surgical checklists cost almost nothing, yet have been shown to almost halve mortality and mortality in hospitals in which they are used, writes <b>Professor Guy Maddern</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The true truth about truth in advertising</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/the-true-truth-about-truth-in-advertising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/29/the-true-truth-about-truth-in-advertising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Bunnies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Wombats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beer up cigs up]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[catriona rowntree]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Heironymus Bosch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Henry Tax Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Henry]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[my little pony]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Truth in advertising]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Unicorns]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=134168</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You may need to have a Sausageologist perform a chopectomy on you]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>31</slash:comments>
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		<title>Health care ain&#8217;t just hospitals</title>
		<link>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/health-system-is-more-than-just-hospitals-20100324-qwmg.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.nationaltimes.com.au/opinion/society-and-culture/health-system-is-more-than-just-hospitals-20100324-qwmg.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:33:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=126046</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When will we move on from the simplistic focus on hospitals when discussing health reform? asks <b>Trevor Carr</b> from the Victorian Healthcare Association. Instead, let's focus on industrial relations, primary care and prevention.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ruddivirus: coming to a hospital near you</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/08/virulent-strain-of-ruddivirus-coming-to-a-hospital-near-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/08/virulent-strain-of-ruddivirus-coming-to-a-hospital-near-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 02:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=121490</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Public hospitals are the battleground in Kevin Rudd's re-election campaign -- and the "cooperative federalist" is targeting state governments.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/08/virulent-strain-of-ruddivirus-coming-to-a-hospital-near-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hospitals win votes &#8212; the devil is in the details</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/03/04/the-devil-will-be-in-the-detail-professor-philip-davies/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/03/04/the-devil-will-be-in-the-detail-professor-philip-davies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:59:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Of course the government is focusing on hospitals in its health care reform announcements -- few voters are gripped by establishing Primary Health Care Organisations, says Professor <b>Philip Davies</b>. It's what comes next that counts.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/03/04/the-devil-will-be-in-the-detail-professor-philip-davies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hospital reform: forget state v fed, it&#8217;s all about accountability</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/04/hospital-reform-forget-state-v-fed-its-all-about-accountability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/04/hospital-reform-forget-state-v-fed-its-all-about-accountability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[activity-based funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120725</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While all the focus is on the carve-up of funding between the Commonwealth and the states, the real drivers of reform are elsewhere in the health reform package.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/04/hospital-reform-forget-state-v-fed-its-all-about-accountability/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Memo to Rudd: here is how you can win cred on health reform</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/02/12/memo-to-rudd-roxon-et-al-heres-how-to-win-some-cred-on-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/02/12/memo-to-rudd-roxon-et-al-heres-how-to-win-some-cred-on-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116083</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What if the sum total of health reform in the Rudd government’s first term amounts to a big fat zilch? Health ministers are meeting today and Croakey's experts have gathered to give their advice.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/02/12/memo-to-rudd-roxon-et-al-heres-how-to-win-some-cred-on-health-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Forget about My School &#8212; what about MyHospital.com.au?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/02/03/forget-about-myschool-what-about-myhospital-com-au/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/02/03/forget-about-myschool-what-about-myhospital-com-au/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:04:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[satire]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=114267</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Health economist <b>Gavin Mooney</b> -- tongue firmly in cheek -- imagines if the government applied the "logic" of its My School website to hospitals, comparing what comes out, but definitely not what goes in.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/02/03/forget-about-myschool-what-about-myhospital-com-au/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>What we can learn from the US on hospitals</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/02/03/lessons-from-the-us-in-improving-hospital-safety/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/02/03/lessons-from-the-us-in-improving-hospital-safety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US healthcare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=114084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Croakey’s correspondent on all matters North American, <b>Dr Lesley Russell</b>, reports on health initiatives in the US aimed at improving patient safety in the US that has some useful pointers for Australia.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/02/03/lessons-from-the-us-in-improving-hospital-safety/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another missed opportunity for health reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/another-missed-opportunity-for-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/another-missed-opportunity-for-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113062</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Systemic health problems don't usually grab daily headlines, but the state of our national health system will nevertheless emerge as an important concern in the next national election, predicts <b>Professior Ian Hickie</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/01/another-missed-opportunity-for-health-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Devine: The rot infecting our hospitals</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/its-time-we-listened-to-the-doctors-20100120-mlna.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/its-time-we-listened-to-the-doctors-20100120-mlna.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nsw public hospitals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=111137</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The major issue affecting our hospitals isn't lack of funding, it's dealing with the insane and complicated bureaucracy that entangles multiple hospitals together. Time for communities to take back ownership of their local hospital, writes <b>Miranda Devine</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/its-time-we-listened-to-the-doctors-20100120-mlna.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time for the Libs to exploit the government on health</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/14/time-for-the-libs-to-exploit-the-government-on-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/14/time-for-the-libs-to-exploit-the-government-on-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Richard Farmer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Political snippets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gail Kelly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westpac]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=105414</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are the Liberals <em>finally</em> basing their attacks on the Rudd Government around health policy after months of missing out on the opportunity? Even just a look at the last week of reporting shows rich pickings.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/14/time-for-the-libs-to-exploit-the-government-on-health/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tasmanian health minister&#8217;s appointments under a cloud</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/08/tasmanian-health-ministers-appointments-under-a-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/08/tasmanian-health-ministers-appointments-under-a-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[TAS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice Burchill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Roberts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lara Giddings]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=104054</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did Tasmania's health minister Lara Giddings take a close enough look at her department secretary's resume? asks <b>Margaretta Pos</b>. He used to head one of the most controversial hospitals in the UK.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/08/tasmanian-health-ministers-appointments-under-a-cloud/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The fees war must have Hippocrates turning in his grave</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/the-fees-war-must-have-hippocrates-turning-in-his-grave/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/the-fees-war-must-have-hippocrates-turning-in-his-grave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cataract surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eye surgeons]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/the-fees-war-must-have-hippocrates-turning-in-his-grave/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The health of patients with cataracts is being forgotten by both major parties in the debate about Medicare rebates for cataract surgery and for joint injections, writes <b>Dr Tim Woodruff</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/the-fees-war-must-have-hippocrates-turning-in-his-grave/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>How much cash will the states get under the CPRS? Zero.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/how-much-cash-will-the-states-get-under-the-cprs-zero/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/how-much-cash-will-the-states-get-under-the-cprs-zero/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[VIC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Brumby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public transport]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/how-much-cash-will-the-states-get-under-the-cprs-zero/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately for those of us who ever rely on the public health, education or transport systems, the CPRS is estimated to cost state budgets more than $2.1 billion in 2013, writes executive director of the Australia Institute, <b>Dr Richard Denniss</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/how-much-cash-will-the-states-get-under-the-cprs-zero/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Here’s how Rudd could resuscitate our public hospitals</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/here%e2%80%99s-how-rudd-could-resuscitate-our-public-hospitals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/here%e2%80%99s-how-rudd-could-resuscitate-our-public-hospitals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospitals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, Kevin Rudd promised to fix Australia’s public hospitals if the states had not done so in a year. He would be foolish to blindly follow his National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’s recommendations, writes <b>David Penington</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Abortion in Queensland: an illegal ambiguity</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/abortion-in-queensland-an-illegal-ambiguity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/abortion-in-queensland-an-illegal-ambiguity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[QLD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[abortion law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Bligh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/abortion-in-queensland-an-illegal-ambiguity/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Abortion is still technically a crime in Queensland. The longer Premier Anna Bligh hesitates to decriminalise abortion, the more she loses support from Queensland women, writes <b>Professor Caroline de Costa</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/24/abortion-in-queensland-an-illegal-ambiguity/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Vaginas &#8211; who are they and when are they leaving</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/first-dog-on-the-moon-384/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/first-dog-on-the-moon-384/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Firstdog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[First Dog on the Moon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homebirth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maternity care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midwifery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vagina vagina vagina!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vaginas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women giving birth]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/first-dog-on-the-moon-384/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The true truth about homebirth.
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		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/21/first-dog-on-the-moon-384/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>34</slash:comments>
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		<title>Health reform report: big on efficiency but what about quality?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/07/29/beware-of-bad-policy-suggestions-in-health-reform-report/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/07/29/beware-of-bad-policy-suggestions-in-health-reform-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many policy analysts (including myself) would argue that a Commonwealth take over of the whole caboodle is the way to go with health care. However, what is all this talk of "efficiency costs"? asks <b>Gavin Mooney</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/07/29/beware-of-bad-policy-suggestions-in-health-reform-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pollies v doctors in hospital battle</title>
		<link>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/rudd-must-honour-promise-on-hospitals-20090727-dy5g.html?page=-1</link>
		<comments>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/rudd-must-honour-promise-on-hospitals-20090727-dy5g.html?page=-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=76170</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today's national health report stops short of recommending that hospitals be completely 100% federally funded. Opposition leader Turnbull says it represents "one broken promise after another" from PM Kevin Rudd.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/rudd-must-honour-promise-on-hospitals-20090727-dy5g.html?page=-1/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The under-valued heroes of the health system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/diary-of-a-surgeon-the-under-valued-heroes-of-the-health-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/diary-of-a-surgeon-the-under-valued-heroes-of-the-health-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College of Surgeons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical students]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/diary-of-a-surgeon-the-under-valued-heroes-of-the-health-system/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government has recently approved and almost doubling of medical student numbers without much planning how they would gain the necessary clinical experience, and the so-called tsunami of students is now washing over the system.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/diary-of-a-surgeon-the-under-valued-heroes-of-the-health-system/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>We have 38% fewer hospital beds than in 1981: it&#8217;s a scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/we-have-38-less-hospital-beds-than-in-1981-its-a-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/we-have-38-less-hospital-beds-than-in-1981-its-a-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bed numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/we-have-38-less-hospital-beds-than-in-1981-its-a-scandal/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When there is a lack of beds, patients suffer. It's that simple, writes <b>Professor Peter Collignon</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/we-have-38-less-hospital-beds-than-in-1981-its-a-scandal/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Spin cycle: tasers in hospitals &#8212; who paid for the research?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/26/spin-cycle-tasers-in-hospitals-who-paid-for-the-research/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/26/spin-cycle-tasers-in-hospitals-who-paid-for-the-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tasers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/26/spin-cycle-tasers-in-hospitals-who-paid-for-the-research/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The media went crazy for the Tasers in hospitals story yesterday, but they made one glaring ommission, writes freelance journalist <b>Amy Corderoy</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/26/spin-cycle-tasers-in-hospitals-who-paid-for-the-research/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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