The media went crazy for the Tasers in hospitals story yesterday, but they made one glaring ommission, writes freelance journalist Amy Corderoy.
Hospitals
Diary of a Surgeon: How to run a hospital — by the textbook
The turnover of senior managers in the public hospital system is remarkable, writes Guy Maddern professor of surgery at the University of Adelaide.
Diary of a Surgeon: Welcome to St Anywhere
St Anywhere is fictitious, but the events and issues are real. Guy Maddern reports from the emergency room.
Millions of dollars and 14 years later: is Australian health care any safer than before?
Almost 14 years after a study showed many patients are harmed as a result of their health care, we still do not know whether Australian hospitals are any safer today.
Why spending more won’t mean better health
Health outcomes and health outputs do not necessarily align, writes Patrick Bolton.
How drug companies are infiltrating public hospitals
Drug companies are paying undisclosed honoraria to doctors to have their sales representatives sit in on patient consultations, writes Dr Ian Haines.
Health debate must move beyond hospital crash repairs
It will be a wasted opportunity if the 2020 Summiteers can’t broaden the health debate beyond hospitals and health education, writes Professor Fran Baum.
It’s time to think beyond hospitals
Now that the problems of public hospitals have been “fixed”, can we please start talking and thinking about some of the country’s other, equally pressing health problems? Melissa Sweet writes.
Menadue blasts NSW Health Department
The NSW Health Department is again under fire with claims of administrative dysfunction and falling morale, writes Alex Mitchell.
Children’s Hospital: do you really want fries with that?
Melbourne’s Children’s Hospital is moving. Will they take the junk food with it, asks Melissa Sweet?
Rudd’s federalism: the sleeper awaits
Federalism is being ignored by both sides of politics in this campaign, writes Christian Kerr.
Tips and rumours
Yesterday’s “Tips and rumours” was spot on regarding Liberal MP for Latrobe Jason Wood’s illegal placement of signs. But an illegal sign is the least of his worries, there is talk that the phone campaign to Vic Roads to have the signs removed came from sources unexpected. It appears that some hard core Lib supporters […]
Smith: tax cuts the foundation for reelection
Tax, a three letter word, would have been met with four letter responses at ALP headquarters yesterday, writes Ian Smith.
Tips and rumours
Rivers of grog. Seems the NT CLP party were seen loading up their “rivers of grog” onto the plane on route to the Tiwi Islands restricted area by none other than the PM’s Northern Development Taskforce - will they come forward to make a police statement against the CLP MPs involved? Methinks not. Victorian DHS […]
PM’s intervention a nightmare for Tasmania
This is a nightmare proposal for Tasmania — and for Australia. The Commonwealth gave up hospitals and handed back the Repatriation hospital years ago because they could not run them, writes a Tasmanian health insider.
