After keeping us waiting for some time, the NHMRC has finally delivered a swag of reviews and reports for public comment, including the much-anticipated Nutbeam Review of Public Health Research Funding (which has been the subject of some interest previously at Crikey and Croakey).
The NHMRC is seeking comment on its strategic plan, and has also [...]
The State of our Public Hospitals report released today is the second such document released under Minister Roxon’s reign.
The report, whose publication is required under the Australian Health Care Agreements, inevitably leads to media reports comparing and contrasting the performance of the various states and territories, especially around elective surgery waiting times.
In the piece [...]
In an unusual collaboration, journalists, academics and politicians in England have joined forces in an offensive against bent stats.
Straight Statistics, according to its website, aims to:
Draw attention to the inaccurate reporting of statistics in the media, and encourage better standards by training and example.
Ensure that Governments follow the Code of Practice on the use of [...]
When the NHMRC convened a workshop on conflicts of interest in Canberra recently, participants were told that Australia had been slower than some other countries to take steps to minimise the impact of such conflicts upon research and clinical practice.
In the piece below, Sydney dermatologist Dr Chris Commens argues that unless the medical profession smartens [...]
More than 700 doctors from around the world have called for the Israeli president of the World Medical Association to step down, calling him “unfit for office” and claiming that he has turned a blind eye to the “institutionalised involvement of doctors” in torture in Israel, according to a news report in the latest British [...]
The Croakey post below about television series, The Wire, has prompted the following response from Dr Alex Wodak, President, Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation:
“Croakey is right that ‘The Wire’ is a remarkable series and exceptional in that it depicts a complex reality from multiple perspectives.
But the argument advanced by David Simons, the primary series creator, [...]
I like the saying that you so often hear in health – that each system is perfectly designed to produce the results that it does. It’s often used to account for the evidence that the health system itself causes an enormous toll of health problems, known in the jargon as “adverse events”.
Dr Tom Keating, who [...]
Given the relative mildness of swine flu, has Australia’s response been appropriate?
It’s a worthy question that will, no doubt, be debated for some time.
In the journal Rural and Remote Health, Dr Alexander Hamilton, a senior resident medical officer at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, puts forward one view. While many believe the response has been [...]
For years, we’ve been repeatedly told that when Governments plough public money into subsidising private health insurance and private hospitals, they’re doing it to help the public hospital system.
Prue Power is executive director of the Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association, which represents public healthcare, and whose members include Queensland Health, South Australian Health, Tasmanian [...]
In case there are any researchers or journalists out there with too much time on their hands, here are two ideas for stories or research projects.
• What is the role of the media in Mr Ward’s death?
The 4 Corners report on the death of Mr Ward, an Aboriginal man who was incarcerated in the most [...]
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Posted in Crikey register of influence, Health inequalities, Indigenous health, Media-related issues, adverse events, conflicts of interest
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Tagged 4 Corners, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, media, Mr Ward, NHMRC, prisoners, Sanofi-Aventis
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