Category Archives: Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents

Some tips re digging for useful health policy information on the web

April 27, 2012 – 11:35 am

If you want to influence health policy, it helps to be abreast of the latest relevant evidence (in all its forms). But this can be difficult to achieve as so much of the evidence never sees the light of day through publication in journals or other public places (hence the Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents - [...]

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The Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents is back (and needs your help)

November 16, 2010 – 11:37 am

Daniel Vujcich writes: Today, Croakey reintroduces an old friend. The Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents (CRUD) was first launched in April 2009 with the goal of recording “the details of evaluations, plans, reviews and other such documents that should be released (whether by governments or other commissioning bodies), in the interests of promoting better informed [...]

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Calling for the reports that are gathering dust or otherwise buried…

August 24, 2009 – 12:59 pm

The Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents (CRUD) played a small part in contributing to a recent Sydney Morning Herald series about critical issues surrounding suicide prevention, by Investigations Editor Ruth Pollard. Croakey was able to pass on the Evaluation of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy, which was listed on the CRUD back in April, and [...]

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More unreleased health documents

July 1, 2009 – 2:11 pm

We have a new entry for the Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents. As well, the Nutbeam review of public health research funding has been officially liberated from the Register as it was released, at last, in June. CRUD records the details of evaluations, plans, reviews and other such documents that should be released (whether by [...]

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Public health brigade urged to stand up and be counted

June 30, 2009 – 1:51 pm

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 [...]

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Some more unreleased health documents

June 3, 2009 – 3:49 pm

We have new entries for the Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents. CRUD records the details of evaluations, plans, reviews and other such documents that should be released (whether by governments or other commissioning bodies), in the interests of promoting better informed policy, practice and debate. The new entries are: A Hospital Information and Performance Program [...]

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A new entry at the Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents

May 25, 2009 – 5:08 pm

We have a new entry for the Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents. CRUD records the details of evaluations, plans, reviews and other such documents that should be released (whether by governments or other commissioning bodies), in the interests of promoting better informed policy, practice and debate. An eagle-eyed Croakey source noted this link from the [...]

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Updating Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents

May 21, 2009 – 3:53 pm

There are new entries to the Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents. CRUD records the details of evaluations, plans, reviews and other such documents that should be released (whether by governments or other commissioning bodies), in the interests of promoting better informed policy, practice and debate. The new entries are: • Evaluation of the Rural Clinical [...]

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Updating Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents

April 27, 2009 – 9:03 am

There is a new entry to the Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents. CRUD records the details of evaluations, plans, reviews and other such documents that should be released (whether by governments or other commissioning bodies), in the interests of promoting better informed policy, practice and debate. The new entry is: • The NSW Radiotherapy Plan  [...]

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Why the Fed Health Dept’s culture of secrecy is bad for mental health

April 16, 2009 – 9:16 am

As previously mentioned, Croakey has a copy of the evaluation of the 2003-2008 National Mental Health Plan, that was undertaken by US consultant Charles Curie and English psychiatrist Professor Graham Thornicroft. Sydney psychiatrist Professor Alan Rosen has now evaluated the evaluation, and here are his conclusions: “This summative evaluation report is very gentle, restrained and [...]

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