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Some ideas for health reform that could happen NOW: cancer chief

August 25, 2009 – 9:06 am

The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’s final report made numerous recommendations, many of which require a great deal more work before they could be considered ready for implementation. It seems unlikely that changes will happen quickly.
However, Professor Ian Olver, CEO of Cancer Council Australia, has a few suggestions for reforms that could be [...]

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Looking more deeply into cancer and inequality: Andrew Penman

January 30, 2009 – 2:08 pm

Dr Andrew Penman, Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Council NSW, writes:
Ragg reminds us that equity in health outcomes is a value more promoted in the health service than realised.  But there’s more to differences in cancer survival than a headline.  He needs to dig deeper to separate wheat from chaff.
First point to make is that not [...]

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Is our health system doing a “reverse Robin Hood”?

January 30, 2009 – 10:21 am

Health and communications consultant Mark Ragg spent a fair bit of time wading through health statistics and reports to come up with his own personal assessment of the state of our health system.
His conclusion, as reported in Crikey yesterday, is that the system is generally fine – but it’s not fair.
“You do much better [...]

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