Tag Archives: Kevin Rudd

Where does the PM stand on health equity?

October 16, 2009 – 10:06 am

OK, so the recent post on why Health Ministers should insist on health equity impact statements for all policy recommendations may have revealed me as a hopelessly tragic idealist. And that’s not all. On reflection, I was also being a bit simplistic.
Of course, if we really care about health equity, health ministers would probably not [...]

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A note to Rudd re evidence-based healthcare

August 19, 2009 – 10:52 am

The PM made a big deal about the need to ensure treatments are evaluated and backed by good evidence in this widely-reported speech at St Vincent’s Institute for Medical Research in Melbourne last Friday.

He said: “ Patients need treatments, technologies, and procedures for which there is evidence from research that these are safe and effective. [...]

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