Tag Archives: Nicola Roxon

Pathology and Government sums don’t quite add up: industry insider

August 31, 2009 – 12:46 pm

A pathology industry insider who wishes to remain anonymous has sent in the following post:
“Every year I have a chuckle at the annual reports of whoever is left standing in corporate pathology…..and this year is just the same…..it never seems to add up.   All the info below is derived from the annual reports on [...]

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An experienced patient asks: Who benefits from private health insurance?

August 24, 2009 – 12:40 pm

Oh, the discomfort and the peril of trying to juggle while straddling a barbed wire fence.
That, at least, is the image that comes to Croakey’s mind when listening to Health Minister Roxon on the hustings recently, arguing that it is only fair and fiscally responsible that there be means testing of Government subsidies for private [...]

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Why Roxon needs to move beyond talking about hospital waiting lists

June 30, 2009 – 1:01 pm

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 [...]

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NHMRC chief puts his hand up: delay our fault

June 3, 2009 – 6:13 pm

Last week, Crikey published this story about the delayed release of a major review of public health research, which was completed last October, and promised for release early this year but still under wraps.
(Ironically enough, one of the review’s recommendations was the establishment of a national public health research register to improve transparency around research [...]

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Roxon to face anger over blocked public health report

May 28, 2009 – 9:10 am

Back on April 1, when the Croakey Register of Unreleased Documents was launched, it included mention of an NHMRC review of public health research which was conducted last year and whose findings have been widely anticipated. At the time, the NHMRC’s ceo Professor Warwick Anderson told us that the report would be released “next week”.
Well, [...]

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New national mental health policy is a disgrace: Prof Alan Rosen

April 1, 2009 – 12:46 pm

Following on from the previous post, Sydney psychiatrist Professor Alan Rosen* explains his concerns:

“The 4th Australian Mental Health Policy is  a huge disappointment and
should never have been approved in this form. It is  superficial,
complacent & self-congratulatory about weak partial achievements.
It glosses over many important deficiencies in the 2nd and 3rd policies and
plans. It lacks vision, [...]

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