Tag Archives: nurses

Hearing one thing, but doing another?

May 13, 2009 – 6:42 pm

Questions are being asked about whether there is a pattern of inconsistency emerging. First we have evidence, as per the previous post, that the Government is planning something quite different for the National Preventive Health Agency than what the experts have recommended for it.
Now compare and contrast the following two statements – the first from [...]

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Private health insurance incentives widening the health gap

February 3, 2009 – 10:01 am

Catherine Beadnell, editor of the Australian Nursing Journal, adds to the ongoing Croakey debate about the unfairness built into the Australian health system:
“In response to Mark Ragg’s column I think the system is unfair and the Howard Government’s efforts to reduce the Medicare burden on Treasury by propping up private health insurance has led to [...]

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…and yet more on medical turf wars

January 19, 2009 – 7:12 am

Some more comments on the recent Crikey story…
Glenn Gardner, Professor of Clinical Nursing at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Health Service District and Queensland University of Technology:
When we seek help in a hospital emergency department, we do so expecting timely and expert care.
Research tells us that patients do not differentiate medical care from nursing care [...]

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More on medical turf wars

January 15, 2009 – 6:04 pm

Some interesting responses to my Crikey story today about the AMA and turf wars:
John Menadue, Centre for Policy Development:
For years, it has been clear to me that there is widespread agreement in the ‘health industry’ about the need for reform. That widespread agreement covers such issues as the priority for primary care, the fragmentation of [...]

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