Dear HRG Comrades, As always, I was deeply impressed at Wednesday’s meeting by the breadth and depth of experience and expertise contained within the body of membership of the HRG. It is matched only by the strength of passion and commitment to improving the Australian healthcare system. It worries me at times that well thought out, highly innovative proposals for improvement die when the meeting ends. Not entirely so, as many HRG members pursue them within their own sphere. I
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Opinion: Ross Kerridge Newcastle Herald Saturday 10 June, 2023 The recent reopening of the GP Access After Hours clinic at Calvary Mater Hospital is to be celebrated, and is perhaps one small step towards rebuilding the Australian healthcare system and making it fit for purpose for the next 25 years. GP Access was a triumph of negotiation between local GPs and state and federal health departments when it was established two decades ago. It has provided urgent access to a
Little children cannot speak up for themselves, advocate for their healthcare, protect themselves against abuse or lobby for funding for basic services—in response, Australians have developed a framework of laws and policies that protect children and their rights. We strictly enforce these through various measures, such as the protection through “Working with Children Check (WWCC)” Senior Australians, about half of them suffering from cognitive decline, have limited ability to speak up for themselves, advocate for their healthcare, protect themselves against
Chairman opened the meeting at 7 pm Numerous apologies presented and accepted Chairman expressed cautious optimism re the potential for real Healthcare reform with the new Labor government which was shared by meetings participants. Agreed that HRG should invite Health Minister to the next HRG meeting. Also agreed that a health spokesperson for the ‘Greens’ would be invited to an HRG meeting. Emphasis at meeting to be place on Implementation strategies for health related political promises made. A major disappointment
Items for discussion: What has the pandemic taught us? How does the pandemic redefine roles in the health / healthcare system, especially nursing? Where are we with integration (especially community care and aged care)? What’s happening with training pipelines and career development for junior clinicians? Tackling out-of-pocket expenses. Update on MBS Review. What has the pandemic taught us? Huge problems in the health care system have been exposed. But the system has good bones and is integral to Australia’s
The Hospital Reform Group, an independent group of senior NSW Health Clinicians, Health Academics and Community representatives formed in 2004, has compiled the following submission to the Special Commission of Inquiry into matters concerning the delivery of acute care services in public hospitals in New South Wales (The Garling Inquiry). The submission addresses the first term of reference of the commission. Executive Summary In this submission, the Hospital Reform Group argues that there are three fundamental, systemic
A Generalist Model of Community Health and Aged Care (Broe, 2004) Community Health and Aged Care Program Randwick-Botany Community and Prince of Wales Hospital BACKGROUND Over the past 25 to 35 years the basic elements of a local community health system, for older people with chronic disease and disability, have been developed in urban and rural NSW, and across Australia, with the collaboration of several initiatives: Firstly, the development of Community Health or Hospital based Aged Care