Inquiries
Public inquiries and commissioned studies give the opportunity for all points of view in the community to be heard and considered. All individuals, firms, groups and organisations with an interest in an inquiry can participate in the inquiry.
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Audrey Aspeling (PDF - 33k)
Submission 47 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
As a retired nurse of 45 years with vast experience and extensive post graduate education I believe that medicare should be retained in its original form just raising the levy as required but the problem with health care costs is our failure to put
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Stuart OâReilly (PDF - 83k)
Submission 91 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission Hello, my name is Stuart and I have over 13 years experience working within our Health Care system in a variety of role, most recently as an Analyst. From an analytical persepcive, armed with a wealth of historical and international
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Terry Sandon (PDF - 33k)
Submission 55 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
The coalition has tried to privatise health care since it was introduced in the seventies. Most countries have admired Australia's Health Care system and have warned against privatisation. Privatising will only create community inequity and only
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Dr Fiona Cochrane (PDF - 81k)
Submission 169 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission Of course GPS who bulk-bill as I do are very concerned about the effects the medicare freeze will have on our patients as we will not be able to continue to bulk-bill if the freeze is maintained for 6 years (it has already been in
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Rachel van Someren (PDF - 9k)
Submission 109 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission Having worked for 16 years for a Public Health Service in the field of disability and rehabilitation I have seen the difference between the quality and service provided publically and that provided privately. The most physically
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Gemma Rigutto (PDF - 33k)
Submission 50 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
It is not possible to actual consider costs in private hospitals and public hospitals in any way as the people in public hospitals are a totally differently aspirated group whose attitude to health and community is one of giving. Many of the
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Janine Donaldson (PDF - 61k)
Submission 157 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission My professional experience has included working in the private, government and non- profit sectors, and I have seen how the health system affects people's capacity to be healthy across different socio- economic groups. People who
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Megan Elliott-Rudder (PDF - 34k)
Submission 63 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Medicare needs to remain a Public Health Service. Private health providers must be an option but they cannot be relied in for universal coverage. Already patients struggle due to unaffordable procedural specialists and a dearth of public clinics.
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Thorlene Egerton (PDF - 9k)
Submission 117 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission I think there is a role for private sector health care operating concurrently with public health. It can lead to positive changes such as a greater emphasis on disease prevention and wellness and support for self-management. These
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Anne Lavery (PDF - 63k)
Submission 59 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
When profit enters any equation on health, good care goes out the window. In a major North Sydney private hospital on a Saturday evening recently, a doctor inserted an intravenous catheter and gave IV antibiotics to a patient with post- op infection.
Date received: 25 Jul 2016