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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.

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

Shobha Varkey (PDF - 61k)

Submission 151 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


Letting private providers into Medicare could see for-profit companies making critical decisions about who gets treated and how. This would lead to a two-tiered system where those with the financial means receive preferential treatment, and those

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

Angela Fyfe (PDF - 87k)

Submission 190 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


Brief submission Having Nursed in the 60's prior to Medicare, I can remember the anxiety of patients regarding how they would pay for the health costs, the reluctance of Doctors to order some tests/ investigations to assist in proper diagnosis and

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

Dr Ian Hills (PDF - 84k)

Submission 88 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


Brief submission I have completed a 45 career in Psychology as a provider of clinical psychology and counselling services, a supervisor and teacher. I am now an aged pensioner and a consumer of health services. Prior to the introduction of Medicare

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

Jacqueline Franklin (PDF - 9k)

Submission 103 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


Brief submission To Whom it may Concern - My Jacqueline Franklin Submission of 20/07/2016. While you can or may make empowered changes to a variety of Human Services Portfolios putting us the Public with Families into forced Privatisation financial

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

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