heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital!: October 2010
http://heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com/2010_10_01_archive.html
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital! Wednesday, October 6, 2010. Red book finds rub with Rudd. SMH - Mark Metherell. October 7, 2010. The federal Treasury has signalled its unease with elements of the Rudd government's health reform plans that were supported by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. In its ' red book' of policy analyses presented to the incoming government, Treasury doubts whether the reforms can begin on schedule and whether the national hospital funding changes can proceed without Western Australia.
heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital!: March 2010
http://heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com/2010_03_01_archive.html
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital! Thursday, March 18, 2010. Hospitals in city's west fear Rudd's changes. JULIE ROBOTHAM AND KATE BENSON March 19, 2010. STRUGGLING western Sydney hospitals, already among the most cash-strapped in the state, could stand to lose about $130 million in funding under the Prime Minister's hospital reform plan, NSW Health Department analysis suggests. But Patrick Cregan, the chairman of NSW Health's Surgical Services Taskforce, said the concept was inherently prejudiced against hosp...
heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital!: Controversial Sydney West Area Health chief resigns
http://heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com/2010/05/controversial-sydney-west-area-health.html
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital! Monday, May 10, 2010. Controversial Sydney West Area Health chief resigns. SYDNEY West Area Health Service chief executive Prof Steven Boyages resigned last week amid controversy over his handling of the job. Prof Boyages had been in the top job of the area health service, which includes Westmead and Auburn hospitals, for 10 years. His tenure was dogged by controversy over debts to suppliers and by dissent among senior doctors and nurses over his management style. So what are...
heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital!: Hospital's CT scanner breaks again
http://heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com/2010/07/hospitals-ct-scanner-breaks-again.html
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital! Thursday, July 29, 2010. Hospital's CT scanner breaks again. SMH - AMY CORDEROY. July 30, 2010. Patients at Blue Mountains hospital have been put at risk after vital scanning equipment broke down, doctors say. A visiting medical officer at the hospital, who did not wish to be named, said the broken CT scanner delayed patient diagnoses: ' It affects patient management and safety.' The chairman of AMA NSW's hospital practice committee, Brian Owler, said it should be replace...
heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital!: August 2009
http://heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital! Wednesday, August 26, 2009. Caring Together - The Health Action Plan for NSW Website. This website outlines the NSW Government's response to the recommendations made by Mr Peter Garling SC following his Inquiry into acute care services in NSW public hospitals. It's worth a look see. Http:/ healthactionplan.nsw.gov.au/. Links to this post. Thursday, August 20, 2009. Skinner receives hospital petition' BMG 12/08/09. Links to this post. Links to this post. Links to this post.
heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital!: February 2010
http://heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital! Thursday, February 18, 2010. Carmel Tebbutt, the NSW Minister for Health, penned an article for yesterday's SMH attacking Tony Abbott's local Health Boards proposal. I was pleased to see the article from the Minster for two reasons. Firstly, it confirms the existence of the Minister. I had started to wonder because she has never responded to a single piece of correspondence from HEAL. And secondly, she shares HEAL's view on healthcare! For instance, the Minster states:. NSW H...
heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital!: Radical surgery for area health services
http://heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com/2010/08/radical-surgery-for-area-health.html
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital! Wednesday, August 4, 2010. Radical surgery for area health services. SMH - LOUISE HALL. August 5, 2010 - 10:36AM. The way healthcare is delivered to patients in NSW will change under a state government plan which aims to ensure hospitals can better respond to local needs. Area health services, which now run NSW hospitals and have been criticised for red tape, will be broken up to help deliver that care. Concord and Royal Prince Alfred. Nepean and Blue Mountains and Lithgow.
heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital!: May 2010
http://heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com/2010_05_01_archive.html
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital! Monday, May 10, 2010. Controversial Sydney West Area Health chief resigns. SYDNEY West Area Health Service chief executive Prof Steven Boyages resigned last week amid controversy over his handling of the job. Prof Boyages had been in the top job of the area health service, which includes Westmead and Auburn hospitals, for 10 years. His tenure was dogged by controversy over debts to suppliers and by dissent among senior doctors and nurses over his management style. So what are...
heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital!: HEAL Media Release - Local Health Networks
http://heal-saveourhospital.blogspot.com/2010/09/heal-media-release-local-health.html
Hands Off Katoomba Hospital! Thursday, September 30, 2010. HEAL Media Release - Local Health Networks. HEAL spokesperson, Janet Mays, has expressed cautious support for the Local Health Network (LHNs) structure recently announced by the NSW State Government, as part of the National Health Reform Agreement, saying that any move to deliver better patient care and strengthen local decision making must be applauded. However, HEAL is asking what has really changed for Mountains residents? 8220;We have been se...
