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e-Healthcare Brief - 3 March 2010
e-healthcare brief is the weekly electronic newsletter of the Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association in which we aim to give you an overview of current issues, news, research and AHHA activities.  For other recent issues click here. To subscribe click here.

MEDIA RELEASES 2010

Rudd's plan a healthy start to reform
The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association welcomes the Government's proposals for future health system governance and looks forward to hearing further details of some key outstanding issues in the reform plan.

Abbott's hospital plan will waste resources and divide the health system
Tony Abbott's plan for public hospitals will waste money, result in the duplication of services between public hospitals and entrench existing divisions in an already fragmented health system, according to the Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA).

Means-testing health rebate vital for public hospitals
Means-testing the private health insurance rebate will help ensure Australia's public health system can provide care for our ageing population into the future.

Data crucial to improve hospital safety
New data on mistakes occurring within hospitals should be used to improve patient safety rather than isolating and blaming individual institutions or organisations.

SUBMISSIONS 2010

AHHA Federal Budget Submission 2010-2011
The AHHA Federal Pre-Budget Submission for 2010-2011 is now available to download from our publications section.

AHHA Submission on the National Safety and Quality Healthcare Standards
The AHHA submission on National Safety and Quality Healthcare Standards by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare is now available to donwload from our publications section.