Submission: Health Workforce Australia Bill 2009 Submission
Submitted by Dr Gary Speck Chairman Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons Mr Elton Humphery Committee Secretary Senate Standing Committee on Community Affairs PO Box 6100 Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 10 June 2009 Dear Mr Humphery Re: Health Workforce Australia [...]
The Deaf and Doctors: A Shepherd’s Two Flocks
POWER OF ONE Bruce D Shepherd Working on behalf of deaf children and for the independence of the medical profession The Medical Journal of Australia MJA - Volume 187 Number 11/12 - 3/17 December 2007 www.mja.com.au Power of One As [...]
Orthopaedic Surgeons Warn Against Health Fund Managed Care
"Attempts to force patients to demand cheaper prostheses by price discrimination of some implant products could be counter productive to good clinical care," Chairman, Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Dr Gary Speck said in Melbourne today. "It seems everyone including [...]
Council of Procedural Specialists Public Statement on the Productivity Commission’s Research Report (PCRR), Australia’s Health Workforce December 2005
COPS acknowledges the PCRR’s observations (pg 1) that “Australians have among the highest life expectancies in the world – including when disability adjusted for years of good health. Yet total of health care spending as % of GDP is not [...]
Procedural Medical Specialists Warn Against Change For Change Sake
Council Of Procedural Specialists: Media Release – 8.2.06 “Rushing to introduce radical changes to the health workforce based on the recent Productivity Commission Research Report may backfire”, Dr Don Sheldon, Chairman, Council of Procedural Specialists (COPS) said today. COPS released [...]
Orthopaedic Surgeons Offer To Double Joint Replacements In NSW Public Hospitals
NSW orthopaedic surgeons have offered to double the number of joint replacement operations they currently perform in public hospitals. Chairman of the NSW branch of the Australian Orthopaedic Association, Dr David Wood said, "If the NSW government considers that there [...]
Orthopaedic Surgeons Slashed at Sydney and Sutherland Hospitals
"The decision to reduce the number of orthopaedic surgeons from 6 to 3 (+ 1 trainee) at Sydney Hospital and not to re-appoint 2 experienced orthopaedic surgeons at Sutherland Hospital was short-sighted and bad for patients who work, visit or [...]
Medical Safety Committee Must Act on Area of Need OS Doctor Recruitment
"Allowing overseas trained doctors who accept Area of Need appointments to have a standard less than Australian Medical Graduates is putting Australians and Australian medical standards last," Chairman of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ASOS), Dr John Harrison said [...]
Productivity Commission Should Examine Productivity In Public Hospitals
"The Federal Government's decision to ask the Productivity Commission to study Australia's medical workforce will be a lost opportunity unless it centres on our greatest existing and future health problem. Namely, the declining productivity of our public hospitals", Dr John [...]
Techno-Babble Bingo Game
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Medical Indemnity Crisis – Nice Words But No Answers
A meeting this morning in Manly, Sydney between the Minister for Health (elect), the Hon Tony Abbot and the NSW Chairman of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Dr Charles New produced nice words but no answers to the current [...]
Surgical Waiting Lists – A Funding Problem
"It is easy to believe that the problems of the Australian public hospital system would be solved tomorrow by simply doubling the number of surgeons being trained," said Dr John Harrison, National Chairman of the Australian Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons [...]