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| Video | Date |
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 Minister for Health and AgeingNicola Roxon talking about the National Health and Hospitals Network on Wednesday 3rd March 2010. | 2010030303 Mar 2010 |
 Youth views (public submission)Young people in Canberra were interviewed on their views about the Australian health system. Video was submitted by Senator Kate Lundy’s office. | 2009122323 Dec 2009 |
 DerekDerek says the reform process offers a great opportunity to free up emergency departments in hospitals by creating a special service to diagnose and treat older people who now come into emergency when something is wrong. | 2009120808 Dec 2009 |
 PrameshPramesh says newer technologies such as computerised tomography (CT) scanning can now be used to detect heart disease early, thereby enabling early treatment and preventing major life-disrupting problems later on. | 2009120808 Dec 2009 |
 TerryTerry has had personal experience of a new non-invasive way of checking the condition of coronary arteries using CT scanning, instead of invasive surgery – and he thinks it’s a great idea. | 2009120808 Dec 2009 |
 NicoleNicole talks about the benefits of case management. | 2009120808 Dec 2009 |
 PeterPeter, a doctor working in an Aboriginal Medical Service in the ACT, is enthusiastic about the one-stop shop model his centre has developed over the past 20 years and invites people to come and see what it does. | 2009120808 Dec 2009 |
 LeanneLeanne, who heads a large primary health care centre in a NSW country town, says there have been good savings in travel and accommodation costs with a system of bringing specialists to the town for initial consultations. She particularly supports the NHHRC recommendations on e-health records and Denticare. | 2009120808 Dec 2009 |
 MichaelMichael says communication difficulties are arising in aged care facilities from the fact that many carers now have English as a second language. When combined with deafness, dementia and the difficulty of understanding “medical English”, this can make it extremely difficult to understand what the other person is talking about. | 2009120808 Dec 2009 |
 AnneAnne wishes more attention could be paid to social determinants of health, whereby people show physical symptoms from homelessness, unemployment, or association with criminals. | 2009120808 Dec 2009 |
