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View videos of Australians telling their stories and offering suggestions for improving our health system, and our Minister and Prime Minister.
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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 |
The implementation plan provides details of implementation activities over coming months and years, including timelines and major milestones to implement the major health reform agreed by COAG in April 2010.
On 19 and 20 April 2010, an historic agreement was reached by the Council of Australian Governments, except Western Australia, to the establishment of a National Health and Hospitals Network.