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Labor Hospital Policy Welcomed but Lacks Coordination
AMA Victoria President, Dr Sam Lees, said today that he is disappointed with Labor’s Plan for Better Hospitals and Better Care.
Dr Lees said that whilst Labor clearly recognises the problems confronting our public hospitals, the proposed $1 billion injection should have been better targeted because the policy is based on wrong assumptions about relieving the pressure on hospital emergency departments.
“Australia needs an unprecedented level of co-operation and teamwork between the Commonwealth and State and Territory Governments to ensure that more health funding is channelled directly to patient care and not to new and inefficient bureaucracy,” Dr Lees said.
Dr Lees said that the evidence is that access block, not the shortage of medical workforce, is the key issue causing the queues at public hospitals.
“The key to better care and better value for every health funding dollar is to improve the links and coordination between the public hospital, community and residential care sectors,” Dr Lees said.
Dr Lees said that the Opposition had the chance to show leadership and vision with a policy to bolster our public hospitals to allow them to serve all Australians well into the future.Victorian Medical Directory
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