National Integrated Health, Aged Care and Supported Living System

HRW

A practical framework for repairing and strengthening Australia’s health system

Why This Project Began

The Health Reform Workshop has grown out of a shared belief among contributors that Australia’s health system is entering a period of serious decline and that too many of the people working within it have been left carrying the consequences in silence.

When Leadership Stops Leading

There comes a point in any failing system when the greatest danger is no longer only underfunding, workforce shortage or rising demand. The greatest danger becomes leadership that has stopped acting as part of the solution and has instead become part of the problem.

When Essential Care Becomes Leverage

Another concern raised by contributors is the way governments can become trapped in a cycle of pressure from parts of the health and care sector that know exactly how much public authorities fear disruption.