Rudd's solution to hospital waiting lists: Two more layers of bureaucracy

A much expanded Federal bureaucracy plus new local bureaucracies will be added to the already-bloated State bureaucracies -- and you can bet that not a single State bureaucrat will lose his job

KEVIN Rudd says he will strip the states of a third of their valuable GST revenue to pay for a massive Commonwealth reform of the public health and hospital systems. In a speech to the National Press Club this afternoon, the Prime Minister said the Federal Government will fund 60 per cent of public hospital services and up to 100 per cent of primary health care outpatient services.

Under the historic proposal, local hospital networks would be formed to run hospitals, taking power away from bureaucrats. The states will have to sign up to tough new national standards the Prime Minister says will deliver better hospital services.

Mr Rudd said if the states don't agree to the plan, he will take it to this year's election along with a referendum to seek the necessary powers for the Commonwealth to make the reforms a reality.

The Prime Minister said the plan will end ``blame shifting and cost shifting'' and lead to less waste and duplication across the multi-billion dollar system. The announcement will set the Prime Minister on a collision course with the states, who must hand over power and revenue to ensure the reforms can go ahead.

The Federal Government has also promised to fund 60 per cent of the cost of maintaining and improving public hospital infrastructure.

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4 comments:

  1. "The Prime Minister said the plan will end ``blame shifting and cost shifting'' and lead to less waste and duplication across the multi-billion dollar system."

    Off course it will, just like the insulation scheme and every other fuck up of the kdudd regime. And just like with those schemes, the buck will never get to kevin dudds door and he'll just burn through more and more of our money.

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  2. There you go folks, dudd's latest plan is turning to shit much faster than his other plans.

    AS many as 100 small hospitals could be closed as a result of Kevin Rudd's health reforms, officials have warned.

    New South Wales Professor Bob Farnsworth, chairman of the Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service's health advisory council, said the reforms were "appalling" and "potentially a disaster".

    Senior NSW Government sources said the plan would not put any more money into the health system.

    In Victoria, the State Health Minister Daniel Andrews said the reforms would short-change Victorian patients.

    http://www.news.com.au/national/death-knell-tipped-for-smaller-community-hospitals/story-e6frfkvr-1225836768649

    But on the plus side, it gave kevvie a nice distraction from his earlier screw-up and his media sycophants another opportunity to spit-polish his ass to a fine shine as usual.

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  3. Krunt won't give up easily on this plan. It is just a smokescreen for the next election.

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  4. If you screw it up, just move on to the next screw up. Eventually, the people will be happy if you just screw it up less than the last time.

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