National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission – Submissions Received


The Commission made a public call for submissions, advertised nationally over two weekends in early April, with submissions due by 30 May 2008. Since then the Commission has received well over 400 submissions from interested individuals and organisations.

The call for submissions is a part of the Commission’s wider program of engagement and consultation.

The Commission is currently reading and analysing these submissions, to inform the development of its interim report to Minister for Health the Hon Nicola Roxon MHR, due towards the end of 2008.

Although the call for submissions is now closed, anyone wishing to make comments to the Commission or provide feedback may still do so:

By email to talkhealth@nhhrc.org.au
By mail to: PO Box 685 Woden ACT 2606
By phone to: 1800 017 533
By facsimile to: 02 6262 7264

List of Submissions Received

A list of submissions received appears below. The Commission will also be publishing submissions made to it. It is expected that these will be progressively made available on this web site in July.

Listing as at 30 June

List of Submissions Received as at 30 June 2008 (PDF 69 KB)

Number

Name of Organisation or Individual

Category

1

Abatement Tech Australia

Organisation

2

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)

Organisation

3

Accenture

Organisation

4

ACT Council of Social Services

Organisation

5

ACT Health

Organisation

6

Aged and Community Services Australia

Organisation

7

Aged Care Early Intervention Management

Organisation

8

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)

Organisation

9

ANU Unit of General Practice & Community Health

Organisation

10

Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA)

Organisation

11

Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes

Organisation

12

Australian College of Health Informatics

Organisation

13

Australian College of non Vocationally Registered GPs

Organisation

14

Australian Nurse Practitioners Association

Organisation

15

Australian Podiatry Association QLD

Organisation

16

Australian Salaried Medical Officers Foundation

Organisation

17

Australian Association of Medical Recruitment Agencies

Organisation

18

William Silvester et. Al (from Austin Hospital)

Individual

19

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

Organisation

20

Australasian College of Podiatric Surgeons

Organisation

21

Australasia Faculty of Rehab Medicine

Organisation

22

Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Organisation

23

Australian Association of Occupational Therapists

Organisation

24

Australian Association of Social workers

Organisation

25

Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association

Organisation

26

Australian College of Ambulance Professionals

Organisation

27

Australian College of Midwives

Organisation

28

Australian Council of Paramedicine

Organisation

29

Australian Council of Pro Vice Chancellors and Deans of Health Sciences

Organisation

30

Australian Council on Healthcare Standards

Organisation

31

Australian Diagnostic Imaging Association

Organisation

32

Australian Diabetics Educators Association

Organisation

33

Australian Faith Community Nurses Association

Organisation

34

Australian General Practice Network

Organisation

35

Australian Health and Hospitals Association

Organisation

36

The Forum of Australian Health Professions Councils

Organisation

37

Australian Health Workforce Institute

Organisation

38

Australian Institute for Primary Care

Organisation

39

Australian Lung Foundation

Organisation

40

Australian Medical Council

Organisation

41

Australian Physiotherapy Association

Organisation

42

Australian Practice Nurses Association

Organisation

43

Australian Rural Education Network

Organisation

44

Australian Therapeutics Advisory Groups

Organisation

45

Australian Unity

Organisation

46

Australian Women's Health Network

Organisation

47

Baker Heart Research Institute

Organisation

48

Bio21 Cluster

Organisation

49

Blackmores Ltd

Organisation

50

Breast Cancer Network Australia

Organisation

51

Brisbane South DGP

Organisation

52

Caesarean Awareness Network Australia

Organisation

53

Cancer Voices Australia

Organisation

54

Cancer Voices Victoria

Organisation

55

Carers Australia

Organisation

56

CASE Health

Organisation

57

Catholic Health Australia

Organisation

58

Catholic Healthcare Ltd

Organisation

59

Centre for Military and Veterans' Health

Organisation

60

Centre for Policy Development

Organisation

61

Cerner Corporation

Organisation

62

Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA

Organisation

63

CHOICE

Organisation

64

Cobram District Hospital

Organisation

65

Cochrane Consumer Network in Australia

Organisation

66

College of Nursing

Organisation

67

Northern Health Primary Care and Population Health Advisory Committee

Organisation

68

Complementary Healthcare Council of Australia

Organisation

69

Complementary Medicines Association

Organisation

70

Council of Ambulance Authorities

Organisation

71

Council of Clinical Hypnotherapists

Organisation

72

Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery

Organisation

73

CRANA

Organisation

74

CRC for Spatial Information

Organisation

75

Cystic Fibrosis Australia

Organisation

76

Defence Health Services Division - Department of Defence

Organisation

77

Dieticians Association of Australia

Organisation

78

Doctors Reform Society

Organisation

79

Doutta Gala Community Health

Organisation

80

Engineers Australia

Organisation

81

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences - Monash University

Organisation

82

Fitness Australia

Organisation

83

General Practice Education and Training Limited

Organisation

84

General Practice Victoria

Organisation

85

Genetic Support Network Victoria

Organisation

86

Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce in Sydney

Organisation

87

Hatrix

Organisation

88

Headspace

Organisation

89

Health Care Consumers Association of ACT

Organisation

90

Health Consumers Alliance of SA

Organisation

91

Health Consumers Council

Organisation

92

Health Informatics Society of Australia

Organisation

93

Health Research Services of Australia and New Zealand

Organisation

94

Health Services Association of NSW

Organisation

95

Healthscope Ltd

Organisation

96

Hospital in the Home Australia

Organisation

97

Hospira Asia Pacific - productivity

Organisation

98

Human Genetics Society of Australasia

Organisation

99

IBM Australia

Organisation

100

I-MED Network

Organisation

101

Improvement Foundation Australia

Organisation

102

Inner East Primary Care Partnership Victoria

Organisation

103

Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand

Organisation

104

Johnson & Johnson

Organisation

105

Mamu Health Service

Organisation

106

Victorian State Coordinator Group

Organisation

107

Maternity Coalition QLD

Organisation

108

Medical Technology Association of Australia

Organisation

109

Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand

Organisation

110

Melbourne Health

Organisation

111

Microsoft Australia

Organisation

112

Melbourne - Monash Clinical Working Group

Organisation

113

More and Associates

Organisation

114

Motor Neurone Disease Australia

Organisation

115

MS Australia

Organisation

116

Mount Alexander hospital

Organisation

117

Municipal Association of Victoria

Organisation

118

National Ageing Research Institute

Organisation

119

National Centre for Classification in Health

Organisation

120

National ex-Services Round Table on Aged Care

Organisation

121

National Association of Testing Authorities

Organisation

122

National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre

Organisation

123

National Coalition of Public Pathology

Organisation

124

National GLBT Health Alliance

Organisation

125

National Institute of Complementary Medicine

Organisation

126

National Mental Health Consumer and Carer Forum

Organisation

127

National Seniors Australia

Organisation

128

Need More GPs

Organisation

129

Newcastle Uni sport

Organisation

130

NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Patient Safety

Organisation

131

Phillip Bain & Jim Pasinis & Nola Tudball

Individual

132

Noise Watch Australia

Organisation

133

North Queensland Community Service

Organisation

134

NSW Medical Staff Executive Council

Organisation

135

NSW Medical Students Council

Organisation

136

NSW Pain Interest Group

Organisation

137

NSW Rural Doctors Network

Organisation

138

North Sydney and Central Coast Area Health Service

Organisation

139

Optometrists Association Victoria

Organisation

140

Orthoptic Association of Australia - NSW

Organisation

141

ORYGEN Youth Health

Organisation

142

Palliative Care Australia

Organisation

143

Parkinson's Australia

Organisation

144

People with MS Australia

Organisation

145

Pharmaceutical Society of Australia

Organisation

146

Plenty Valley Community Health

Organisation

147

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Organisation

148

Primary Health Care Research and Information Service

Organisation

149

Private Hospital Association of Queensland

Organisation

150

Public Health Association of Australia - SA

Organisation

151

Public Interest Advocacy Centre

Organisation

152

Purchasing Index PL

Organisation

153

Quiet Tasmania

Organisation

154

Rural Doctors Association of Australia

Organisation

155

Rural Doctors Association of Australia - Joint Submission on Rural Maternity Services

Organisation

156

Residential Care Intervention Program in the Elderly (RECIPE)

Organisation

157

Research + Evaluation + Design (RED 3 )

Organisation

158

Research Australia

Organisation

159

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists - Faculty of Radiation Oncology

Organisation

160

Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators

Organisation

161

Royal Australasian College of Pathologists - Pathology Associations Committee

Organisation

162

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Organisation

163

Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists

Organisation

164

Royal College of Nursing Australia

Organisation

165

Royal College of Pathologists Australasia - Profile

Organisation

166

Royal College of Pathologists Australasia

Organisation

167

Royal College of Pathologists Australasia - Genetics

Organisation

168

Royal District Nursing Service

Organisation

169

Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital

Organisation

170

Royal Women's Hospital Melbourne

Organisation

171

Rural Health Education Foundation

Organisation

172

Rural Health Workforce Australia

Organisation

173

SANE Australia

Organisation

174

Sanofi-Aventis Australia

Organisation

175

School of Dentistry - University of Adelaide

Organisation

176

Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia

Organisation

177

Silver Chain

Organisation

178

South East Healthy Communities Partnerships

Organisation

179

Southern General Practice Network

Organisation

180

Speech Pathology Australia

Organisation

181

St Jude Medical Australia

Organisation

182

Standards Australia

Organisation

183

Tricare

Organisation

184

University of Melbourne

Organisation

185

UnitingCare Burnside

Organisation

186

UQ Faculty of Health Sciences

Organisation

187

VicHealth

Organisation

188

Victorian Child and Maternal Health Special Interest Group

Organisation

189

Victorian Primary and Community Health Network

Organisation

190

Victorian Healthcare Association

Organisation

191

Victorian Women and Mental Health Network

Organisation

192

Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research

Organisation

193

Westmead Children's Hospital

Organisation

194

Women's Health Victoria

Organisation

195

Woolcott Research

Organisation

196

Wyeth Australia

Organisation

197

School of Public Health, USYD

Organisation

198

Workforce Leisure International

Organisation

199

Health Insurance Restricted Membership Association of Australia

Organisation

200

Melbourne Medical Locum Service

Organisation

201

A Kiss from an Angel

Organisation

202

Compact Business Systems

Organisation

203

The Forum Sports and Aquatic Centre

Organisation

204

13CABS

Organisation

205

Muscular Dystrophy Australia

Organisation

206

Australian Association for Humane Research Inc

Organisation

207

Friends of Nerigah

Organisation

208

Laws University of Naturopathy

Organisation

210

Cancer Voices WA

Organisation

211

Faculty of Medicine - Uni of Melbourne

Organisation

212

Medical Student Council of Victoria

Organisation

213

Migrant Resource Centre

Organisation

214

National Council on the Ageing

Organisation

215

Alzheimer's Australia

Organisation

216

Bell Street Clinic

Organisation

217

Brotherhood of St Laurence

Organisation

218

Centre for Health Services Development

Organisation

219

FORTUS

Organisation

220

Adrienne Lee

Individual

221

Andrew Francis

Individual

222

Anna Howe

Individual

223

Assoc Prof Roger Gurr

Individual

224

Assoc Prof Tom Brett

Individual

225

Audrey Robb

Individual

226

Carol O'Donnell

Individual

227

Christine Hunt

Individual

228

Craig Ingham MP

Individual

229

Deluane Pollard

Individual

230

David Karr

Individual

231

Dawn Coombridge

Individual

232

Don Howe

Individual

233

Douglas Everingham

Individual

234

Adrienne Freeman (Dr)

Individual

235

Barbara Hayes (Dr)

Individual

236

Catherine Crock (Dr)

Individual

237

Clare Skinner (Dr)

Individual

238

Damian Burns (Dr)

Individual

239

David Burke (Dr)

Individual

240

Eddie Price (Dr)

Individual

241

Ian Smith (Dr)

Individual

242

Ian Turnbull (Dr)

Individual

243

Jeannie McMullan (Dr)

Individual

244

Joan Kavallaris (Dr)

Individual

245

John Chu (Dr)

Individual

246

Julie Shaw (Dr)

Individual

247

Laks Pathi (Dr)

Individual

248

Leonard Crocombe (Dr)

Individual

249

Michael Williams (Dr)

Individual

250

Paul Bennett (Dr)

Individual

251

Geetha Ranmulthugala (Dr- UC)

Individual

253

Sarah Latrielle (Dr)

Individual

254

Stephanie Davies (Dr)

Individual

255

Tanya Robertson (Dr)

Individual

256

Thomas Faunce (Dr)

Individual

257

Grace Daley

Individual

258

Janine Nottingham

Individual

259

Jeremy de Constantin

Individual

260

Judy Hoskins

Individual

261

Laura Pollard

Individual

262

Luke Slawomirski

Individual

263

Maggie Sim

Individual

264

Marlene Eggert

Individual

265

Mary Draper

Individual

266

Graham Gorrel (Mr)

Individual

267

Ian Bell (Mr)

Individual

268

Ian Carter (Mr)

Individual

269

Ian McAuley (Mr)

Individual

270

Andrea Harcourt (Ms)

Individual

271

Shane Doepel (Ms)

Individual

272

Nilva Egana

Individual

273

Olivia Chisholm

Individual

274

Paul Burt

Individual

275

Gavin Mooney (Prof)

Individual

276

Hal Kendig (Prof)

Individual

277

Khjakovic (Prof)

Individual

278

Richard Harper (Prof)

Individual

279

S T Liaw (Prof)

Individual

280

Tracey McDonald (Prof)

Individual

281

Querida David

Individual

282

Rachel Austin

Individual

283

Ray Good

Individual

284

Roger Hewitt

Individual

285

Simone Dalton

Individual

286

Tegan Ormston

Individual

287

Tonia Zoldosh

Individual

288

Tony Lenigas

Individual

289

Walter Coffey

Individual

290

Wendy Porter

Individual

291

Tom Shorrock

Individual

292

Michael Cameron

Individual

293

Sonia Phelan

Individual

294

Edmund O'Shea

Individual

295

Fernando Blander

Individual

296

Norm Morris

Individual

297

Jim Sheedy

Individual

298

R A Cheasley

Individual

299

E D Parr (Mr)

Individual

300

Stephen Gibson

Individual

301

Tatiana Borisow (Miss)

Individual

302

Bruce Hinckfuss

Individual

303

P A Hefner (Dr)

Individual

304

Robert Johnson

Individual

305

Terry Ahern (Dr)

Individual

306

Edwin Brooks

Individual

307

Lyndal Breen

Individual

308

M R Tyler

Individual

309

Margaret Allen Stewart (Ms)

Individual

310

John and Joan Scott (Mr & Mrs)

Individual

311

Unknown author?

Individual

312

Rhonda Kerr

Individual

313

Australian Nursing Federation

Organisation

314

NSW Consumer Advisory Group - Mental Health Inc

Organisation

315

Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Organisation

316

Australian Medical Association Council of Doctors in Training

Organisation

317

Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia

Organisation

318

Telstra

Organisation

319

Business Council of Australia

Organisation

320

Pfizer Australia

Organisation

321

Pharmacy Guild of Australia

Organisation

322

Box Hill Institute

Organisation

323

Healthcare Villages

Organisation

324

Australian Dental Association Inc

Organisation

325

Launceston General Hospital

Organisation

326

Royal Hospital for Women

Organisation

327

Diabetes Australia

Organisation

328

Paul Nicolarakis

Individual

329

The Sax Institute

Organisation

330

Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Inc

Organisation

331

Australian Council on Smoking and Health

Organisation

332

Respecting Patient Choices

Organisation

333

National Rural Health Alliance

Organisation

334

The Health and Productivity Institute of Australia

Organisation

335

Australasian Rehabilitation Outcomes Centre

Organisation

336

Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association

Organisation

337

Cancer Council Australia

Organisation

338

School of Rural Health (Monash)

Organisation

339

Office of the Privacy Commissioner

Organisation

340

Department for Planning and Infrastructure (WA)

Organisation

341

Cancer Council (NSW) - Advocacy Development and Networks Officer

Organisation

342

Tess and Glenn Williams

Individual

343

Barbara Switzer

Individual

344

Christina Dwyer

Individual

345

Andrea Codega

Individual

346

Phil Lowen

Individual

347

Jenny Norvick

Individual

348

Mandy Bryce

Individual

349

Maureen Noonan

Individual

350

Tressna Flower

Individual

351

Tom Bialkowski

Individual

352

Renu

Individual

353

Chris Ansted

Individual

354

Kwee Ong

Individual

355

Mel De La Haye

Individual

356

Cisco Systems

Organisation

357

Danny Samson (Prof)

Individual

358

Sharon Tonkin

Individual

359

Narelle Green (Mrs)

Individual

360

Theresa Findlay

Individual

361

Jan Price

Individual

362

Ashley Mackinnon

Individual

363

Jane Cowan

Individual

364

John Ward

Individual

365

Bunbury Wellington Economic Alliance

Organisation

366

Nick Argall

Individual

367

Ian Conomos

Individual

368

John Ward (Prof)

Individual

369

Patrick Byrnes (Dr)

Individual

370

Yvonne Parry

Individual

371

Catherine Taylor

Individual

372

Stephen Leeuwenburg

Individual

373

Alan Churchill (NOISE)

Individual

374

David Lawrence

Individual

375

Tony Richards (Dr)

Individual

376

Dominique Griffiths

Individual

377

Christina Drummond (Dr)

Individual

378

Alex Tahmindjis

Individual

379

Ken Brown

Individual

380

Andrew McDonnell

Individual

381

Gold Coast Institute of Mental Health

Organisation

382

Gold Coast Medical Association

Organisation

383

Health Coaching Australia

Organisation

384

Tara Fuller

Individual

385

Sue Roberts

Individual

386

Alison Bleaney

Individual

387

Radicalogic Technologies Pty Ltd (trading as 'rL Solutions')

Organisation

388

Westfund

Organisation

389

Ray Good

Individual

390

Monash University (Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre)

Organisation

391

Sara Christopher

Individual

392

Jane Dooley

Individual

393

Health Consumers of Rural and Remote Australia

Organisation

394

Graeme Harrison

Individual

395

Richard Gorman

Individual

396

Phillip Gray

Individual

397

Julie Head

Individual

398

What Women Want (Australia) Inc

Organisation

399

Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Councils

Organisation

400

Healthcare Chaplaincy Council of Victoria

Organisation

401

Nestle Healthcare Nutrition

Organisation

402

National Heart Foundation of Australia

Organisation

403

Cochrane Consumers and Communication Review Group

Organisation

404

David Dunt (Assoc Prof)

Individual

405

Australian Peak Nursing & Midwifery Forum (APNMF)

Organisation

406

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Organisation

407

Prof Leslie White

Individual

408

Hospira Asia Pacific

Organisation

409

Private Mental Health Consumer Carer Network (Australia)

Organisation

410

Monash University (Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

Organisation

411

NSW Poisons Information Centre

Organisation

412

Peter Brooks (Executive Dean, Faculty of Health Services, Qld University

Individual

413

Laura Condon

Individual

414

Christopher McGowan

Individual

415

Rural Doctors Association of Australia - Joint Submission on Rural Specialist Medical Workforce

Organisation

416

Lynn Hague

Individual

417

David Pennington, Chair Bio21cluster

Organisation

418

John Menadue

Individual

419

Monash University - Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre

Organisation

420

Menzies Centre for Health Policy

Organisation

421

Association for the Promotion of Oral Health

Organisation

422

National GP and PHC Research Conference

Organisation

423

Cancer Voices NSW

Organisation

424

Megan Yarrow

Individual

425

Victorian Government - Department of Human Services

Organisation

426

Jodie Guerrero

Individual

427

Lois Logan

Individual

428

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare

Organisation

429

Public Health Association of Australia

Organisation

430

Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine

Organisation

431

National Prescribing Service

Organisation

432

Marion Morris

Individual

433

Australian Mental Health Consumer Network

Organisation

434

Queensland Nurses Union

Organisation

435

Children's Hospitals of Australasia

Organisation

436

Women's Hospitals of Australasia

Organisation

437

Australian Association of Pathology Practices

Organisation

438

Australian Psychological Society

Organisation

439

Queensland Government (through Queensland Health)

Organisation

440

Aged Care Association Australia

Organisation

441

Chief Executive Forum

Organisation

442

Mary de Hayr (Mrs)

Individual

443

M Citizen

Individual

444

NSW Health - Quality and Safety Branch

Organisation

445

Australian Medical Association

Organisation

446

Australian Health Care Reform Alliance

Organisation

447

Barbara Reynolds-Hutchinson

Individual

448

Paul Gross

Individual

449

Lachlan de Crespigny (Prof)

Individual

450

National and NSW Councils for Intellectual Disability

Organisation

451

Hospital in the Home Society NSW

Organisation

452

Liz Coombes

Individual

453

National Aged Care Alliance

Organisation

454

Medibank Private

Organisation

455

Chiropractors' Association of Australia

Organisation

456

Medicines Australia

Organisation

457

Sydney Institute of General Practice Education and Training (SIGPET)

Organisation


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