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HSU supports national review of health system

27 October 2004

The Productivity Commission has become the latest organisation to call for a national review of the health system.

In a review of national competition policy reforms the organisation said an independent review was "a critical first step in achieving cooperative solutions to deep-seated structural problems".

HSU national secretary Craig Thomson said the union had consistently argued that reform of commonwealth/state responsibilities in health was a critical step in improving services.

"The current system where the federal government has responsibilities in some areas and the states in others leads to ineffeciency, cost-shifting and most importantly, gaps in services.

"While much work has already been done in this area a new inquiry would be welcomed as long as the state and federal governments fully support it."



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