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| Story | Date |
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Jonathan’s storyAfter losing his daughter at birth, Jonathan believes many people should have private health insurance, and has started a not-for-profit website comparing private health insurers to help people make the right choice. | 2010022525 Feb 2010 |
Shontelle’s storyShontelle found it very difficult to access mental health services after being diagnosed with depression. | 2010022424 Feb 2010 |
Patricia’s storyPatricia is concerned over waiting times for dental treatment, her daughter has a hole in her tooth, and has been on a waiting list for more than six months. | 2010021515 Feb 2010 |
Eunice’s storyEunice is living with mental illness. She says that mental health services offered today are inadequate and that they were much better twenty years ago. | 2010021414 Feb 2010 |
John’s storyJohn is an aged pensioner and says government rebates for specialist fees are not helpful enough. | 2010020606 Feb 2010 |
Jill's storyJill is a 33 year old mother of two and would like to tell the world to stop smoking after losing more than half her tongue to cancer. | 2010020303 Feb 2010 |
Marissa’s storyMarissa says she cannot afford to see a specialist to find out what has caused her to have digestive problems for nearly 12 months. | 2010020202 Feb 2010 |
April’s storyApril is 22 and has been living with painful rheumatoid arthritis since she was 20. | 2010012626 Jan 2010 |
Alex's storyAlex is frustrated that adequate dental care is so unaffordable for most people. | 2010012525 Jan 2010 |
John’s storyJohn has had two major health scares since early 2007, and says his survival is “due to a health and hospital system that has not failed him”. | 2010011919 Jan 2010 |
Simone’s storySimone is a nursing student, and shares her experiences trying to get hospital work placements to complete her studies. | 2010011111 Jan 2010 |
Kay’s storyKay shares her experiences with the public hospital system after she was admitted to an emergency department for a recurrent condition. | 2010010606 Jan 2010 |
Frances’s storyFrances has no top teeth, and is on a public waiting list for dentures that may take six months. | 2010010505 Jan 2010 |
Gillian’s storyGillian is frustrated by the waiting times and lack of treatment received by her elderly mother and mother-in-law at her local hospital. | 2010010404 Jan 2010 |
Paul's storyPaul found that the health advice he received led to unnecessary expenses. | 2009122222 Dec 2009 |
Thomas’s storyThomas was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was a teenager and the treatment was covered by Medicare. Thomas praises the Medicare system for providing his family with some relief during an enormously stressful time. | 2009122121 Dec 2009 |
Jackie's storyJackie's one-year old daughter has been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, forcing her to become a fulltime carer and to sell her family home. | 2009122020 Dec 2009 |
Delia’s storyDelia was treated for breast cancer in the private health system in 2007, and questions the standard of care she received. | 2009120808 Dec 2009 |
Leanne’s storyLeanne’s mother had a difficult experience when she had to go to hospital after breaking her knee last month. | 2009120707 Dec 2009 |
Patricia’s storyPatricia is living with health difficulties after surviving treatment for pancreatic cancer, and her daughter is keen to talk to other people in this situation. | 2009120101 Dec 2009 |
The implementation plan provides details of implementation activities over coming months and years, including timelines and major milestones to implement the major health reform agreed by COAG in April 2010.
On 19 and 20 April 2010, an historic agreement was reached by the Council of Australian Governments, except Western Australia, to the establishment of a National Health and Hospitals Network.