Consultation calendar
Summaries of the health reform consultations that have taken place are listed below.
| Consultation event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
 St Helens RoundtableOn Tuesday 15 December 2009 the Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Mark Butler, met with about 30 health professionals and community representatives at St Helens in North East Tasmania to discuss health reform. | Tas | 2009121515 Dec 2009 |
 Royal Hobart Hospital Roundtable, HobartFourteen senior clinicians, private hospital chief executive officers, and primary health care representatives met with the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, and the Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot at Royal Hobart Hospital in Tasmania, on Tuesday 13 October, to discuss health reform. | Tas | 2009101313 Oct 2009 |
 LauncestonAbout 100 people attended a health consultation with the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Health, Mark Butler, at Launceston General Hospital in Tasmania on Monday 12 October. | Tas | 2009101212 Oct 2009 |
 Congress of the Australian Health and Hospitals Association and the Australian Institute of Health Policy, HobartOn 8 October 2009 the Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon opened the Australian Health and Hospitals Association (AHHA) and the Australian Institute of Health Policy 2009 Congress in Hobart. | Tas | 2009100808 Oct 2009 |
 Mersey Community Hospital, LatrobeThe Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, met with about 60 people at the Memorial Hall and Performing Arts Centre in Latrobe, in NorthWest Tasmania, on Wednesday 7 October to discuss improving Australia’s health care system. | Tas | 2009100707 Oct 2009 |
 North West Tasmania Hospital Campus, BurnieAbout 70 people attended a health consultation with Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon at the Rural Clinical School campus of the University of Tasmania in Burnie on Wednesday 7 October. | Tas | 2009100707 Oct 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.