Consultation calendar
Summaries of the health reform consultations that have taken place are listed below.
| Consultation event | Location | Date |
|---|---|---|
Sutherland Hospital, SutherlandAbout 30 health industry professionals met with the Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, for a health consultation at Sutherland Hospital, in southern Sydney, on 15 January 2010. | NSW | 2010011515 Jan 2010 |
Liverpool Hospital, LiverpoolMinister for Ageing Justine Elliot held a roundtable consultation with about 30 health professionals at Liverpool Hospital, South West of Sydney, on Friday 15 January 2010. | NSW | 2010011515 Jan 2010 |
School of Rural Health, DubboOn 14 January 2010, Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot consulted with about 40 health clinicians and administrators at the University of Sydney’s School of Rural Health in Dubbo, NSW. | NSW | 2010011414 Jan 2010 |
Bega Town Hall, BegaThe Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon met with local health industry professionals to discuss health reform at a consultation at Bega Town Hall on Thursday 14 January 2010. | NSW | 2010011414 Jan 2010 |
Tamworth Community Health Centre, TamworthThe Minister for Ageing, Justine Elliot, consulted with health industry professionals at Tamworth Community Health Centre, located on the Tamworth hospital campus, on 14 January 2010. | NSW | 2010011414 Jan 2010 |
 Albury Wodonga30 people met with Parliamentary Secretary for Health Mark Butler at Albury Wodonga Health’s Albury Campus on the NSW and Victorian border, to discuss health reform on Wednesday 16 December. | NSW | 2009121616 Dec 2009 |
Business Council of Australia, SydneyThe Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon, met with the Business Council of Australia in Sydney on 12 November. | NSW | 2009111212 Nov 2009 |
 Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, NSWMore than 100 doctors, nurses, hospital administrators and allied health professionals gathered at the Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre on 9 November for a consultation on reform of Australia’s health system with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Health and Ageing Minister Nicola Roxon. | NSW | 2009110909 Nov 2009 |
 Orange Base Hospital, OrangeAbout 40 people attended a consultation to discuss health reform recommendations with Minister for Ageing Justine Elliot at Orange Base Hospital in Central Western NSW on 4 November. | NSW | 2009110404 Nov 2009 |
 Batemans BayThe Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon met with twenty-eight local doctors and health professionals at a health reform consultation in Batemans Bay on 30 October. | NSW | 2009103030 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.