Australia's Healthcare System Needs Urgent Infrastructure Overhaul
Australia's $300bn health system is flying without a map | Health Services Daily
A landmark cross-sector consultation has landed with a blunt verdict: the patient care pathways required by our national quality standards are underfunded and operating on goodwill. These critical care integration tools are being patched with bureaucratic sticky tape. It's time for health leaders, governments and funders to treat it like the infrastructure it is.
Australia's $300 billion health system lacks proper funding for patient care pathways mandated by national quality standards, operating instead on goodwill and temporary fixes. A landmark cross-sector consultation reveals critical care integration tools are inadequately resourced and patched with bureaucratic measures. Health leaders, governments, and funders must recognize these systems as essential infrastructure requiring substantial investment.
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