Cate Swannell

Brisbane

Online editor of goldcoast.com.au, the website of the Gold Coast Bulletin newspaper. I can be reached at [email protected] or here on Twitter, natch.

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Articles

Aged Care Act start delayed four months to 1 November

4 days ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Cate Swannell

The sector welcomes the delay, saying the government’s decision is a positive step that allows providers and policy makers time to get their ducks in a row. The sector welcomes the delay, saying the government’s decision is a positive step that allows providers and policy makers time to get their ducks in a row. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
PHN lifting invisibility cloak from DFSV head injuries

4 days ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Cate Swannell

In a bid to improve early intervention and treatment, one NSW network has pulled together to co-design a new model of care. In a bid to improve early intervention and treatment, one NSW network has pulled together to co-design a new model of care. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
Fair Work Commission puts money into pockets of healthcare workers

5 days ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Cate Swannell

Low-paid healthcare, aged care and disability care workers are the big winners out of today’s decisions, but there is still a way to go, says the HSU. Low-paid healthcare, aged care and disability care workers are the big winners out of today’s decisions, but there is still a way to go, says the HSU. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
NSW Health denies stalling on birth trauma recommendations

5 days ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Cate Swannell

‘We’re listening and acting’ says the department, with five initiatives on track to be delivered by the end of August. ‘We’re listening and acting’ says the department, with five initiatives on track to be delivered by the end of August. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
New UCCs to get independent clinical assessments

6 days ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Cate Swannell

But it begs the question – have the 87 already-established clinics been assessed against the DoHDA’s minimum standards, and if so, who did the assessing? But it begs the question – have the 87 already-established clinics been assessed against the DoHDA’s minimum standards, and if so, who did the assessing? This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
NSW families ‘paying the price’ for government’s lack of workforce planning

6 days ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Cate Swannell

The IRC is due to hand down its decision on the state’s pay dispute with its psychiatrists shortly. Meanwhile the CPMC wants more clinicians involved in planning. The IRC is due to hand down its decision on the state’s pay dispute with its psychiatrists shortly. Meanwhile the CPMC wants more clinicians involved in planning. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
Dear Mr Butler, please get between these two and sort ‘em out

1 week ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Cate Swannell

Another week, another flurry of press releases from both sides of the private health aisle. It’s becoming exhausting. I used to be a sports reporter. Seriously. If you had told me 20 years ago that I would be spending a fair chunk of my working day trying to understand data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, I would have laughed in your face. Give me basketball box-scores or a time-spent-in-possession breakdown, any day.
Like clockwork, new APRA data sparks predictable exchange

1 week ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Cate Swannell

Those two punch-drunk protagonists, private hospitals and insurance funds, have come out swinging, armed with new numbers. Meanwhile another private hospital closes. Those two punch-drunk protagonists, private hospitals and insurance funds, have come out swinging, armed with new numbers. Meanwhile another private hospital closes. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
What a difference a year can make when it comes to accumulating wealth

1 week ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Cate Swannell

Messrs Gance, Verrocchi, Hupert and Hall are doing okay, thanks very much. For the rest of the health names on the AFR Rich List it’s been shuffling deckchairs. Messrs Gance, Verrocchi, Hupert and Hall are doing okay, thanks very much. For the rest of the health names on the AFR Rich List it’s been shuffling deckchairs. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.
Will monster hedge funds stay committed to Healthscope?

1 week ago | healthservicesdaily.com.au | Cate Swannell

Or will local rivals and health insurance funds pick off the assets one by one, depending on their location and profitability? Time will tell. Or will local rivals and health insurance funds pick off the assets one by one, depending on their location and profitability? Time will tell. This content is for paid subscribers only. Start your free trial nowor purchase a monthly or annual subscription to read.