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About the Alliance

The Australian Health Care Reform Alliance (AHCRA) is a coalition of 46 organisations representing consumers and health care providers advocating for a fairer and more effective health care system. 

 

There are major problems with Australia’s health care at the moment but it is quite possible to make changes which will see Australia confidently meet its health care needs in the 21st Century. Australia's healthcare system needs reform.

 

The aim of the Alliance is to convince the Australian people and their elected representatives that health care reform is necessary and desirable. 

 

Significant progress has been made. With the election of a new Commonwealth Government we have seen a commitment to establish a Health and Hospitals Reform Commission to develop a long term health reform plan and immediate initiatives to broaden the health care agreements between the Commonwealth and the States. 

 

Why Health Reform?

The key problems with the health system are:

- the health gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians

- many Australians cannot access health care when and where they need it

- a chronic shortage of doctors, nurses and other health professionals

- insufficient focus on prevention and primary care

- the inefficient allocation of resources caused by the current State/ Commonwealth funding 

   structure.

 

To find out more, click the About AHCRA and Health Reform buttons above or click here to view a Short Film About Health Reform.  

 

 

Latest News

 

AHCRA responds to 2020 Summit

Media Release.

 

Improving the Australian Health Care Agreements

 

AHCRA recently concluded a successful workshop on improving the Australian Health Care Agreements (AHCAs). The AHCAs are the agreements through which the Commonwealth and States/Territories co-fund public hospital services. 

 

You can read the presentation given at the Workshop by the Chair of AHCRA, Fiona Armstrong, as well as the Media Release and Communique, by clicking on the files below.

 

Presentation

 

Media Release

 

Communique

 

 

Other News

AHCRA provided a briefing on health reform to the new National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission. Briefing to Commission.

 

AHCRA calls on COAG to commit to real health reform. Media Release, 20 December 2007. 

 

AHCRA releases Election 2007 Scorecard (15 November 2007)

 

AHCRA releases Election 2007 Statement

 

AHCRA supports Close the Gap campaign to close the life expectancy gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians within a generation. Read the NACCHO Health Equality Plan and the AHCRA Statement  here.

 

AHCRA's National Health Reform Summit concluded with a call for reform to provide Australians with a fair health system able to meet the needs of the whole community now and into the future.

 

The Communique, media releases and position papers from the Summit can all be downloaded under the Health Reform and Media and More buttons above.

 
Please click here for Audio files covering all aspects of the Summit. 
 
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