Diagnoses in, action lacking • Lesley Russell

Diagnoses in, action lacking • Lesley Russell

Outlining his government’s “positive and ambitious agenda” at the National Press Club last week, Anthony Albanese reiterated a series of health policy commitments made during the election campaign: pledges to improve Medicare bulk-billing rates, limit pharmaceutical co-payments, build more urgent-care clinics, and launch a 24/7 health advice line and an after-hours GP telehealth service. Left off the list, this time at least, were election commi…