Friday, 28 November 2008
Full text of Garling's final 2008 report into NSW public hospitals
From the NSW Dept of Premier and Cabinet:
The Special Commission of Inquiry into Acute Care Services in New South Wales Public Hospitals was established on 29 January 2008.
The New South Wales Governor commissioned Mr Peter Richard Garling SC to conduct an inquiry into and report on certain matters relating to acute care services in NSW public hospitals.
The full Terms of Reference for the Inquiry can be accessed here.
The Report of the Special Commission of Inquiry into Acute Care Services in NSW Public Hospitals was provided to the Governor on 27 November 2008 and was released by the Government on the same day.
The Report can be accessed here.
The Report's Executive Summary and Recommendations can also be accessed here.
In addition, a first report was issued on 31 July 2008 and this report can be accessed here.
* The Northern Rivers needs to take special note of this report as it indicates that the North Coast Area Health Service has been consistently short-changed with regard to funding in the vicinity of $70 million annually.
UPDATE
If the above links are difficult to access go to this link for a full copy of the report:
nsw.gov.au/Lawlink/Corporate/ll_corporate.nsf/pages/attorney_generals_department_acsinquiry
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3 comments:
Services in the New England Area have been downgraded especially in the Mental Health Service in Tamworth and all due to the NSW State Labour Government Amalgamating NSW Health Services. the Amalgamations should be reversed to allow local communities and their doctors a say in the running of hospitals and health services.
I was disappointed not to be able to access the Garling Report - this seems to be secret government business, despite the level of interest of health workers and the community. Why is it not available?
Anonymous,
All links worked when this post was originally published.
I too have tried these links today, as well as others indexed by Google, with the same result as yourself.
I can only speculate that the general public have once more become a victim of Premier Keneally's drive to hide the negatives and rewrite online history where she can.
It seems that the Garling Report is now only viewed through the NSW Government's response to it.
Though I suspect that Lawlink or Austlii may still have a complete copy somewhere on their websites.
Not having the report up on NSW Health and other related sites is a most unsatisfactory state of affairs, but not unexpected given the Premier's track record.
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