Sunday 14 August 2011
Saturday 13 August 2011
Sometimes the young (and assorted others) make my heart sing - Part Four
Labels:
arts,
Australian society
Friday 12 August 2011
The highs and lows of public hospital outpatient care according to NSW consumers
Source: Outpatient care module of the NSW Health Patient Survey 2010
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In August 2011 the NSW Bureau of Health Information released Patient Care Experiences (part of the Insight series) a survey of patients using outpatient services in NSW public hospitals during February 2010.
Not surprisingly, consumers on the North Coast had mixed feeling about their experience in the larger regional public hospitals and these scored in both the higher and lower satisfaction bands.
In comparison with all public hospitals in this survey, Murwillumbah and Grafton performed well and Tweed, Lismore and Coffs Harbour performed poorly.
When compared with other non-metropolitan hospitals in the survey most fell in the middle of the rating band with only Tweed Heads in the lowest ranking.
How the emergency department experience in non-metropolitan hospitals is rated by NSW Health can be found in Performance Profiles Emergency department care Major non-metropolitan hospitals Hospital Quarterly: January to March 2011.
Labels:
consumer choice,
health,
hospitals,
NSW government
Christopher Monckton splutters.....
Uploaded to YouTube by countrychannel99 on Aug 8, 2011:
One of the world's most prominent, and controversial, climate change skeptics, has been in New Zealand this week. Lord Christopher Monckton, the 3rd Viscount of Brenchley, is here as part of a world lecture tour promoting climate change denial. Reporter Benedict Collins met Christopher Monckton in Auckland, and while the Viscount might not believe in global warming, it didn't take long for the interview to heat up...
Labels:
climate change,
contrarian,
stupidity
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