Health services planning
Briefing paper
Pushing the boundaries: using telehealth to improve regional access and care
This Policy Brief focuses on telehealth and the opportunity to use existing services more effectively to embed paediatric expertise in regional primary care.
Briefing paper
Optimising healthcare through specialist referral reforms
The specialist referral system is a key operational component of the Australian health system. This briefing argues that moving towards a health service model that places a greater emphasis on the appropriateness of the referral above the profession of the referrer is necessary to bring the referral rules in line with contemporary health needs and...
Report
Using economic development to improve health and reduce health inequalities
Creating a society where everyone has an opportunity to live a healthy life requires action across government. This report contains case studies of economic development strategies which look beyond narrow financial outcomes as measures of success, and instead aim to enhance human welfare.
Report
Understanding and sustaining the health care service shifts accelerated by COVID-19
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to significant changes in how NHS services are delivered and used. This has seen an acceleration of policies that have previously only made incremental progress.
Report
Increasing and improving community mental health supports in Western Australia
Service providers have long been aware of the lack of community mental health supports in Western Australia. This project brought together co-design and research processes to examine the need for community mental health supports from a lived experience perspective.