The Newman Government
must fill in the blanks about its promise to deliver
swifter outcomes to health complaints.
Nobody wants to see
complaints drag on and on without resolution and if the
proposed change work that will be a positive step.
But right now there are a
lot of unanswered questions about the proposed new
position of a Health Ombudsman the Minister announced in
Parliament.
Exactly what powers will
the Ombudsman have to investigate complaints or will it
be just another level of bureaucracy and red tape?
It will be especially
interesting to see what powers the Health Ombudsman will
have and whether the position will be able to
investigate complaints against private providers under
the LNP’s Americanised health and hospital
system.
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