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PRESS STATEMENT 3Y THE MINISTER FOR HEALTH, THE HON. M . J . R . KACKELLAR

ALTERATION IN MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE EFFICIENCY AND ADMINISTRATION OF HOSPITALS ___________

The M i n i s t e r f o r H e a l t h , t h e Hon. M i c h a e l Mac-

k e l l a r , a n n o u n c e d t o d a y t h a t Mr M.R.H. Holmes A ' C o u r t had s o u g h t

p e r m i s s i o n fr o m t h e G o v e r n o r - G e n e r a l t o r e l i n q u i s h h i s c o m m issio n

i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e I n q u i r y i n t o t h e E f f i c i e n c y and A d m i n i s t r a t ­

i o n o f H o s p i t a l s . The G o v e r n o r - G e n e r a l had g r a n t e d h i s r e q u e s t .

i ·.*

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G e n e r a l h a d i s s u e d n e w L e t t e r s P a t e n t u n d e r t h e C o m m o n w e a l t h R o y a l

C o m m i s s i o n s A c t w h i c h a p p o i n t e d Mr C . W . L . d e B o o s t o t h e C o m m i s s i o n

o f I n q u i r y . Mr d e B o o s i s g e n e r a l m a n a g e r o f t h e B a n k o f Ne w S o u t h

W a l e s .

* Mr H o l m e s A ’ C o u r t , a p r o m i n e n t P e r t h - b a s e d b u s i ­

n e s s m a n , w a s o n e o f t h r e e C o m m i s s i o n e r s w h o w e r e a p p o i n t e d t o t h e

I n q u i r y i n A u g u s t l a s t y e a r . ■

Mr M a c K e l l a r s a i d Mr H o l m e s A ' C o u r t h a d m a d e h i s

r e q u e s t t o t h e G o v e r n o r - G e n e r a l o n l y a f t e r f u l l c o n s u l t a t i o n w i t h

t h e o t h e r C o m m i s s i o n e r s a n d h i m s e l f .

T h e M i n i s t e r t h a n k e d Mr H o l m e s A * C o u r t f o r t h e

c o n t r i b u t i o n h e h a d m a d e t o t h e I n q u i r y .

T h e C o m m i s s i o n w a s f o r m a l l y e s t a b l i s h e d i n A u g u s t

l a s t y e a r t o e x a m i n e a l l a s p e c t s o f t h e e f f i c i e n c y a n d a d m i n i s t r a t ­

i o n o f h o s p i t a l s a n d r e l a t e d i n s t i t u t i o n s . .

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. I t h a s b e e n a s k e d t o i n q u i r e i n t o :

o f a c t o r s b e h i n d t h e c o s t s a n d e s c a l a t i o n o f c o s t s o f h o s ­

p i t a l s a n d a s s o c i a t e d o r r e l a t e d i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d s e r v i c e s ;

• e f f e c t i v e n e s s o f m a c h i n e r y f o r d e t e r m i n i n g o b j e c t i v e s ,

p o l i c y a n d r e s o u r c e a l l o c a t i o n i n h o s p i t a l s a n d r e l a t e d

i n s t i t u t i o n s a n d s e r v i c e s ; ,

• w a y s i n w h i c h t h e e f f i c i e n c y o f t h e h o s p i t a l a n d r e l a t e d

h e a l t h s y s t e m s a n d s e r v i c e s m i g h t b e i m p r o v e d ; a n d

• w a y s i n w h i c h c o s t i n c r e a s e s i n h o s p i t a l a n d a s s o c i a t e d

o r r e l a t e d s e r v i c e s c a n b e c o n s t r a i n e d . .

. . i ,

The Commission has b e e n a s k e d t o make r e c o m m e n d a tio n s « !« "· ' . ·

on t h e s e m a t t e r s w i t h s p e c i a l a t t e n t i o n t o r a t i o n a l i s a t i o n a s p e c t s

and t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p b e tw e e n h o s p i t a l s a n d o t h e r h e a l t h c a r e f a c ­

i l i t i e s . . .

The Government h a s r e q u e s t e d a p r e l i m i n a r y r e p o r t

by t h e end o f Ju n e t h i s y e a r an d a f i n a l r e p o r t by t h e end o f t h e

y e a r .

. O t h e r members o f t h e Commission a r e Mr J . B . J a m i s o n ,

O . B . E . , a Sydney c h a r t e r e d a c c o u n t a n t (C h a ir m a n ) and Dr J . S . Y e a t - .

man, o f t h e R o y al Women's H o s p i t a l , M e l b o u r n e . ,

CANBERRA, 6 MARCH 1980

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