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Stephen Duckett

@stephenjduckett

health policy & management person ex: Grattan Institute, CEO Alberta Health Services, Secretary Australian Health Department. Not all retweets endorsed

 Melbourne
Joined December 2012
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Really proud of this initiative from @EasternMelbPHN, culmination of years of hard work and consultation by the tram, as announced today croakey.org/this-innovation-…
This innovation in primary care funding aims to support better integration of care

This innovation in primary care funding aims to support better integration of care

Introduction by Croakey: ‘Every system is perfectly designed to get the results it gets’ is an insight often repeated across

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Sad to read this morning of the death of Bob Williamson, pioneering scientist, former head of @MCRI_for_kids , nice person, passionate advocate for a better society
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@ALeighMPOct 13
AI could narrow the gap between novice and expert, while widening the gap between workers and owners. New speech on AI and inequality: ministers.treasury.gov.au/mi… #auspol
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Private health insurance costs taxpayers $13 billion a year. What for? pearlsandirritations.com/pos…
Private health insurance costs taxpayers $13 billion a year. What for?

Private health insurance costs taxpayers $13 billion a year. What for?

Taxpayers spend about $13 billion a year supporting private health insurance, yet there is little evidence it relieves pressure on public hospitals or delivers fair value.

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Our thoughts (with Jane London) about needs assessments doi.org/10.1071/PY26139

The false promise of Primary Health Network generalist needs assessments

Primary Health Networks produce voluminous ‘needs assessments’ every few years and update them annually, but this approach is arguably counterproductive. W

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How drug companies are playing hardball with Australia’s PBS theconversation.com/how-drug… via @ConversationEDU
How drug companies are playing hardball with Australia’s PBS

How drug companies are playing hardball with Australia’s PBS

International drug companies are threatening to remove medicines from the market if Australia doesn’t offer them a better price. Here’s what’s at stake.

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Good review paper Policy Progress in Using Economic Policy Instruments to Improve Nutrition: Challenges and Opportunities - Thow - Health Economics - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Policy Progress in Using Economic Policy Instruments to Improve Nutrition: Challenges and Opportu...

Policy Progress in Using Economic Policy Instruments to Improve Nutrition: Challenges and Opportu...

Economic policy can be a powerful instrument to influence food environments and support improved diets and health. Over the past 20 years, the use of fiscal policy to improve diets has increased...

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I am very pleased to have been appointed a Commisioner of the Australian Tertiary Education Commission (ATEC). The Accord changes which we are working through are the most important and potentially transformative changes to the sector in decades.
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Good piece from Ross Gittins: Budget 2026: It pains me to say nice things about politicians, but this is a good budget johnmenadue.com/post/2026/05…
Budget 2026: It pains me to say nice things about politicians, but this is a good budget

Budget 2026: It pains me to say nice things about politicians, but this is a good budget

The federal budget takes long-avoided steps to curb housing tax concessions, rein in spending growth and reduce intergenerational unfairness – despite the political risks.

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Specialist doctors are charging too much. 4 options to rein in excessive fees theconversation.com/speciali… via @ConversationEDU
Specialist doctors are charging too much. 4 options to rein in excessive fees

Specialist doctors are charging too much. 4 options to rein in excessive fees

Specialist doctors have the highest incomes in the country and run the most profitable business. But patients often can’t afford their fees.

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As we argued in Federal Law Review a couple of years ago, there may be less to constitutional constraints than meets the eye smh.com.au/politics/federal/…
‘Out of control’ specialist fees will be Labor’s next health priority

‘Out of control’ specialist fees will be Labor’s next health priority

Health Minister Mark Butler intends to “test the boundaries” of what is legally possible to bring down specialists fees.

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Australia’s aged care algorithm is under fire. At last, someone’s listening theconversation.com/australi… via @ConversationEDU
Australia’s aged care algorithm is under fire. At last, someone’s listening

Australia’s aged care algorithm is under fire. At last, someone’s listening

The number of complaints about assessments for home-based aged care are rising. Now, the ombudsman is getting involved. Here’s what needs to happen next.

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Good study which reaffirms importance of choosing parents well: Heritability of intrinsic human life span is about 50% when confounding factors are addressed | Science science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
Heritability of intrinsic human life span is about 50% when confounding factors are addressed

Heritability of intrinsic human life span is about 50% when confounding factors are addressed

How heritable is human life span? If genetic heritability is high, longevity genes can reveal aging mechanisms and inform medicine and public health. However, current estimates of heritability are...

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Seems a good approach Modernizing Chronic Disease Care in Medicare jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Modernizing Chronic Disease Care in Medicare

Modernizing Chronic Disease Care in Medicare

This Viewpoint discusses the US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Advancing Chronic Care With Effective, Scalable Solutions (ACCESS) model, an effort to improve chronic disease care within...

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How to make specialists’ fees fair? It’ll take more than a revamped website theconversation.com/how-to-m… via @ConversationEDU
How to make specialists’ fees fair? It’ll take more than a revamped website

How to make specialists’ fees fair? It’ll take more than a revamped website

Knowing in advance what your specialist will charge is a good step forward. But we need fairer fees to start with.

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How to make specialists’ fees fair? It’ll take more than a revamped website @yutingzhang66 theconversation.com/how-to-m… via @ConversationEDU
How to make specialists’ fees fair? It’ll take more than a revamped website

How to make specialists’ fees fair? It’ll take more than a revamped website

Knowing in advance what your specialist will charge is a good step forward. But we need fairer fees to start with.

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The conversion of part of @HealthscopeAu into a not (obviously) for profit entity represents an increase in the effective tax payer subsidy to private hospitals, which won't be counted in the annual stats
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Big one today!!
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Key questions remain about national funding deal for public hospitals croakey.org/key-questions-re…
Key questions remain about national funding deal for public hospitals

Key questions remain about national funding deal for public hospitals

While many across the health sector have welcomed the National Cabinet deal reached today on public hospital funding and disability

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