Submission on NSW Health Dept discussion paper

On 3 September 2010 the Australian Institute of Company Directors wrote to the NSW Department of Health in response to its “Health Reform in NSW: A Discussion Paper on Implementing the Federal Government’s ‘A National Health and Hospitals Network for Australia’s Future’ in NSW”, released on 4 August 2010. The submission benefited greatly from the contribution of a single-issue Task Force of the Australian Institute of Company Directors Members with wide-ranging experience in the healthcare sector. As well as outlining some key principles which Company Directors believes should inform Government thinking when considering governance arrangements for large-scale, complex entities such as local hospital networks, the submission identifies a number of particular concerns with the NSW Government’s proposed governance arrangements. Company Directors has offered to assist the NSW Government in the development of its governance model.

Submission on NSW Health Dept discussion paper 
Attachment 1: Governance model for use in health reforms - guiding principles
Attachment 2: Business checklist for commonwealth regulatory proposals