A New Zealand Perspective on Aged Care
Carolyn Cooper is Bupa’s Managing Director for Bupa Villages & Aged Care New Zealand. She has experience in the public health system in New Zealand and Australia, as well as in the private health sector and for ACC in New Zealand. Our editorial team spoke…
Time for a Re-Imagined Aged Care System
The Royal Commission into aged care quality and safety has found that ‘the Australian aged care system is ‘unacceptable and unsustainable’. The condition of our aged care system reflects ‘systemic failures’ over several decades with the Royal Commissioners stating that ‘we must all take responsibility…
Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future
Earlier this month we, along with many others, celebrated International Women’s Day (IWD). Adopted by the United Nations in 1975 as a formal day of recognition, it is a now global event used to reflect on the progress of women and act as a focal…
In Conversation With Anne Skipper AM
Listen to Anne as she discusses Board Chair Learning Sets and why she believes this peer-based format is critical in supporting non-executive directors in a COVID-19 world and beyond. HardyGroup is very excited to launch its inaugural Public Health Board Chair – Learning Sets for…
Leading Women
HG is very honoured to work in sectors that are represented by so many impressive women. In this special feature, we recognise the significant contribution of female leaders by sharing some of their insights. Two simple but powerful questions; What is the best leadership advice…
Gender Equity and Leadership Diversity – Unlocking the Value of Our Talent Pool
Last week a Banksy painting titled Game Changer was sold at auction for almost $30 million AUD, the proceeds of which will go to hospital staff, patients, and NHS charities. The painting which looks to be a child playing with superhero toys, on closer inspection…
Western Queensland PHN – Sandy Gillies – First Indigenous PHN CEO
Sandy Gillies is a proud Gunggari woman and Winton local, but she is also the Chief Executive of the Western Queensland PHN. She was recently appointed to lead a health network covering almost a million square kilometres of Queensland. Sandy Gillies has led the WQPHN…
Central West HHS – Leading Rural and Remote Healthcare
In the geographic heart of Queensland lies the Central West region. Known for being the birthplace of Qantas, Waltzing Matilda, and the Australian Labor Party, it is a place that breeds ingenuity, tenacity, and courage. The population of the Central West region is thinly distributed…
Silver Linings
The current environment has certainly brought into very sharp focus, again, the things that have been front of mind for governments, their central agencies and those who lead front line services for years; irrespective of whether that is aged care, healthcare, in all its shades…
Big Data Means Big Opportunities
Healthcare Logic is developing software that helps clinical and managerial leaders improve the performance of their hospitals. Our editorial team spoke to Dr Christopher Ogg, Chief Product Officer to find out how they are offering solutions to the hardest job in the world – managing a…