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Australian healthcare is crippled by oppressive politicisation: Calling policy-makers and administrators to account.

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Title: Australian healthcare is crippled by oppressive politicisation: Calling policy-makers and administrators to account.
Authors: Looi, Jeffrey CL (AUTHOR), Robinson, Natasha (AUTHOR), Allison, Stephen (AUTHOR)
Source: Australasian Psychiatry. Dec2025, Vol. 33 Issue 6, p877-880. 4p.
Subjects: Patient safety, Health services administrators, Health care industry, Employee well-being, Power (Social sciences), Public sector, Investigative reporting, Auditing procedures
Abstract: Emancipated by investigative journalism and a free press, the calls for the safety and quality of Australian healthcare are now being heard, despite repression by politicised public sector healthcare administrators and their masters. Action is needed for protected disclosure of workplace and patient safety hazards by all healthcare workers. Healthcare administrators, and Ministers are responsible, and should be accountable for the psychosocial safety and wellbeing of patients and healthcare workers. There is also evidence of similar concerns in the private sector. Regular assessments of healthcare workplace safety and wellbeing must be reviewed and acted upon in a quality audit cycle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Emancipated by investigative journalism and a free press, the calls for the safety and quality of Australian healthcare are now being heard, despite repression by politicised public sector healthcare administrators and their masters. Action is needed for protected disclosure of workplace and patient safety hazards by all healthcare workers. Healthcare administrators, and Ministers are responsible, and should be accountable for the psychosocial safety and wellbeing of patients and healthcare workers. There is also evidence of similar concerns in the private sector. Regular assessments of healthcare workplace safety and wellbeing must be reviewed and acted upon in a quality audit cycle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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