Holistic health regulation
This morning I got to be interviewed by broadcaster Michael McLoughlin for his show "Behind the Issues" on Annalivia FM. At least one person got to hear the show by chance (hi Yvonne!). So maybe they have not been completely decimated by 106. Anyway Michael did his best George Hook and fired questions at me on the regulatory issues involved in alternative medicine.In short there is little in the way of policy leadership coming from government. It is nearly 4 years since Michael Martin as minister initiated a consultative forum, set up a working group, and got the IPA to author a report delivering on Action 106 of another report - the 2001 Health Strategy, "Quality and Fairness". See Report and Launch speech here
The working group has been on the case for about two years
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