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MPs, senators must work together on health: AHHA

The Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association (AHHA) has called on all elected representatives to work in partnership on health and prompted cross-benchers to heed voters’ concerns on healthcare reform and funding.

AHHA chief executive Alison Verhoeven said: ā€œThe message to all MPs and senators from this election is that health policy is not something Australians will tolerate lip service on.ā€

Verhoeven said the Coalition would need to work in genuine partnership with all stakeholders, including opposition and cross-bench members, listening and responding to diverse views and not just those of a favoured few.

She welcomed Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s pledge to regain the voters’ trust on public healthcare but added: ā€œThe Coalition must acknowledge that voter concerns are legitimate and long-standing, not a response simply to election campaigning.ā€

Nursing Review sat down with Verhoeven to discuss the ways the election results may affect healthcare and what the elected party must do to make health a national priority.

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