The Rudd hospital plan--many pitfalls to avoid on the way to a better health system.

The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 3 May 2010 192 9 1-2 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 1899 www.mja.com.au Viewpoint What we really need are “local health networks”, of white buil ings. And those networks need to be support of, and include, primary care. If we don managing chronic disease, providing equired reha preventing complex conditions from becoming wo health system will continue to lurch from crisis to cri of who manages it or how it is funded. Effectiv We are waiting for the details — without these the plan will fail