Fed: Funding boost delivers extra surgery

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2008
Fed: Funding boost delivers extra surgery

More than 35 thousand extra patients have received hip surgery and knee replacements
under a 150 million dollar hospital blitz.

Earlier in the year .. the federal government gave 150 million to the states to cut
elective surgery waiting lists .. setting a target of an extra 25 thousand procedures.

But a meeting of health ministers in Brisbane today's been told all of the states and
territories went beyond their targets .. except the Northern Territory .. which met its
target of 500 extra operations.

Federal Health Minister NICOLA ROXON says it's a remarkable demonstration of what can
happen when different levels of government are determined to end the blame game and deliver
better results for patients.

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KEYWORD: HEALTH (BRISBANE)

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