The 'Dispatched' Podcast

On the Dispatched Podcast this week, we reflect on the erosion of public confidence in health decision-making. Former Victorian Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton’s admission that some COVID-19 measure...

26 Sep 202552min

In this week’s episode, the Medical Services Advisory Committee’s rejection of adding Pompe disease to newborn blood spot screening is condemned. The decision is contemptuous, inhumane, and riddled wi...

12 Sep 202543min

5 Sep 202556min

Patients should never accept a decision-making framework that requires them to sacrifice themselves for a mythical collective good, which is just the government getting the best deal for itself. More ...

29 Aug 202549min

The minister focused on NDIS reform at this week's National Press Club address, suggesting that it is taking up a lot of his time. Implementing the HTA Review will be one side of a two-sided coin. Whi...

22 Aug 202532min

An update on the Government's travel policy! The opportunity of AI, our own journeys, and why it needs to be embraced and not feared, particularly in healthcare. Productivity and the impact of chronic...

15 Aug 202535min

Government travel policies make us laugh and laugh. Understanding reforms from the government's perspective is critical to understand how they will evolve over time, and an update that raises more que...

8 Aug 202535min

A special episode focused on the AbbVie-commissioned survey, revealing firm support for increased investment in medicines and the true extent of patients paying the cost of their prescriptions. What d...

3 Aug 202522min