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December 4, 2022

How do you fix general practice? More GPs won’t be enough. Here’s what to do

Peter Breadon, Grattan Institute; Danielle Romanes, Grattan Institute, and Lachlan Fox, Grattan Institute

A new Grattan report recommends making general practice a team sport, using the skills of other clinicians and health-care workers.

State health departments should continuously monitor the hospital activity data it collects for red flags. Tyler Olson/Shutterstock

December 16, 2015

How can we save lives in hospitals? Start by looking for and investigating red flags

Stephen Duckett, Grattan Institute; Danielle Romanes, Grattan Institute, and Terri Jackson, The University of Melbourne

Seven babies died unnecessarily at Bacchus Marsh hospital between 2013 and 2014. The My Hospitals website and other reporting mechanisms gave no sign of any problems.

Holding kids back a grade does more harm than good. AAP/Dan Peled

September 20, 2015

Grade repetition: there are better ways to move kids forward than by holding them back

Danielle Romanes, Grattan Institute and Jordana Hunter, Grattan Institute

Not only is repeating a year unhelpful, it’s one of the few educational interventions that does a great deal of harm.

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