It would seem that the Australian Federal Government is still under intense pressure to follow the tired and hopeless old formula to solving the hospital bed crisis. The Australian Medical Association is pressuring the Government to “immediately spend at least $3 billion on 3,750 new public hospital beds and the staff and infrastructure to service them”

“New equipment and upgraded emergency departments are absolutely necessary,” president Rosanna Capolingua said.

“But, unfortunately, it’s not much use having new equipment if you’ve still got patients in pain, waiting in corridors on stretchers because there aren’t enough beds to go around.”

As we mentioned in a previous blog. The disruptive solution already exists.  But like all disruptions, it is rare that an incumbent will the one to introduce it!