INTERVIEWS

Guest: Sam Easen
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Sam is a Director and co-founder of H1 Healthcare group, a leading workforce solutions, training and healthcare services company with offices in the United Kingdom and Australia. Sam started his career in the recruitment industry in Scotland in 2002 before joining his mother Pam in creating H1 Healthcare. Together they have grown the business into a leading provider of contingent staffing, online learning and healthcare services to individuals and organisations in both the public and private healthcare sectors. In 2013, Sam launched H1 Healthcare in Australia, opening an office in Sydney.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, H1 Healthcare Group Director Sam Easen is here to discuss the services that they offer to their wide range of client from Aged Care and Community Healthcare providers, to major hospitals and not for profit organisations across the full spectrum of Nursing, Allied Health and Medical roles. The solutions they offer include Temporary and Permanent Recruitment services, Specialist Training, Complex Care at Home, Recruitment Process Outsourcing and Advertising.

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• SA Health have confirmed 332 jobs will go from SA Pathology over the next three years in South Australia as they will implement five of six recommendations from an independent performance and efficiency review and says savings of $42.2 million are expected as a result.

• Nurse Miriam Down faces losing her home under the proceeds of crime law but says she was only growing cannabis to treat her mentally ill son who suffers from bipolar disorder, not to make money.

• Bendigo Health managers are starting to plan for what will be a complicated transition into the city’s new hospital as the $630 million facility is due to be built by the end of next year.

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• The General Secretary of the Nurses and Midwives Association, Brett Holmes, said Emergency Department staff are calling for an additional nurse to be rostered on overnight to ensure the triage and resuscitation areas each have a dedicated nurse at Tamworth Hospital.

• Paramedics in Tasmania are being stretched to the limit as they work longer hours to make up for below-demand staffing, says the Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) and the Opposition.

• Organisers of the Guinness Book of Records attempt, which will see at least 600 people form heart shapes with their hands, will be held this afternoon during the Katherine Show say their move goes straight to the heart of rural health issues.

Guest: Ben Wilson
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Ben Wilson CEO holds a Bachelor of Business Degree from the University of South Australia and Diploma. Ben brings to MTC experience in the Airline, Airport, Travel and Health recruitment and consulting sectors. Ben is responsible for the day to day strategic direction and business development of MTC on a global basis. He co-founded the Medical Travel Companions with Chief Medical Officer A/Prof Dr Matt Hooper who holds academic title at James Cook University where he was integrally involved in the development of postgraduate aeromedical retrieval education programs.

Segment overview: For today’s Health Supplier Segment, we’ll be learning about a unique service catering to those who love to travel but are hindered by their medical concerns. Medical Travel Companions CEO Ben Wilson is here with us today to share intersting information about their company. They assist people with their travel needs from a local domestic or complex international journey. Companions are experienced Nanny’s, Nurses or Paramedics and have undertaken a rigorous selection and credentialing process. They have a range of knowledge and experience including: Children, Assisting families, Aged Care, Disability, Paediatric and Mental Health.

Guest: Adam Bilney
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Adam’s professional career started in Switzerland developing surgical tools for open heart surgery then progressed to Melbourne’s Baker Heart Research Institute designing cardiac devices. He is also a founding inventor of the devices behind Osprey Medical. With an interest in health and medical devices and technology, Adam has worked on wide ranging projects for local and international clients in the biomedical and consumer products space. An active member of AusBiotech and BioMelbourne Adam relishes taking on projects which make other engineers squirm!

Segment overview: For today’s Health Supplier Segment, get to know Outerspace and what they have to offer as we are joined by their Medical Division Manager Adam Bilney. They offer a full range of product design and engineering services. Whether clients need a complete solution from project brief to shelf-ready product, or just a little help along the way, you’ll get a high level of advice, help and personalised service from their experienced and diverse team of designers and engineers.

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• UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the world is headed for a “generation free of AIDS”, after UNAIDS reported a 35 per cent drop in new HIV infections from 15 years ago.

• An independent investigator is preparing to report on concerns raised by nurses at the Far West Local Health District, in a separate inquiry to the one launched this month. Last week the chair of the LHD’s board confirmed that concerns raised by long-serving doctor Steve Flecknoe-Brown would be examined by an independent party.

• The number of Australian children being hospitalised with potentially fatal food allergies is increasing, new research has found. Murdoch Childrens Research Institute’s (MCRI) Professor Mimi Tang said the highest rates of hospital admissions were in younger children, but there was a 110 per cent increase in rates in older children (aged 5 – 14).

Guest: Cris Massis
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Cris is responsible for more than 18,000+ members of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA). Cris has had a diverse career in membership associations across the disciplines of sales and marketing, business development, policy development and management. He has held positions at the Bob Jane Corporation, St Kilda Football Club, CPA Australia and is currently the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Physiotherapy Association. Throughout his career he has developed skills in governance, relationship management, cultural transformation and change management.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we welcome Australian Physiotherapy Association‘s CEO Cris Massis as he delivers helpful information about them. The APA is the peak body for physiotherapy in Australia, representing physiotherapists, academics, students and practice managers. The organisation is focused on membership, professional development, advocacy and the provision of relevant member services. The APA is a national organisation with non-autonomous state and territory branches and specialty subgroups.

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• Health groups praised the Queensland Government’s for funding the detection and prevention of chronic disease that was delivered today $49.9 billion budget, but Health groups say more money is needed to tackle for the ice epidemic.

• Private hospital provider Calvary Health Care chief executive, Mark Doran is warning Tasmanian Medibank customers they will pay more for medical services if the insurer terminates its contract with the health service.

• An incident which saw part of a patient’s record “inappropriately” deleted by staff radiologist Paul Newbold at the Lyell McEwin Hospital in Adelaide the incident will be investigated by SA Health.

Guest: Professor Andrew Georgiou
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Associate Professor Andrew Georgiou is based at the Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research of the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University. He is currently an Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Medical Informatics and the Journal of Pathology Informatics. Andrew was recently appointed as the co-Chair of the International Medical Informatics Association Working Group on Technology Assessment and Quality Development (2013).

Segment overview: For our Health Academy Series today, we are joined by Professor Andrew Georgiou from the Macquarie University to share his research on health informatics and how it assists health practitioners maintain continuity, better coordination and improvement of patient care. Professor Georgiou has a broad range of research interests including knowledge management, health care evaluation, research methods and equity. Also, he has worked as a senior researcher in a number of areas including primary care, chronic disease, aged care, health informatics, outcomes measurement and organisational communication.

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• Scientists believe that Drosophila Melanogaster a vinegar fly, a type of fruit fly that could help the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. According to Dr. Ian Musgrave Researchers at the University of Adelaide they have finished breeding Drosophila Melanogaster that can carry the neurodegenerative condition.

• The Hospital at Fiona Stanley was partially shut down over the weekend after the second flooding incident in three months, Western Australian’s Acting Health Minister John Day defended Kim Hame’s decision to take leave while major technical issues are resolved.

• The data from Diabetes New South Wales indicates that more than two thousand people in cities have diabetes, in Blacktown, in Sydney’s west tops the list, followed by Port Macquarie and then Dubbo.