Vetaffairs / Department of Veterans' Affairs, [1984]-

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Vetaffairs  

NEWSPAPER FOR THE VETERAN COMMUNITY  

In the issue  

Changes to education scheme  

I! Kokoda plaques project  

Nation shares VC honour  

Submarine history launched  

|Q Daw Park’s 50th anniversary  

Concord’s historic integration  

CONCORD Repatriation General Hospital  

will be integrated into the NSW public  

health system from July this year.  

The historic decision means that 120,000 veter-  

ans and war widows entitled to repatriation  

health care in NSW and the ACT will enjoy the  

benefits of the new Repatriation Private Patient  

Scheme (RPPS) from mid-1993.  

Commonwealth and State agreement-in-princi-  

ple on integration was announced by the Deputy  

Prime Minister, Brian Howe, and the NSW  

Minister for Health, Ron Phillips, during spe-  

cial ceremony at Concord on December 15.  

Representatives of the ex-service community,  

volunteer organisations, local government and  

staff attending the ceremony also heard the  

Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Ben Humphreys,  

announce that the RPPS would operate “from  

day one of integration in NSW”.  

Mr Humphreys said Concord’s integration would  

bring better options for local treatment for enti-  

tled veterans and war widows in NSW and the  

ACT, just as the July 1992 integration of Hobart  

Repatriation General Hospital had brought  

RPPS benefits to Tasmanian veterans.  

He acknowledged that the Commonwealth and  

state governments would now come under  

increasing pressure from veterans in other states  

keen to gain access to the benefits of the RPPS  

as soon as possible.  

Mr Howe, who is also Federal Minister for  

Health, said Concord’s integration into the NSW  

health system would involve payment by the  

Commonwealth of more than $1 billion to guar-  

antee the rights of veterans to access high-  

quality services in NSW hospitals.  

He said Concord’s integration was significant  

milestone in health care, both for veterans and  

for the local community.  

Integration would ensure the hospital could contin-  

ue to serve veterans, war widows and dependants.  

“The projected mid-year changeover will also  

mean that local residents can be admitted to  

Concord in increasing numbers,” Mr Howe said.  

Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Health Minister Brian Howe shakes hands with NSW Health  

Minister Ron Phillips after their joint announcement of the Commonwealth/State agreement-in-  

principle on integration of RGH Concord. Their two witnesses are Ben Humphreys, Minister for  

Veterans' Affairs (right), and Concord's Chief Executive Officer, Denis Smith.  

“Concord will retain the word‘Repatriation’in its  

name and key role in teaching doctors, nurses  

and other health professionals.”  

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Mr/Inlkps Concord 720-bed mstituhon  

hogpital represented asset for NSW  

 

sai ia egra ion wo provi ae  

with unique opportunity to reorgsm-  

lse hospital services Sydneys inner west to bet-  

ter match the communit/s changing health needs,  

™  

NSW Government would condurt  

7® community consultation progrmn involvmg  

staff, doctors unions, residents and other interest-  

ed parties before announcing final decisions  

April.  

Describing integration as “once-in-a-lifetime  

chance” to create new network of hospitals for  

the inner west, Mr Phillips gave an undertaking  

that, after Concord’s integration, entitled veterans  

war wou]d continue to haye access to  

the hospital  

Mr Howe said the Federal Government endorsed  

the need for community consultation program on  

State Government’s projected reorganisation of  

 

health services.  

He said this should ensure that all the key inter-  

ested rtles including staff> and resi-  

cou]d haye ad te into the  

lflnni ss before the lans were fi^ed.  

• More on integration pages 6, 7, 8,  

Countdown on for Veterans’ Health Week  

SUDDENLY there are only few weeks to  

go before the second national Veterans’  

Health Week takes off on Monday, March 15.  

The week is joint effort involving individ-  

ual veterans and war widows, ex-service  

organisations, community groups and the  

Department of Veterans’ Affairs. This co-  

operative effort is reflected in the week’s  

slogan “Promoting health, together”.  

The week’s main aim is to demonstrate that  

ageing need not mean the end of good  

health, by involving veterans, war widows  

and their families in activities that help  

raise awareness about ways they can main-  

tain healthy and satisfying lifestyle.  

Many healthy, fun activities are being organ-  

ised for the week. Examples of the main  

events in each state and territory include:  

VICTORIA: Health Expo (Branch Office,  

300 La Trobe Street, March 15), guided walk  

and byo picnic in Royal Melbourne Botanic  

Gardens (March 16), day at the races  

(Sandown Racecourse, March 16), tea  

dance (lower Melbourne Town Hall, March  

18), bowling competitions and open days at  

hospitals throughout the week. Activities  

will be in many regional areas, such as  

Frankston/Dandenong and Warmambool,  

as well as in Melbourne.  

NSW: Entertainment in Sydney’s Martin  

Place (March 15), health seminars and  

activities at Lady Davidson Hospital  

(March 16), St Patrick’s Day dance at Capt.  

Cook Day Care Club, Miranda (March 17),  

bowling and golf competitions and activities  

• Turn to page  

• Activities poster back page  

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS PUBLICATION  

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1993  

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