MEDIA ENQUIRIES

For all media enquiries please contact Jane Griffiths, CEO of Day Hospitals Australia on 08 9332 3606 or by email here.

INTERVIEWS WITH JANE GRIFFITHS, CEO OF DAY HOSPITALS AUSTRALIA 

• 19 April 2024 – The Australian – Day surgery on the table to ease hospital crisis – click here 
• 12 April 2024 – 6PR Perth – health insurers not passing on profits to hospitals – click here 
• 7 March 2024 – ABC Perth WA Mornings – PHI premiums and Prostheses List Reforms – click here (interview @ 1 hour 37 mins) 
• 21 December 2023 –  The West Live, How to solve elective surgery wait times – click here 
• December 2023 – Australian College of Nursing Hive Magazine editorial “A Sustainable Health Care System – The future needs to embrace the day hospital sector” – click here 
• 13 November 2023 – Stephen Cenatiempo, 2CC Canberra – The Importance of Private Health Insurance – click here (fast forward to 1 hr 9 minutes for the interview) 
• 24 July 2023 – 6PR Perth interview – click here 
• 24 July 2023 – 6PR Perth – Hospital change could save Government half a billion dollars – click here
• June 2023 – Hospital and Healthcare – click here 
• 26 May 2203 – Women’s Agenda Soap Box – click here 
• 22 May – Hospital & Healthcare – The Case for Separation – click here 
• 15 April 2023 – The West Australian Op Ed, Jane Griffiths – click here 
• 16 March 2023 – Stephen Cenatiempo 2CC Canberra 
• 15 February 2023 – Kim Napier, Northern Tasmania ABC Radio regarding grommet surgery waiting lists – click here 
• 18 January 2023 – Steve Price, Sky News – discussing how day hospitals can help reduce elective surgery waiting lists – click here 
• 11 January 2023 (prerecording) – Pat Panetta, Australia Overnight 2GB and / or 3AW – How will healthcare services be impacted in 2023? – click here
• 11 January 2022 – Stephen Cenatiempo, 2 CC Canberra – How will healthcare services be impacted in 2023? – click here 
• 20 December 2022 – Rod Henshaw, 2CC Canberra – Events that have impacted healthcare in 2022 – click here 
• 2 November 2022 – Natalie Barr, Sunrise on Seven – regarding the role of day hospitals in elective surgery – click here 
• 27 September 2022 – Rob Cameron, 94.7 Pulse FM in Geelong – click here 
• 3 August 2022 – Rebecca Levingston at ABC Radio Brisbane – click here 
• 21 March 2022 – Sofie Formica, 4BC Brisbane regarding ambulance ramping and ways the day hospital sector could assist – click here
• 7 March 2022 – Robert Cameron from 94.7 Pulse FM in Geelong to discuss the role of day hospitals in elective surgery in regional Victoria – click here
• 10 February 2022 – Oliver Peterson on Perth Live on 6PR882 to discuss elective surgery restrictions in WA – click here
• 1 February 2022 – Sonya Feldhoff at ABC Adelaide regarding elective surgery restrictions – click here (Jane’s interview is between 21.21 and 24.55)
• 2 January 2022 – Dr Ginni Mansberg at 2GB regarding the decline in admissions for skin cancers and joint replacements – click here
• 15 October 2021 – ABC Radio Statewide Drive about regional surgery restrictions and the Viability Agreement in Victoria – click here
• 15 October 2021 – 3AW’s Neil Mitchell about private patients being denied surgery – click here
• 1 September 2021 – 9 News Perth about day hospitals and ways they can assist after a decision to postpone elective surgeries in WA.  Click here to view the accompanying article and watch her interview.
• 20 August 2021 – The West: “Day hospitals can offer a way to help tackle nursing crisis” – click here
• 19 July 2021 – Oliver Peterson on Perth Live on 6PR882 regarding ways the day hospital sector can support the health system in WA. To read the accompanying news article click here and to listen to the radio interview click here.

MEDIA RELEASES

• October 2023 – Editorial for Hive Magazine (Australian College of Nursing) 
• March 2020 – Hospital Capacity to fight COVID-19 will be lost
• May 2020 – Day hospitals: leading the recovery post COVID-19
• October 2020 – Private Health Insurers Premium Increases 1 October 2020