4th of June 2012.
Half a million Australians could be freed from chronic illness, $2.3 billion in annual hospital costs could be saved and the number of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme prescriptions could be cut by 5.3 million annually.
These staggering opportunities are what new approaches to health policy could achieve, yet counter-intuitively they do not require radical change to the way in which our health system operates. In fact, the opportunity to reduce chronic illness and save on hospital and pharmaceutical expenditure requires action outside of the formal health system.
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Dr Eberhard Wenzel was an inspiring activist in the field of public health. Each year a special oration honours his contribution.