Submissions

MTAA contributes to policy development in the healthcare environment through submissions, contribution to consultations and written comment. A list of documents by year can be found below.

2011

  • Response to CS&HISC Environmental Scan 2012 - 1 December 2011. Download here
  • Response to draft NSW Manufacturing Industry Action Plan - 25 November 2011. Download here
  • Response to the discussion paper on NSW Health and Medical Research Strategic Review - 16 November 2011. Download here
  • Response to the NSW Health and Medical Research Strategic Review Issues Paper - 26 September 2011. Download here
  • Response to the exposure draft of the 2011 Strategic Roadmap for Australian Research Infrastructure from the Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research - 22 July 2011. Download here
  • Submission to DoHA in response to its draft Concept of Operations for a Personally Controlled Electronic Health Record (PCEHR) - 31 May 2011. Download here
  • Response to Productivity Commission's draft report on Disability Care and Support - 28 April 2011. Download here
  • Submission to the National Blood Authority on patient blood management guidelines - 1 April 2011. Download here
  • Submission in response to the release in January 2011 of the Productivity Commission draft report Caring for Older Australians - 21 March 2011. Download here
  • Submission to TGA transparency review - 11 March 2011. Download here
  • Response to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications on its inquiry into the NBN - 24 February 2011. Download here
  • Response to MSAC changes - 18 February 2011. Download here
  • Response to Australian Government paper on Connecting health services with the future: Modernising Medicare by providing rebates for online consultations - 27 January 2011. Download here
  • Submission to the DoHA review of the Stoma Appliance Scheme - 21 January 2011. Download here

2010

  • Pre-Budget submission to Treasury 2011-2012 - 24 December 2010. Download here
  • Submission to DoHA on Draft Information Requests for Assessing a Pair of Co-dependent Technologies - 22 December 2010. Download here
  • Submission to TGA on its response to the HTA review - 17 December 2010. Download here
  • Position Paper on Reforming Public Health Procurement of Medical Technology - 14 December 2010. Download here
  • Response to the Community Skills and Health Industry Skills Council on E-Scan 2011 - 5 November 2010. Download here
  • Submission to ACSQHC in response to the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards released in August 2010 - 7 October 2010. Download here
  • Submission to ACSQHC in response to its discussion paper on Patient Safety in Primary Healthcare - 1 October 2010. Download here
  • Submission to the TGA review of advertising of therapeutic goods in Australia - 27 August 2010. Download here
  • Submission to the Productivity Commission's Issues Paper Disability Care and Support - 16 August 2010. Download here
  • Submission to the Productivity Commission in response to its Issues Paper on Caring for Older Australians - 30 July 2010. Download here 
  • MTAA Federal Election policies - 8 July 2010. Download here
  • Submission to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the development of the Trans Tasman Partnership - 1 June 2010. Download here
  • Submission to the review of funding of diagnostic imaging services - 30 April 2010. Download here
  • Consultation Paper on the Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare to NHMRC - March 2010. Download here
  • Comment on Clinical Trials Action Group discussion paper - February 2010. Download here
  • Submission to the TGA on the Australian code of Good Manufacturing Practice for human blood and blood components, human tissue and human cellular therapies - February 2010. Download here
  • Federal Budget 2010-11 submission to the Department of the Treasury - January 2010. Download here
  • Submission to ACSQH on the draft National Quality and Safety Healthcare Standards - January 2010. Download here

2009

  • Response to the TGA Proposal to Reclassify Implanted Hip, Knee and Shoulder Joints, December 2009. Download here
  • Response to the Public and Private Hospitals discussion draft , November 2009. Download here
  • Submission to the Human Tissue Review, June 2009. Download here
  • Submission to the Review of Health Technology Assessment, May 2009. Download here
    Appendix 1: Model of HTA system. Download here
    Appendix 2: Access Economics Report An Improved HTA Economic Framework for Australia. Download here
  • Submission to the TGA on the Use of Third Party Conformity Assessment Bodies, March 2009. Download here
  • Submission to the Senate Community Affairs Committee: Inquiry into Gene Patents, March 2009. Download here
  • Response to the NHHRC Interim Report: A Healthier Future for all Australians, March 2009. Download here

2008

  • Comments to Australian Medical Council on Good Medical Practice: A Draft Code of Professional Conduct, November 2008. Download here
  • Submission to the Department of Health and Ageing, Interdepartmental Committee, Review of Funding of Pathology Services, November 2008. Download here
  • Submission to the Department of Health and Ageing, Interdepartmental Committee, Review of Funding of Diagnostic Imaging, September 2008. Download here
  • Submission to the National Review into Model OHS Laws, July 2008. Download here
  • Submission to the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission, May 2008. Download here
  • Submission on the Innovation Review, April 2008. Download here
  • Submission to Productivity Commission - Annual Review of Regulatory Burdens on Business, March 2008. Download here