
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Cahill, Anne 
A1  - Birch, James 
A1  - Goodier, Gareth 
T1  - Bureaucracy to adhocracy A possible structure for the Department of Health and Family Services
JF  - Australian Health Review
JO  - Aust. Health Review
Y1  - 1996
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
KW  - 
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/AH960001 
N2  - At a meeting on Friday, 7 June 1996, the Minister for Health and Family Services,The Hon. Michael Wooldridge MP, asked the authors to prepare a paper on a possiblestructure for the Department of Health and Family Services. This followed ourexplanation to him of navigating women?s and children?s health service issues throughthe existing departmental structure. We had explained that such navigation includednearly all of the divisions within the department; and then within those divisionsthere were different branches responsible for different activities. It has been ourexperience that rarely do the different divisions, branches or sections exchange ideas,views or policies that might affect women and children. The result is a fragmentedapproach to this important group of the population. We know that this same approachexists for other key population groups.This paper has been prepared at the request of the Minister, and follows an approachbased on population and outcome. 
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