SA government seeking staff for COVID-19 control centre Tuesday August 25, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health Health and wellbeing minister Stephen Wade on Monday said 40 more employees would be brought in to the State Control Centre Health (SCC-H), with an… Read more
Comms platform deployed to 40,000 SA Health staff in one week Monday May 18, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Communications & Technology SA Health has made the collaboration platform available to all personnel to allow them to communicate effectively during the pandemic, Microsoft Teams announced on Monday. Read more
SA Health boss to keep job after conflicts of interest investigation Tuesday January 28, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health SA Health Dr Chris McGowan breached a public sector act and made some mistakes but he should not lose his job, the state public sector… Read more
Another blow to SA Health: costly company provides ‘nil’ economic benefit Friday January 17, 2020 By Shannon Jenkins Health A company brought in to overhaul the South Australian health department’s finances was the most costly but least beneficial to the local economy, documents show. Read more
SA public service boss wants to build inclusive workplace culture with focus on performance management Thursday December 12, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins News The head of the South Australian Public Service has called for his department to build an inclusive workplace culture that nurtures talent and improves performance… Read more
Awaited corruption report blasts SA Health but independent inquiry rejected Wednesday December 4, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Health South Australia's corruption watchdog has released a scathing report on the agency he has previously described as “riddled with maladministration”. Read more
Premium Case studies Case study: how not to hire a public service leader from the private sector (or: How a highly respected CEO of a venerable NGO learned about politics the hard way) Monday December 2, 2019 By Stephen Easton Health In South Australia, the Labor opposition is keeping the pressure on SA Health chief executive Dr Chris McGowan about his involvement in deals with his… Read more
SA mental health commissioner departs to fight homelessness Thursday November 21, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Community & Social The first mental health commissioner for South Australia will soon step down. Former military officer Chris Burns announced his planned departure as he takes up… Read more
SA Health under fire on multiple fronts as CEO’s accidental conflict of interest revealed Monday November 18, 2019 By Stephen Easton Health The South Australian Health Department is now under fire on several fronts following revelations that chief executive Dr Chris McGowan mishandled his move into the… Read more
Why Bruce Lander is worried about SA’s Health: ICAC will detail maladministration by December Friday November 1, 2019 By Stephen Easton News More details emerged this week about what the South Australian anti-corruption commissioner means when he says SA Health is “riddled with maladministration” and there are… Read more
Watchdog uses SA Health as example to warn of harmful maladministration Friday October 18, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins News Bruce Lander said departmental maladministration makes corruption difficult to detect and could be costly for the taxpayer. Read more
SA Health offers voluntary redundancy to hospital workers Friday September 6, 2019 By Shannon Jenkins Health South Australia’s health department is offering hospital staff voluntary redundancies, insisting it’s what some workers want. Staff from the Central Adelaide Local Health Network and… Read more
How high-pressure health and human services workplaces turn toxic Friday July 21, 2017 By Stephen Easton Career Advice Bullying and harassment can get out of control in any workplace but it seems particularly common in health and human services where physically, mentally and… Read more
