Health and Medical Research Funding Cuts
An open letter calling for your support in opposing federal budget cuts to health and medical research.
As you may already know, it is strongly suspected that the government will be cutting funding for health and medical research in the coming Federal budget.
I would like to encourage you all to lend your support in opposing this harmful move.
In my roles at Research Australia and the Bupa Health Foundation I am reminded every day of the life changing and life saving impact of high quality research. Without continuing investment in health and medical research there is a real risk that we will fall behind the rest of the world in the level of care offered to all Australians.
Research Australia is hosting an ipetition against cuts in health and medical research. I encourage you all to sign it and to distribute it as widely as possible.
Click here to SIGN THE PETITION
If you would like further information what is at stake you may be interested in my article that appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald last week.
Click here to read Hidden Cost in Slashing Medical Research
Dr Christine Bennett is the chairwoman of Research Australia and former chairwoman of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission. She is also Chair of the BUPA Health Foundation steering commitee and Dean of the School of Medicine, Sydney, Notre Dame University.
