Tony Abbott's health plan won't work, says Nicola Roxon

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THE Federal Government has rubbished the Opposition's plan to introduce local boards to run hospitals, saying the move will not fix the nation's ailing health system.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott yesterday announced a plan that would see local boards introduced at every major public hospital in New South Wales and Queensland. The policy did not address hospitals in other states and territories, lacked detail on funding and offered nothing in terms of boosting doctor and nurse numbers.

Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the Coalition's plan, which would involve only 20 or 30 hospitals, would not solve the raft of problems facing Australia's health system.

"Mr Abbott is announcing this as if it is a solution to everything when it patently isn't," she told ABC Radio.

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