Mr Kelly said a Federal healthcare system would get rid of issues of transferring patients between NSW and ACT and the differing costs.

The Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon said that the feedback and ideas raised at the feedback sessions were an important step as the Government works towards developing a response to the commissions report.

Ms Roxon said, “As we work through some of the most detailed changes to the Health and Hospital system since the introduction of Medicare, it’s important to receive feedback from local members on the important issues being raised in their communities.

“We know that after 12 years of neglect by the Howard Government, our hospital system is under pressure.

“We have increased hospital funding to the states and territories by 50 percent and these reforms will further support our health care system,” said Ms Roxon.

To date the Prime Minister and Health Ministers have held 65 consultations across the country in hospitals, universities and town halls – receiving wide ranging feedback on

State Member follows up with own meeting

Members of the Narooma Health Group following Friday’s meeting with the Federal member met with State Member Andrew Constance on Monday.

Mr Constance said he met with the Narooma Health Group to discuss their positive solutions to some of the challenges facing Narooma residents and their health care needs.

In doing so, Mr Constance also presented the approach that an incoming Liberal State government would take to the provision of health services under Barry O'Farrell's leadership.

"The Narooma Health Group is keen to see improvements in telemedicine, public dentistry, physiotherapy, podiatry, oncology and a number of other key health services," Mr Constance said.

"I wholeheartedly agree with their concerns," he said. "Its time that patients were put first by the State Government and they deliver quality health services to the people of the Far South Coast," Mr Constance said.

According to Mr Constance people need to know how the Liberals plan to improve the State's health system and provide better services to local people.

"An incoming Liberal Government will remove Labor's huge and out of touch Greater Southern Area Health Service and create smaller, community focussed health districts," Mr Constance said.

"Boards would be appointed to the district and held accountable to the community," Mr Constance said.

"It is key that restoration of decision making is returned back to hospital level and authority is given back to expert clinicians and local management," he said. "I remain concerned at the proposal of Dr Kelly and Kevin Rudd of a Commonwealth takeover of health.

My fear is that it will further centralise the decision making leaving local communities and clinicians at an even greater disconnect and with even less say than what they have now," Mr Constance said.

"Our policy is designed to get administrators and managers out of ivory towers and on the frontline to support the health workforce, not further decentralise decision making," Mr Constance said.

"It is important that more work is done to further develop clinical networks to link medical experts across the State, and that there is openness and transparency in the publication of health data including budget allocations, spending, medical errors, infections and other patient outcomes," Mr Constance said.

"NSW Labor have been an unmitigated disaster in rural health and too many people have paid a high price for their mismanagement," he said. "We have wonderful hospital staff in our region who are being let down by a mismanaged system.”