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Plain English writing and editing

Client: Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency

The Australian Health Practitioners Regulation Agency regulates a range of Australian health professionals, and can act on some complaints from consumers. It received feedback from consumers that its communications were hard…
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Planning the UTS Graduate School of Health

Client: UTS

UTS had plans to develop a new Graduate School of Health. It engaged Ragg & Co several times over a period of years to advise on the initial choice of…
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Smoking and mental health

Client: Cancer Council NSW and NSW Health

Over a four year period we worked closely with Cancer Council NSW and NSW Health to understand why smoking rates were higher in people with mental illness than in other…
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Australian Dietary Guidelines

Client: National Health and Medical Research Council

The Australian Dietary Guidelines provide advice on eating for health and wellbeing. We worked with the NHMRC and its expert advisory committee to revise the previous guidelines to reflect the…
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Palliative care policy

Client: NSW Government

We worked closely with the Minister for Health's office and the NSW Ministry of Health to consult broadly and develop a plan to increase access to palliative care. The plan…
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The Lancet reports

Client: The Lancet

Mark was the Australian correspondent for The Lancet in the early and mid 90s. Following are articles he wrote for that London-based international medical journal. Australian taxes 1993 Australian tobacco…
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