There's nothing like the resignation of a health minister, even temporarily, to get the year in healthcare off to an interesting start so we thank Sussan Ley for her contribution to shaking the cobwebs out of the old year and giving us a cracking start to the new.

Ms Ley's decision to stand aside on Monday was the right one and, considering the outpouring of public disgust during the week at the culture of entitlement that seems rife in the political class, her decision to resign on Friday was probably the correct one too.