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Shadow Minister for Health and Human Services, Brett Whiteley, has urged Health Minister, Lara Giddings, to please steal State Opposition policies on returning the Tasmania’s health system back to regional delivery of services including operational determination and accountability.
Tasmanians deserve to know firm timeframes on reporting by a working group established to address concerns over women’s health services following the closure of a dedicated gynaecology unit at the Royal Hobart Hobart.
The State Government’s mismanagement of the health system has again been exposed with the release of the latest Health and Human Services Progress Chart
The North-West Coast deserves an assurance that 24-hour accident and emergency services will be maintained at the Mersey Community Hospital.
Shadow Minister for Health and Human Services, Brett Whiteley, has moved a motion condemning the Government for its failure to take into account huge shortfalls in rehabilitation services particularly in the North and North-West, that were identified in a report into rehabilitation services in the State 12 months ago.
If the State Government does not commit to reopening a dedicated gynaecological unit at the Royal Hobart Hospital by June, the hospital will not be credentialed to train medical registrars, creating further concerns for the already under staffed facility.
If the State Government is serious about delivering on promises to tackle homelessness in Tasmania, it must support emergency accommodation initiatives, like Levi House, proposed for Launceston.
Leadership aspirant David Bartlett needs to come out of hiding and tell Tasmanians whether he backs Premier, Paul Lennon’s, contemptuous response to questions being asked in the public interest.
In light of the State Government’s inept handling of the proposed new ambulance tax, Premier Paul Lennon has still failed to inform Tasmanians of his Plan B to ensure the ambulance service is sustainably funded.
With the closure of beds because of underfunding, key specialists leaving and the North of the State left without vital health services, even blind Freddy can see that the Launceston General Hospital is being neglected by the State Government.
It is a disgrace that some 14 months after two nurses and a security guard were brutally bashed in a shocking event at the Psychiatric Unit in the Royal Hobart Hospital, wireless duress alarms promised by the State Government still haven’t been installed.
It’s an outrage that the Health Minister, Lara Giddings, can’t show as much interest in ensuring Tasmanians have access to a decent health system as she does in choosing the colour of new hospital walls.
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