Last night all staff working at Ambulance Tasmania State Operations Centre got a letter telling them to pay back a $1000 COVID-19 appreciation payment.
For a healthy, inclusive lutruwita/Tasmania, that genuinely leaves no one behind, we need a strong, well-resourced and valued public service.
New data about healthcare in Tasmania shows a system that continues to deteriorate, and highlights the need for an ambitious response from the Government.
The Department of Health’s Annual Report highlights the appalling continued decline of Tasmania’s health system under the Liberals.
Here we are nearly 18 months later and there is no change and in fact the wheels are falling off. They are falling off in hospitals and in Ambulance Tasmania.
It’s unclear from the Premier’s answer today whether Tasmania collects any data whatsoever about the welfare of ramped patients.
A newly published Victorian study highlighting the harm caused to patients by ambulance ramping has important implications for Tasmania.
In Tasmania, if someone rings 000, Telstra answers first and they direct the person to one of three separate services.
On the Saturday night, the day after, 14 May, there were no ambulances staffed at Huonville again, Dodges Ferry again and then at Glenorchy.
One of the very large issues which has changed is the casualisation of much of the paramedic graduate workforce.