Health Failures Deepen – Again
The Department of Health’s Annual Report highlights the appalling continued decline of Tasmania’s health system under the Liberals.
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.
Words cannot do justice to the truly dire state of Tasmania's ambulance service.
Last year in budget Estimates we asked the Minister to provide data for the number of code blue events that had occurred on the ramp at the Royal.
Every Tasmanian knows Ambulance Tasmania is an essential part of our health system, and that paramedics do an incredible job of looking after our community.