The Coronial inquest into the 2015 death of a Royal Hobart Hospital patient found it could have been prevented.
Today's announcement is just trying to distract from the core governance and organisational problems his expert review recommended he fix six months ago.
Health Minister, Michael Ferguson, needs to take his fingers out of his ears and start listening to the doctors and nurses in the Royal Hobart Hospital.
Senior clinical staff warned Minister Ferguson that the reduction in Medical Ward beds at the decant is a serious risk to patient safety.
Under a neoliberal market-first privatisation ideology, the minister has systematically cut the funds to the Health department.
Minister Ferguson ignored nurses, doctors, infectious disease specialists and health economists' warnings about the flu season and winter rush.