A constituent who tested positive for cancer has been told he has to wait up to 1 year for a colonoscopy he should have received within 30 days.
Thank you, honourable Deputy Speaker, and I want to also thank the member for Clark for bringing this matter of public importance of cuts forward today.
The Liberal Government has admitted they expect 30% of elective surgery patients won’t be seen within clinically recommended timeframes.
It’s distressing to hear staffs’ concerns that mothers experiencing acute mental illness will fall through the cracks under new plans for an Intensive Residential Parenting Unit.
The Greens are disappointed in the Ministers for the Prevention of Family Violence and Health for failing to stand with their expert stakeholders.
It’s totally outrageous sonographers at the RHH have been told they need to choose between a new ultrasound machine or patient ultrasound couches due to budget cuts.
Recently it came to light that a range of allied health positions are going to be downgraded across the health service.
The Greens have obtained information which reveals the Liberal Government are reclassifying and downgrading positions across the state’s health service.
The deepening crisis in Tasmania's hospitals shows once again why it is so cruel and so wrong for the Rockliff Government to be cutting $700 million from the health system.
The Department of Health has issued a statement, warning people off attending the LGH due to “impacted” capacity. It’s a shocking sign of a system in crisis.