Last week, Tasmanians were shocked to learn about a leaked memo that revealed you are already making cuts in community mental health and wellbeing.
The Liberals’ move to cut staffing and services in mental health is outrageous and dangerous. This decision must be immediately reversed.
Deputy Speaker, it is disturbing to hear what the Health minister said just then, the slippery language he jumped up and used on the back of Ms Rosol's contribution about the cuts to services.
Deputy Speaker, I rise this evening to speak about an outrageous and dangerous decision made by this government to move to cut staffing and mental health services.
In yet another reminder of the still-deepening health crisis, recently released government figures show more emergency patients at hospitals are waiting for longer for treatment than ever.
The Greens are fundamentally committed to all Tasmanians having easy accessibility to free medical care at both the primary health care level as well as in our hospitals.
The Greens welcome the Minister for Health’s statement in parliament today that he will sit down with unions to look at providing fair compensation for paramedics who work shifts alone.
It is with tremendous honour and with a sense of responsibility that I take this place in parliament as a custodian of the vote of the people of Clark.
There’s no service more important to our community than Ambulance Tasmania, but patients and ambulance workers are being let down by a Rockliff government that won’t do what’s necessary to address massive issues in the system.
On behalf of the Greens, I was proud to stand with the Health and Community Services Union today to launch our Ambulance Ramping, Access, and Flow Plan – a 50 point strategy that tackles both the causes and effects of ambulance ramping in Tasmania.