Reports that Healthscope has entered receivership raise significant concerns for health services in Tasmania, and especially the future of the Hobart Private Hospital.
The extreme summer heat has passed but the need for urgent action to address the air-conditioning situation on wards at Launceston General Hospital has not.
The Education Department recently advised PPEP Talk that they have denied their request for $115,000 in annual funding to continue the program for another two years.
We have long known that there are issues within maternity services in our state.
Following serious allegations reported by an article in today’s Saturday Paper, the Greens will be referring the matter of death reporting failures in Northern Tasmania
The final report found Dr Renshaw had engaged in a repeated pattern of acting outside the law. The matter was referred to Tasmania Police.
The Police Minister must clarify what steps Tasmania Police took in response to breaches of the law by Dr Peter Renshaw at the Launceston General Hospital.
Proper glaucoma monitoring requires three‑ to six‑monthly appointments, so six months between check-ups is already at the upper limit of safe practise.
Honourable Speaker, I rise this evening to speak on the situation of maternity services in southern Tasmania. Maternity services at Royal Hobart Hospital are under pressure.
Revelations that Tasmanians are waiting weeks for crucial pathology results point to ongoing government failure to ensure proper staffing of healthcare in Tasmania.