Staff in the public health system are unlikely to be satisfied with Minister Ferguson’s announcement of his planned “fix” for our broken health system.
Tasmania has been seriously let down at COAG by both the Prime Minister and Premier Hodgman.
The events of the last couple of days in our hospitals are inexcusable and they shame us all.
The government's plan to shift over $27M from the Consolidated Fund into health is clear evidence of a system that needs more support than it's getting.
Waits time in emergency and for elective surgery in our hospitals is skyrocketing and Minister Ferguson can only fix it by putting on more doctors and nurses.
The AMA Public Hospital Report Card is a shocking record of the Hodgman government’s mismanagement of our hospitals.
The Minister’s axing of 80 full-time positions in the health service is completely unexpected and raises grave concerns about the impact on patients' health.
The government’s proposal to limit nursing shifts to a maximum of 12 hours will not improve the amount of double-shifts being worked around the state.
The THS has had an interim CEO in place for more than four months, and the recruitment process for the permanent CEO is still not finalised.
Launceston General Hospital patients are once more feeling the brunt of the government's health cuts.