The withdrawal of 2 - 3 training psychiatrists from the staff of the Department of Psychiatric Medicine is a devastating blow to the functioning of the RHH.
As we have just heard, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry has withdrawn their accreditation status from the Royal Hobart Hospital.
The Greens’ Alternative Budget prioritises what Tasmanians most want, fixing the State’s health system - currently at breaking point.
There is nothing in the State Budget to prevent the imminent winter flu crisis, and subsequent overcrowding, at the Royal Hobart Hospital.
The Coronial inquest into the 2015 death of a Royal Hobart Hospital patient found it could have been prevented.
Last night in the Royal Hobart Hospital, 17 out of 27 patients were waiting for over 12 hours for a bed.
The gradual withdrawal of Commonwealth health funding over the last few years exposes the dire state of Tasmania’s public health system.
The Joint Statement on Public Hospitals from all major Tasmanian health bodies shows the critical state of our public hospitals.
Today's announcement is just trying to distract from the core governance and organisational problems his expert review recommended he fix six months ago.
The report of the expert review on the State's two biggest hospitals was handed to the Health Minister last August.