Health in the North
The problem with the Launceston General Hospital has nothing to do with staff and everything to do with continual underfunding and under-resourcing.
Sep
2020
15
Launceston General Hospital
Nov
2019
13
Emergency Department at the LGH
Rosalie Woodruff contributes to Labor's Motion regarding the emergency department at the Launceston General Hospital.
Sep
2019
10
Hodgman’s Health Dishonesty
Premier Will Hodgman continues to falsely claim his government has not cut the Health Budget.
Sep
2019
10
Tasmanian Health System Cuts
It has been confirmed since you came to office in 2014, around $1.6 billion of funding that should have gone into the health system has been spent elsewhere.
Feb
2018
3
Unfolding Crisis at LGH Rests with Ferguson
There is an unfolding disaster for patients at the Launceston General Hospital as a result of Minister Ferguson's failure to respect clinical staff.
Aug
2017
15
Launceston General Hospital – Psychiatric Services
Patients presenting at the LGH with acute mental health issues will not be able to be seen by a psychiatrist or a registrar.
Aug
2017
15
Ferguson Must Address Psychiatric Care Shortage at the LGH
Last week the Royal Hobart Hospital Department of Psychiatric Medicine lost their RANZCP accreditation.
Mar
2017
1
Ferguson Ignores LGH Expert Review
Today's announcement is just trying to distract from the core governance and organisational problems his expert review recommended he fix six months ago.
Feb
2017
28
Report on State’s Sick Hospitals Ignored by Liberals
The report of the expert review on the State's two biggest hospitals was handed to the Health Minister last August.
Nov
2016
17
Elective Surgeries at the Launceston General Hospital
We are aware of patients presenting to the emergency department at the LGH with no paperwork and no after-surgery care plan with infections and other issues.