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Crisis in Health Continues to DeepenNew data about healthcare in Tasmania shows a system that continues to deteriorate, and highlights the need for an ambitious response from the Government. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 2 Feb 2023 |
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Health Failures Deepen - AgainThe Department of Health’s Annual Report highlights the appalling continued decline of Tasmania’s health system under the Liberals. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 28 Oct 2022 |
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HealthHere we are nearly 18 months later and there is no change and in fact the wheels are falling off. They are falling off in hospitals and in Ambulance Tasmania. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 23 Aug 2022 |
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How Many Tasmanians are Dying While Ramped?It’s unclear from the Premier’s answer today whether Tasmania collects any data whatsoever about the welfare of ramped patients. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 16 Aug 2022 |
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Urgent Action Needed on Ramping CrisisA newly published Victorian study highlighting the harm caused to patients by ambulance ramping has important implications for Tasmania. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 1 Jul 2022 |
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Police, Fire and Emergency Management – 000 ESTAIn Tasmania, if someone rings 000, Telstra answers first and they direct the person to one of three separate services. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 9 Jun 2022 |
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Health – Ambulances and ParamedicsOn the Saturday night, the day after, 14 May, there were no ambulances staffed at Huonville again, Dodges Ferry again and then at Glenorchy. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 6 Jun 2022 |
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Ambulance Response TimesOne of the very large issues which has changed is the casualisation of much of the paramedic graduate workforce. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 24 May 2022 |
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Ambulance Tasmania - Funding IssuesWords cannot do justice to the truly dire state of Tasmania's ambulance service. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 24 May 2022 |
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Health - Paramedics and AmbulancesLast year in budget Estimates we asked the Minister to provide data for the number of code blue events that had occurred on the ramp at the Royal. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 6 Sep 2021 |
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Prioritising Ambulances and ParamedicsEvery Tasmanian knows Ambulance Tasmania is an essential part of our health system, and that paramedics do an incredible job of looking after our community. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 16 Apr 2021 |
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Ambulance Tasmania - Death of ParamedicThe evidence presented to the coronial inquiry into the death of an Ambulance Tasmania (AT) paramedic makes shocking reading. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 18 Mar 2021 |
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ROGS Data Confirms Deepening Health CrisisThe latest Report on Government Services (ROGS) data for Health confirms Tasmania is in the midst of a health crisis that is worsening under the Liberals. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 28 Jan 2021 |
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Privacy Failure Requires Urgent InvestigationThe massive privacy incursion in to the lives of every Tasmanian who’s called an ambulance since last November is inexcusable. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 8 Jan 2021 |
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Health – Ambulances and the Emergency DepartmentOnce Emergency Department staff have taken any treatment of a patient on the ramp, that patient then becomes the responsibility of the Emergency Department. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 23 Nov 2020 |
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Tasmanian Health ServiceAlthough there are aspects of this amendment that we support, we do not support the principle of the majority of what is written. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 31 Jul 2019 |
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Health CutsIt is just a statement of fact that every single government from time immemorial has increased the Health budget year on year. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 30 Jul 2019 |
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Child and Youth Mental Health60,000 Tasmanians live in mental health distress every year. They suffer financial distress and social and financial impacts on their families and communities. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 30 May 2019 |
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Auditor General's Emergency Department Report Demands ActionThe Auditor General’s report into Tasmania’s hospital emergency departments is enormously confronting. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 28 May 2019 |
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Sentencing Amendment (Assaults On Off-Duty Police) Bill 2018We have a long-held position based on the evidence that it is not appropriate to set legislation in parliament about mandatory sentencing levels. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 1 May 2019 |
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Want of confidence in Minister for Health, Mr FergusonThe evidence of the past five years has persuaded me that this minister is not able to appreciate and to act in consultation with his hard-working staff. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 30 Apr 2019 |
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Misuse of Drugs Amendment (Drug Analysis) Bill 2018This bill amends the Misuse of Drugs Act 2001 by inserting a new Part 4A to establish a legal framework for lawful drug analysis pill testing. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 28 Nov 2018 |
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Crisis in the Health SystemThe Greens agree with the general tenor of this motion. It is a bit of a political motion because it has an internal contradiction. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 17 Oct 2018 |
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Mental Health FundingThere have been documented occasions where people in severe distress have been forced to wait in the emergency department for numbers of days. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 16 Oct 2018 |
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Want of Confidence in Minister for HealthIn the paper today is exactly what we have been talking about: that this minister has persistently stood here and told fib after fib year after year. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 27 Sep 2018 |
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Preventative HealthIt is a fundamental insight into the atomistic, individualistic responsibility that this minister puts onto a person taking them outside of their environment. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 19 Jun 2018 |
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Extra $220M to Health in Greens' Alternative BudgetThe Greens’ Alternative Budget prioritises what Tasmanians most want, fixing the State’s health system - currently at breaking point. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 31 May 2017 |
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Ferguson's Band-aid Budget Won't Prevent RHH CrisisThere is nothing in the State Budget to prevent the imminent winter flu crisis, and subsequent overcrowding, at the Royal Hobart Hospital. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 26 May 2017 |
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Lives at Risk if Ambulance Tasmania Funding Missing from State BudgetThe median Tasmanian ambulance response time of 14.1 minutes is the worst in the country. It’s far too long for people who need critical life support. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 19 May 2017 |
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Reply to Premier's Address - Government Declares War on the EnvironmentThe Labor Party, before this Government, has a long history of putting the environment last when it comes to salmon industry regulation. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 10 Mar 2017 |
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Public Health CrisisUnder a neoliberal market-first privatisation ideology, the minister has systematically cut the funds to the Health department. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 17 Nov 2016 |
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Ambulance Tasmania Pay Deal WelcomeThe Greens welcome the news that our paramedics will now be paid appropriately for the critical role they play. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 20 Jul 2016 |
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Ministers Failing to Answer Questions on NoticeIt is disappointing to see the number of questions that were put on notice some time ago that have not yet been answered by ministers. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 26 Apr 2016 |
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RHH Ambulance RampingThe Premier, Will Hodgman, has failed on his pre-election promise to fix the chronic ambulance ramping problems at the Royal Hobart Hospital,. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 27 Aug 2014 |