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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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Rockliff Painfully Out of Touch on SurgeriesJeremy Rockliff’s attempt to diminish the extent of his government’s failure to deliver elective surgery shows how out of touch he has become Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 11 Sep 2022 |
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Health – Elective SurgeryStephen is back on the waiting list for surgery as a category three case and has been told to expect a 12 month wait. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 6 Jun 2022 |
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Health - Elective SurgeriesThe performance target you have for elective surgeries in this Budget are extremely welcome. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 6 Sep 2021 |
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Liberals' Health FailureThe latest update to the HealthStats dashboard is another clear demonstration of a health system being completely mismanaged by the Liberals. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 26 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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Health – Elective Surgery Waiting ListMore than two years ago, in October 2018, then premier Will Hodgman said the elective surgery waiting list at that point was 'not good enough'. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 23 Nov 2020 |
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HealthStats Paints Worsening Elective Surgery PictureToday’s update to the HealthStats dashboard paints a bleak picture for those Tasmanians waiting for urgent, potentially life-saving elective surgery. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 25 Sep 2020 |
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Health Minister Must Act on Elective SurgeryPublic elective surgery waiting lists are out of control, and the Health Minister Sarah must commit to using the private health system to reduce them. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 11 Sep 2020 |
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Health CutsMadam Deputy Speaker, few questions times that I can remember have left such a sour taste in my mouth. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 10 Sep 2019 |
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Hodgman's Health DishonestyPremier Will Hodgman continues to falsely claim his government has not cut the Health Budget. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 10 Sep 2019 |
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Labor Abandon Health as Paul Lennon's Grip TightensAfter spending five years talking about the importance of health to Tasmanians, Labor appears to have abandoned their ‘top priority’. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 3 Sep 2019 |
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Courtney Must Rule Out Cruel Frontline Health CutsHealth Minister, Sarah Courtney must rule out elective surgery cuts for public health patients. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 28 Aug 2019 |
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Budget 2019-20 - Essential Services FundingThe elective surgery waiting list has soared, along with time spent in the emergency department, yet there is no new money for health in this year's budget. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 28 May 2019 |
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Elective Surgery Fail A Terrible Record For Health MinisterThe Royal Hobart Hospital's record for providing elective surgery for people who urgently need it is the worst in the country, according to AIHW data. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 21 Dec 2017 |
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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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Tasmanian Health Forgotten in Federal BudgetThe gradual withdrawal of Commonwealth health funding over the last few years exposes the dire state of Tasmania’s public health system. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 10 May 2017 |
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Elective Surgery Waiting Times Blowing OutThe most recent figures by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare in their Elective Surgery Waiting Times 2015-16 report are terrifying. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 9 Mar 2017 |
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Elective Surgeries at the Launceston General HospitalWe 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. Andrea Dawkins | Parliamentary Activity | 17 Nov 2016 |
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Ferguson's LGH Elective Surgery MessThe Health Minister today failed to explain why knee and hip surgery patients who were sent interstate weren't receiving adequate post-operative care. Andrea Dawkins | Media Release | 17 Nov 2016 |
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Routine Elective Surgery Funds Going To Interstate HospitalsHealth Minister, Michael Ferguson, has been flying patients to private hospitals in Victoria for routine surgery to try and reduce the elective waiting lists. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 1 Jul 2016 |
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Health "Fix" Meaningless without MoneyStaff in the public health system are unlikely to be satisfied with Minister Ferguson’s announcement of his planned “fix” for our broken health system. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 5 Apr 2016 |
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$27M Bandaid for HealthThe 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. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 15 Mar 2016 |
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Hospitals Need Staff, Not Just New TheatresWaits 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. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 31 Jan 2016 |
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Liberals Fail National Hospital Report CardThe AMA Public Hospital Report Card is a shocking record of the Hodgman government’s mismanagement of our hospitals. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 28 Jan 2016 |
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LGH Woes a Symptom of Health System in CrisisThe Health Minister needs to take personal responsibility for the enormous and unsustainable pressure being felt by both the RHH and the LGH. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 21 Aug 2015 |
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Expensive Advertising Comes at the Cost of Public HealthMichael Ferguson cannot possibly justify spending taxpayer dollars on an advertising campaign for his as-yet-unrealised, unfunded health reform White Paper. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 29 Jun 2015 |
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Elective Surgery Waiting Lists at the RHHOne year into the job and Health Minister, Michael Ferguson, has presided over a massive blowout in the elective surgery waiting list. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 10 Apr 2015 |
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Ferguson All Talk and No ActionMinister Ferguson has so far done a lot of talking about health reform, lowering elective surgery waiting lists and delivering a modern Royal Hobart Hospital. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 18 Jan 2015 |
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Elective Surgery Waiting ListsThe latest Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report again highlights the pressing need for long term structural reform of Tasmania’s health sector. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 20 Oct 2014 |
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Federal Elective Surgery Money Won't Fix ProblemThe announcement of a $23.4 million funding allocation to Tasmania’s public hospitals is welcome but it’s political smoke and mirrors. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 22 Aug 2014 |
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Health Funding and GSTMichael Ferguson needs to reassure Tasmanians that every dollar allocated to health this year in the Commonwealth GST distribution will be spent on health. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 3 Aug 2014 |