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Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Rockliff Dishonest on Health

The Premier claims the health system "is in the best place its been for a long time", but the government's own data says otherwise

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  20 Jul 2023


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

ACEM Emergency Report Terrible – EDs Even Worse Now

A new report shows Tasmania recording the worst results in the nation for emergency department performance

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  9 Nov 2022


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Health Failures Deepen - Again

​​​​​​​The 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


Hospital Bed

No Excuses for Record Emergency Department Pain

The Rockliff Government has chalked up yet another terrible milestone in health

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  4 Oct 2022


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Health – Emergency Departments

An important measure of the performance of an emergency department is how many patients are being seen on time.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  6 Jun 2022


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

RHH Crisis Won’t Be Fixed By Spin

The most recent HealthStats dashboard update paints a grim picture of a Royal Hobart Hospital in crisis.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  25 Sep 2021


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Hospital Emergency Department Staffing

The Department of Health dashboard for June shows the number of patients seen on time in our emergency departments was the lowest ever.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  26 Aug 2021


Doctor with Patient

ROGS Data Confirms Deepening Health Crisis

The 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


Ambulance, Interior

Health – Ambulances and the Emergency Department

Once 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


Doctor with Patient

Urgent Care Centre Report Welcome, Rollout Must be Prioritised

We welcome the release of the feasibility study into Urgent Care Centres - after more than 18 months of it sitting on the Health Minister’s desk.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  8 Oct 2020


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Emergency Department at the LGH

Rosalie Woodruff contributes to Labor's Motion regarding the emergency department at the Launceston General Hospital.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  13 Nov 2019


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Effect of Budget Cuts on Hospitals

News from yesterday's coronial inquest into a suffering man's death by suicide at the Royal Hobart Hospital is shocking.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  31 Oct 2019


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Health System Funding

Subsequent budgets have not been keeping up to the real costs of running the hospital system.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  19 Sep 2018


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Tasmania Lagging on Emergency Department Wait Times Under Liberals

The AIHW report released today shows Tasmania’s two main hospitals are performing poorly compared to mainland hospitals.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  29 Nov 2017


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Issues at the Royal Hobart Hospital

In that last six days at the RHH there have been two category 4 escalations, four violent events and all elective surgeries have been cancelled.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  19 Sep 2017


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Ferguson's Band-aid Budget Won't Prevent RHH Crisis

There 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


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Coroner Confirms RHH Under-Resourcing Putting Patient Lives at Risk

The Coronial inquest into the 2015 death of a Royal Hobart Hospital patient found it could have been prevented.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  18 May 2017


Doctor with Patient

Ferguson Must Develop Winter Crisis Management Plan for RHH

Last night in the Royal Hobart Hospital, 17 out of 27 patients were waiting for over 12 hours for a bed.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  16 May 2017


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Emergency Department Report Ignored by Ferguson

I rise to put some more context to the report the Minister for Health conducted last year as part of the patients' access initiative Patients First.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  8 Mar 2017


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

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.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  28 Feb 2017


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Ferguson's RHH Christmas Chaos

Health Minister, Michael Ferguson, needs to take his fingers out of his ears and start listening to the doctors and nurses in the Royal Hobart Hospital.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  1 Dec 2016


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Hospital Decant Risks Patients' Safety

Senior clinical staff warned Minister Ferguson that the reduction in Medical Ward beds at the decant is a serious risk to patient safety.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  22 Nov 2016


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Health Minister Ferguson Still Blaming Others for Emergency Department Chaos

The public record states that 9 out of 11 specialists from the Launceston General Hospital's Emergency Department have resigned. 

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  15 Jun 2016