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HealthI want to call out the Premier for his continual gaslighting about the true state of Tasmania's health system. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 22 Mar 2023 |
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Who Does Jeremy Rockliff Govern For?Who is Premier Rockliff governing for? It’s not battlers, or everyday Tasmanians. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 28 Feb 2023 |
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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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Royal Hobart Hospital - RampingThe RHH is advising patients to reconsider attending the emergency department. The hospital is at level 2 of their COVID 19 Management Escalation Plan. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 24 Nov 2022 |
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ACEM Emergency Report Terrible – EDs Even Worse NowA new report shows Tasmania recording the worst results in the nation for emergency department performance Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 9 Nov 2022 |
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Mental HealthThe conclusion of the AMA's national report card, which provides data about Tasmania, is overwhelming for the whole country. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Nov 2022 |
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Mental Health Services - ResourcingThe Australian Medical Association's report card is damning. It shows the long waits for people to access mental health care at emergency departments. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 8 Nov 2022 |
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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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LGH Another Devastating Example of Liberals' Health FailureThe latest situation at the LGH is another shocking example of the Liberals' failures on health. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 27 Oct 2022 |
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Proposed Stadium Development - OppositionIf people need an ambulance in Tasmania right now, there is significant uncertainty about whether it will arrive in time. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 19 Oct 2022 |
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No Excuses for Record Emergency Department PainThe Rockliff Government has chalked up yet another terrible milestone in health Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 4 Oct 2022 |
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State of the Health SystemNobody who understands what Tasmania is experiencing in our health system supports a new stadium. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 27 Sep 2022 |
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Government Priorities - Proposed Stadium DevelopmentPeople are dying on the elective surgery waiting list, or while waiting for an ambulance or ramped outside emergency departments. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 27 Sep 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 SystemWe have an intolerable pressure now on all parts of the hospital system. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 6 Sep 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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Greens Table Petition to Support Health WorkersToday I tabled a petition calling on the Rockliff Government to fix Tasmania’s devastated health system, on behalf of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Feder Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 2 Jun 2022 |
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Budget Health CutsThe need is coming from the increasing number of people who access health services every day. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 1 Jun 2022 |
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Launceston General HospitalMr Speaker, there is no doubt that the pressure on staff in the Launceston General Hospital is extreme at the moment. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 25 May 2022 |
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Government Must Ensure Safe Staffing Levels for NursesThe Premier assured us he has financial flex in his budget, and he should use it to ensure safe staffing levels in the health system, and to make a COVID allowa Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 20 Jan 2022 |
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Health Workers Deserve COVID AllowanceThe Gutwein government needs to follow Victoria’s lead and give healthcare workers in the public system a COVID allowance Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 13 Jan 2022 |
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As Cases Soar, World Health Organisation Makes a Lie of Premier’s ‘Mild’ ClaimsWith a 50% test positivity rate and 2223 recorded cases today, Tasmanians are suffering as a result of the Gutwein Government’s hands-off approach to Omicron. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 8 Jan 2022 |
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Peter Gutwein Needs to Stand Up to Morrison at National CabinetThe Premier who has effectively abandoned Tasmanians to Covid needs to show some backbone at National Cabinet today. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 5 Jan 2022 |
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Liberals Must Act on Health ConcernsPolice Union reports of an unresponsive baby who had to be transported to hospital by police because no ambulance was available are alarming. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 9 Dec 2021 |
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Minister Silent on Healthcare Staff COVID AbsencesThe Government must urgently consider the potential health system impacts of absences from healthcare workers who become infected with coronavirus. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 9 Nov 2021 |
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HealthStats Reveals More Disastrous Scenes at RHH EDThe HealthStats update, released today, once again shows the deepening crisis at the Royal Hobart Hospital, with record low statistics once again Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 29 Oct 2021 |
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Greens Support ANMF PetitionThe Tasmanian Greens are proud to sponsor the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation’s parliamentary petition about our state’s deepening health crisis. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 26 Oct 2021 |
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RHH Crisis Won’t Be Fixed By SpinThe 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 |
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Hospital Emergency Department StaffingThe 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 |
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Worst Results on Record for Emergency DepartmentsToday’s HealthStats Dashboard update shows key statistics for Tasmania's EDs have reached new lows Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 27 Aug 2021 |
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Gutwein’s Band-Aid BudgetAfter eight years of underfunding health, housing, education, skills, and corrections, the Liberals have delivered a Band-Aid Budget Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 26 Aug 2021 |
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Rockliff Must Give Nurses a Place at the TableTasmania’s new Health Minister Jeremy Rockliff should re-establish the position of Statewide Executive Director of Nursing on the THS Executive Board Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 26 May 2021 |
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Greens' Fix For HealthThe Greens understand the need for immediate and ambitious action to tackle the health crisis, and are proud to announce our comprehensive plan to do just that. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 29 Apr 2021 |
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Leaders' DebatePeter Gutwein and Rebecca White having a Leaders debate, organised by the Property Council at Wrest Point casino, says everything about their priorities. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 15 Apr 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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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 - Implementation of Recommendations of Auditor-GeneralThere is an absence of effective leadership and accountability to change a health service culture deeply resistant to change. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 29 May 2019 |
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Hospitals - Implementation of Recommendations of Auditor-GeneralThe Auditor-General's report into the performance of Tasmania's hospital emergency departments is extremely confronting. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 29 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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Greens Release Healthy Foods, Healthy Patients PlanThe resignation of yet another senior surgeon, makes it’s clear Michael Ferguson’s crisis at the Launceston General Hospital is ongoing. Andrea Dawkins | Media Release | 22 Feb 2018 |
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Public Health Reform Desperately Needed Under LiberalsThe Greens welcome the clear pathway presented through the Public Health Policy Reform plan announced by major health agencies today. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 11 Sep 2017 |
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Joint Health Shows Need For An Emergency Winter PlanThe Joint Statement on Public Hospitals from all major Tasmanian health bodies shows the critical state of our public hospitals. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 17 Apr 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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Emergency Department Report Ignored by FergusonI 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 |
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Ferguson's RHH Christmas ChaosHealth 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 |
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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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Health Budget Crisis Looming, Where's Will?The Tasmanian Budget is heading for crisis with an estimated $1.8 billion in Federal cuts to health beginning from 1 July next year. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 26 Jul 2016 |
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Health System in CrisisThe events in Tasmania’s hospitals over the last couple of months are inexcusable and cast a black shadow over this parliament. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 5 Apr 2016 |
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Stop Shifting Health Blame, Just Fix It, MinisterThe events of the last couple of days in our hospitals are inexcusable and they shame us all. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 24 Mar 2016 |