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Public Health System

We really hear the pain of doctors, nurses, midwives and paramedics and what frustrates us so much is that the Government has things it can do.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  17 Aug 2022


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Greens Table Petition to Support Health Workers

Today 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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Rockliff Must Give Nurses a Place at the Table

Tasmania’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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Solving the Nursing Shortage

The Greens were proud to join members of the ANMF to launch our plan to solve the nursing and midwife shortage

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  16 Apr 2021


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Hodgman's Health Dishonesty

Premier 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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Nurses Next in Liberals' Frontline Health Cuts

The enforced reduction of casual and permanent part-time nurses’ shift hours is the next frontline health cut under the Liberals’ efficiency dividend.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  9 Sep 2019


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Ferguson Left Hospitals Under-Resourced, Running on Empty

Minister Ferguson ignored nurses, doctors, infectious disease specialists and health economists' warnings about the flu season and winter rush.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  10 Oct 2016


Royal Hobart Hospital, Emergency Department Entrance

Acute Crisis Care in Tasmanian Hospitals

I have noticed a couple of concerning things in the paediatric areas of the North West Regional Hospital and the Launceston General Hospital.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Parliamentary Activity  |  25 Aug 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


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Smoke and Mirrors in Our Hospitals

The government’s proposal to limit nursing shifts to a maximum of 12 hours will not improve the amount of double-shifts being worked around the state.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  18 Nov 2015


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Explanation of $100K THS Recruitment Bill Needed

The THS has had an interim CEO in place for more than four months, and the recruitment process for the permanent CEO is still not finalised.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  11 Nov 2015


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Health System Needs More Beds

Launceston General Hospital patients are once more feeling the brunt of the government's health cuts.

Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP  |  Media Release  |  9 Sep 2015


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Hodgman Regime Attacks Workers' Rights

The Hodgman regime has tried to restrict the rights of nurses and midwives to better understand the impact of the public sector wage freeze.

Cassy O'Connor MP  |  Media Release  |  21 Aug 2014