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Hodgman's Health DishonestyPremier Will Hodgman continues to falsely claim his government has not cut the Health Budget. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 10 Sep 2019 |
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Nurses Next in Liberals' Frontline Health CutsThe enforced reduction of casual and permanent part-time nurses’ shift hours is the next frontline health cut under the Liberals’ efficiency dividend. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 9 Sep 2019 |
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Ferguson Left Hospitals Under-Resourced, Running on EmptyMinister Ferguson ignored nurses, doctors, infectious disease specialists and health economists' warnings about the flu season and winter rush. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 10 Oct 2016 |
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Acute Crisis Care in Tasmanian HospitalsI have noticed a couple of concerning things in the paediatric areas of the North West Regional Hospital and the Launceston General Hospital. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 25 Aug 2016 |
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Ferguson Failing Sick ChildrenStaff numbers, equipment and facilities in the paediatric wards at Northern Hospitals are distressingly inadequate. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 25 Aug 2016 |
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Health Minister Ferguson Crippling LGH Emergency DepartmentThe Launceston General emergency department has suffered an exodus of nine of eleven specialists and six senior nursing staff. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 16 Jun 2016 |
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Health Minister Ferguson Still Blaming Others for Emergency Department ChaosThe public record states that 9 out of 11 specialists from the Launceston General Hospital's Emergency Department have resigned. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 15 Jun 2016 |
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Patient Care at RiskCalls on the government to permanently employ more nurses and midwives in order to ensure safe patient care rather than relying on overtime and double shifts. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 18 Nov 2015 |
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Smoke and Mirrors in Our HospitalsThe 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. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 18 Nov 2015 |
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Explanation of $100K THS Recruitment Bill NeededThe 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. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 11 Nov 2015 |
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Valuing community nursesThe Australian College of Nursing has launched the Community and Primary Health Care Nursing Week to celebrate the work of community-based health care. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 22 Sep 2015 |
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Health System Needs More BedsLaunceston General Hospital patients are once more feeling the brunt of the government's health cuts. Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 9 Sep 2015 |
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Hodgman Regime Attacks Workers' RightsThe 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 |