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Health CrisisAmbulance ramping times at emergency departments are through the roof and patients have been told to stay away. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 7 Sep 2023 |
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Health – Drinking Water at the RHHAre patients in K Block at the Royal Hobart Hospital now able to use taps in their rooms for drinking water supply? Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 5 Jun 2023 |
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Health – RHH Helicopter FlightsMinister, I'd like to talk to you about the helipad on the Royal Hobart Hospital roof and the impact that it is having on residents of Hobart. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 5 Jun 2023 |
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Overdue Return of Masks in RHHThe RHH's decision to reinstate mask mandates is welcome, but also demonstrates the short-sighted nature of the decision to remove masks previously Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 21 Apr 2023 |
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Matter of Public Importance - HealthHe never comes up with a vision and a budget and a plan that is in scale with what is happening. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 28 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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Ramping Tragedy at RHHThe devastating consequences of increased ambulance ramping have been highlighted once again. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 24 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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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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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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Health - Hospital Performance and StaffingIn July, the Royal Hobart Hospital recorded its worst result on record for patients seen on time. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 6 Sep 2021 |
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Serious Lead Levels Demand Health InvestigationHigh levels of lead detected in the water supply for the new Royal Hobart Hospital K-Block building is deeply concerning news. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 6 Feb 2020 |
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Tasmanian Health System CutsIt has been confirmed since you came to office in 2014, around $1.6 billion of funding that should have gone into the health system has been spent elsewhere. Cassy O'Connor MP | Parliamentary Activity | 10 Sep 2019 |
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Health - Psychiatric Emergency Nurse NumbersThe Royal Hobart Hospital is funded for 5.8 full-time psychiatric emergency nurses yet as of two weeks ago only 2.8 of those positions were filled. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 30 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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Hospitals - Recommendations of RegistrarsThe legacy of the Minister's five-year health leadership so far has been a failure to listen to doctors and nurses. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 30 Apr 2019 |
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Mental Health FundingThere have been documented occasions where people in severe distress have been forced to wait in the emergency department for numbers of days. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 16 Oct 2018 |
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Health WhistleblowingDr O'Keeffe is a much-loved senior specialist in a range of women's health areas, including gynaecology and obstetrics. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 28 Aug 2018 |
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Royal Hobart Hospital - Teaching AccreditationLast August the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists withdrew accreditation of psychiatric training at the Royal Hobart Hospital. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 28 Aug 2018 |
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Health Services - Numbers of BedsDr Frank O'Keeffe is a highly regarded specialist who at a press conference yesterday expressed the intense frustrations of clinicians. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 28 Aug 2018 |
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Mental Health Unit RejectedThe AMA leaves no room for doubt in their criticism of the Hodgman Liberal government’s plan to steamroll through a new acute mental health facility. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 17 Nov 2017 |
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Issues at the Royal Hobart HospitalIn 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 |
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Royal Hobart Hospital - Psychiatric Medicine AccreditationAs we have just heard, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry has withdrawn their accreditation status from the Royal Hobart Hospital. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 9 Aug 2017 |
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Ferguson's Broken Health System LegacyHealth Ferguson’s parroting of an unusually high influenza season this winter is an insult to the staff and patients at the Royal Hobart Hospital. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 19 Sep 2017 |
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Ferguson's Failure on Psychiatric Medicine at the RHHThe withdrawal of 2 - 3 training psychiatrists from the staff of the Department of Psychiatric Medicine is a devastating blow to the functioning of the RHH. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 9 Aug 2017 |
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Ferguson's Band-aid Budget Won't Prevent RHH CrisisThere 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 |
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Coroner Confirms RHH Under-Resourcing Putting Patient Lives at RiskThe 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 |
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Ferguson Must Develop Winter Crisis Management Plan for RHHLast 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 |
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Report on State's Sick Hospitals Ignored by LiberalsThe 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 |
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RHH "Exceeding Capacity" Due to Ferguson's UnderfundingMinister Ferguson has finally admitted the self-evident truth, that “emergency and admissions are exceeding capacity" at the Royal Hobart Hospital. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 3 Feb 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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RHH Decant Leaves Psychiatric Unit Out in the ColdThe decant of the Psychiatric Unit at the Royal Hobart Hospital will drastically cut the quality of care for people in the greatest need. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 28 Nov 2016 |
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Hospital Decant Risks Patients' SafetySenior 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 |
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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. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Parliamentary Activity | 25 Aug 2016 |
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Ferguson Admits RHH FailureIn Parliament today, the Health Minister admitted the Royal Hobart Hospital redevelopment will be delayed until mid-2019. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 16 Aug 2016 |
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RHH Falling Apart Under Ferguson's WatchThe Health Minister's comment that the possibility of a post-surgery patient being exposed to asbestos was "regrettable" is insulting. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 11 Aug 2016 |
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RHH Asbestos Questions Need AnswersThe news that 40 staff may have been exposed to asbestos at the Royal Hobart Hospital is extremely concerning. We sincerely hope no staff have been exposed. Dr Rosalie Woodruff MP | Media Release | 29 Jul 2016 |
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Sound Proofing Needed for Theatre SuccessConstruction of a helipad on the roof of the Royal Hobart Hospital and its potential lifesaving capacity is wholeheartedly welcomed by the Greens. Andrea Dawkins | Media Release | 26 Aug 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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Royal Hobart Hospital AlternativeThe redevelopment of the Royal on its existing site is beset with problems. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 5 Oct 2014 |
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Royal Hobart Hospital TaskforceThe appointment of John Ramsay to head up Minister Ferguson’s expensive, six month review of the Royal Hobart Hospital redevelopment is an excellent choice. Cassy O'Connor MP | Media Release | 16 May 2014 |