The latest Health and Human Services Progress Report has revealed a deepening crisis in elective surgery waiting lists at the LGH. At the end of December, waiting lists were the highest they had been in a decade for the Northern region. The DHHS Progress Report shows admissions from elective surgery waiting lists at the LGH [...]
Healthy Futures: Building a better health system for Tasmanians
On Saturday, the Liberals announced our framework for the future of the health system under a majority Liberal Government, Healthy Futures: Building a better health system. The Liberals’ Future Directions 5 – Healthy Futures, sets the framework for building a better health system for Tasmania. It starts by recognising health as an essential service that [...]
On the state health budget – speech to Parliament
As I rise to make my contribution this afternoon on the health outputs as part of the Labor-Greens budget, I cannot help but notice that we still do not see any government members defending their own budget. There were members of the government both Labor and Greens who attended budget estimates committee A and asked [...]