The closure of the LGH’s Hospital in the Home program is a short-sighted decision caused by the Green-Labor Government’s desperate attempt to fill their budget black hole. On Monday I met with local advocates of the program who are deeply concerned about the impact the closure will have on the community.
Bass voters have their say about LGH cuts
Many Tasmanians – including almost 1000 that signed a petition I tabled in Parliament today – have expressed their strong opposition to the savage health cuts by Labor and the Greens. The petition calls on the Government to protect health services at the Launceston General Hospital, including elective surgery and acute care beds, from cuts [...]
Hot Issue: Our LGH and the health system
Sign my e-petition online by clicking here Northern Tasmanians are being badly let down by Labor and the Greens’ betrayal of our community. Labor and the Greens have taken the razor to our LGH and the statewide health system in a way which will see over 12,000 Tasmanians miss out on desperately needed surgery over the next [...]
Send the Government a message on LGH bed closures and elective surgery cuts
As your local member, I’m working to ensure that Northern residents have an opportunity to express their disgust at the heartless cuts to frontline health services at the LGH. I will present both a written petition and an e-petition to parliament calling on the Green-Labor Government to protect frontline services at the LGH and [...]
More Labor-Green budget cuts for our LGH
The battle for our LGH has just reached a critical point. Today’s Examiner correctly carried a front page story highlighting the new chapter in the long-running saga of Labor-Green attempts to disable our Launceston General Hospital. In short, the Government has knowingly given the CEO an impossible task – to find $39m in savings from [...]
