Tag: Health Administration
No 'quick fix' for surgery cancellations
Tasmania's Health Minister, Lara Giddings, says there are no quick fix solutions to the problems at the Launceston General Hospital.[MORE]
NT Govt orders medivac review
The Northern Territory Government says there will be an independent review of its remote medical flight services after a man died last week while waiting for a plane to take him to hospital.[MORE]
Education reps meeting teachers over cancer concerns
Representatives from Tasmania's education department will speak to staff at Hobart's Hazelwood School this afternoon.[MORE]
Reynolds argues against ambulance privatisation
The Speaker of State Parliament is opposing his own Government's decision to give consideration to privatising parts of the Queensland Ambulance Service.[MORE]
Community needs more funds for Saturday GP
A Hunter Valley community says it has a doctor ready to start practising on Saturdays, but not enough funding to make it happen.[MORE]
Fears pay shake-up may cut paramedic wages
The ambulance union says a proposed pay restructure could cut paramedic wages.[MORE]
Health Department under attack for 'wasting' $180,000
The Minister for Health, Jim McGinty, and the Health Department are under attack for paying a consultant about $180,000 to fit out new offices in Osborne Park.[MORE]
Fraser Coast group seeks more health shake-up details
The Fraser Coast Health Focus Group has cautiously welcomed the restructure of the health system announced by the Queensland Government.[MORE]
New Hospital section leaking
Water leaking from a ceiling is causing concerns for staff at the Royal Hobart Hospital's new emergency department.[MORE]
Hospital to address ambulance crowding
Bendigo Health will make improvements to ease ambulance crowding outside the Bendigo Hospital emergency department.[MORE]
Qld Health to streamline far north services
The Health Minister has announced Queensland Health is removing an administrative layer to streamline the provision of health services in the far north.[MORE]
Union fears call centre staff shortage risking patient safety
The union representing Queensland's paramedics says patient safety in Townsville is being compromised because of a shortage of staff in the emergency call centre.[MORE]
Qld doctor attacks 'Third World' cancer service
An oncologist says cancer patients are dying because Queensland Health is delaying clinical drug trials.[MORE]
Review underway into super bug outbreak
The North Coast Area Health Service is confident it is winning the battle to eradicate the antibiotic resistant super bug, VRE, from Coffs Harbour Base Hospital on the New South Wales mid-north coast.[MORE]
Hospital exercise to improve emergency response
The Ballarat Base Hospital says it will improve its response to major emergencies, after an emergency exercise yesterday.[MORE]
Shared care mental health protocol for Ballarat
Ballarat Health psychiatric services and Grampians' Region general practitioners have signed a shared care protocol.[MORE]
Launceston nurses stressed by overcrowding
The Nursing Federation wants firm action to ensure winter overcrowding at the Launceston General Hospital is not repeated next year.[MORE]
Asia Pacific must tackle child mortality: UNICEF
A new United Nations report on infant and child mortality has some blunt messages for governments in the Asia Pacific region.[MORE]
LGH squeeze forces patient transfers
Overcrowding at the Launceston General Hospital has forced the transfer of some patients to other hospitals.[MORE]
School at centre of cancer concerns to move
A Tasmanian school linked to a possible cancer cluster will be re-located to a new site by the end of next year.[MORE]
AMA calls for national immunisation register
The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has called on the Federal Government to create a single national immunisation register.[MORE]
Geraldton hospital admissions on the rise
New Health Department figures show admissions to Geraldton Regional Hospital have increased by a quarter since the new hospital opened three years ago.[MORE]
Govt sticks with ambulance levy plan
The Tasmanian Government is standing firm on its plans to introduce an ambulance levy, despite a call for the proposal to be dumped. [MORE]
Council seeks help with flu strategy
The Towong Shire Council is calling for Victorian Government assistance to develop a plan to cope with an influenza pandemic.[MORE]
More cancer claims at Hobart school
Questions have been raised about the Tasmanian Education Department's response to a potential cancer cluster at a Hobart school for children with special needs.[MORE]
