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Latest Press Releases: AMBULANCE OFFICERS STRESSED AND OVERWORKED: LEAKED DOCUMENTSNSW Opposition Leader Barry O’Farrell and Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today revealed leaked documents shows the state’s Ambulance officers are stressed and overworked.Friday 11 April 2008 ELDERLY EMERGENCY WARD UNITS: LABOR’S REANNOUNCEMENTS, REBA’S RECYCLINGDespite being Health Minister for more than a year, Reba Meagher’s only policy announcement of Medical Assessment Units has been recycled and reannounced twice before, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today.Thursday 10 April 2008 PETITION TO KEEP HYDROTHERAPY POOL AT ROYAL NORTH SHORE:Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today launched a petition to keep a hydrotherapy pool at Royal North Shore Hospital.Thursday 10 April 2008 MORRIS MUST PUT PATIENTS FIRST: REBA SHOULD BE THE FIRST TO BE RESHUFFLED"It's unlikely he will move on them. He needs their support to keep the leadership." Senior Labor MP Daily Telegraph 9/4/08 Reba Meagher should be the first Minister to be moved in Morris Iemma’s impending reshuffle, and her replacement should be a Health Minister who will actually make improvements to the hospital network, Deputy NSW Opposition Leader and Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 9 April 2008REBA MEAGHER CLOSES ACCOMMODATION FOR CARERS OF SERIOUSLY ILL PATIENTS: BREAKS PROMISE TO FAMILIESHealth Minister Reba Meagher has axed the subsidised accommodation promised to country families and carers supporting loved ones undergoing treatment at Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell and Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 8 April 2008 NSW LIBERAL/NATIONALS WELCOME ADDITIONAL NORTH COAST HEALTH INQUIRY HEARINGSShadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today welcomed the scheduling of additional public hearings on the North Coast of the Garling Health Inquiry. Tuesday 8 April 2008WOMAN WAITS A YEAR FOR A WHEELCHAIR: REBA MEAGHER’S INCOMPETENCE HURTING FAMILIESReba Meagher’s continued bungling and incompetence has resulted in a 27-year-old woman having to wait more than a year for a wheelchair, resulting in further medical complications and severely impacting on her quality of life, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Monday 7 April 2008IT IS CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS CLOGGING EMERGENCY NOT THOSE WHO BYPASS THE GPFigures posted on the Iemma Government’s own health website confirm that it is patients with life threatening and potentially serious conditions who are clogging emergency departments, not the less serious who could be seen by a GP, according to the NSW Opposition. Sunday 6 April 2008 IEMMA GOVT FALLS SHORT OF COALITION’S EMERGENCY VEHICLE GPS PROMISESShadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today welcomed news the Iemma Government has decided to adopt half of the NSW Liberal/Nationals policy to fit all emergency ambulances with GPS units, but says the roll-out should be extended to all emergency vehicles. Saturday 5th April 2008GRAEME REEVES: LABOR MP’S FAIL TO SUPPORT LETTER, MEAGHER FAILS TO INTRODUCE LEGISLATIONThe Iemma Government continues to drag it’s feet on Graeme Reeves, after it’s MP’s failed to show up to help a Parliamentary Committee draft a please explain letter to the HCCC, and Health Minister Reba Meagher failed to introduce legislation she announced a month ago in regards to reporting medical misconduct, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner and Liberal Member for Hornsby Judy Hopwood said today. Friday 4 April 2008REBA MEAGHER REFUSES TO NAME HOSPITALS BEING AUDITED FOR MANIPULATING DATADespite being asked three times in Parliament today, Health Minister Reba Meagher has refused to name those hospitals being audited for manipulating performance data, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said. Thursday 3 April 2008REBA MEAGHER’S EMERGENCY: PLAN WON’T SOLVE PROBLEMS IN OUR HOSPITALSShadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today Reba Meagher’s plan to add another layer of bureaucracy to emergency departments in public hospitals would not improve treatment for patients. Thursday 3 April 2008IEMMA GOVT MANIPULATING OFFICIAL HOSPITAL FIGURES: REBA MEAGHER MUST COME CLEANDr Tony O’Connell, NSW Health Director of Performance Improvement responding to reports manipulation of official hospital performance figures is widespread: “There’s no evidence that this is widespread.” – AAP 24/3/08 It is an ‘outrageous claim’ – “There’s no evidence that I have that it has happened anywhere else.” SMH 25/3/08 “It’s really quite perverse.” SMH 25/3/08 “That’s nonsense” 2GB 25/3/08 After denying the doctoring of official performance figures in public hospitals was widespread last week, Health Minister Reba Meagher should come clean and reveal exactly how many hospitals are now under investigation for manipulating performance data, NSW Opposition Leader Barry O’Farrell and Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 3 April 2008HOW MANY TIMES DOES THE ANDERSON FAMILY HAVE TO RECOUNT THEIR ORDEAL BEFORE THE IEMMA GOVT ACTSMore than two years after the death of 16-year-old Vanessa Anderson, her father Warren has again had to front a state government investigatory body to recount the hospital bungling that killed his daughter, Mrs Skinner said. Wednesday 2 April 2008HOSPITAL FOOD MAKING PATIENTS SICK: MALNOURISHMENT A MAJOR PROBLEMThe food in NSW hospitals is literally making patients sick, with dieticians confirming substandard meals are impacting on patient health, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 2 April 2008PUBLIC SUBMISSIONS TO GARLING HEALTH INQUIRY EXTENDED TO APRIL 11Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today the deadline for public submissions to the Garling health inquiry has been extended to April 11. Tuesday 1 April 2008REBA MEAGHER’S LATEST INCOMPETENCE: CANCER PATIENTS DENIED RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENTRevelations that radiotherapy treatment sessions for some cancer patients have been cancelled because of broken down equipment shows how badly rundown public hospitals in NSW have become under Reba Meagher, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Monday 31 March 200854,000 INCIDENTS AT PUBLIC HOSPITALS IN JUST SIX MONTHS: REPORT JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERGThe latest report compiled by the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission has revealed that there were 53,817 clinical ‘incidents’ in the NSW health system in just six months, many of them putting patients at risk, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Sunday 30 March 2008SKINNER URGES CLINICIANS TO MAKE MOST OF HEALTH INQUIRY RETURNING TO ROYAL NORTH SHORE Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today urged clinicians and members of the public to get along to the second day of Health Inquiry public hearings at Royal North Shore Hospital next week. Saturday 29 March 2008ANOTHER HEALTH COST BLOWOUT: BLAYNEY MPS FUTURE AT RISK Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner and The Nationals MLC for Bathurst Rick Colless today expressed concern over the future of the Blayney MPS following revelations of a 160% blowout in its cost. Friday 28 March 2008MORRIS IEMMA ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AS NSW LOSES OUT ON ALL FRONTS Deputy NSW Opposition Leader Jillian Skinner said today Morris Iemma’s inaction, ineffectiveness and laziness has been on full display this week. Friday 28 March 2008MORE IEMMA GOVT HEALTH INCOMPETENCE: 76-YEAR-OLD WOMEN’S TRIPLE BYPASS CANCELLEDThe Iemma Government’s health incompetence has been exposed yet again after a woman flew from Bellingen in the state’s north to Sydney for a triple bypass operation on her heart, only to be told her procedure was cancelled, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 27 March 2008MORRIS IEMMA OUT-FOXED BY ANNA BLIGH: NSW MISSES OUT ON ‘EXTRA’ HOSPITAL FUNDS Morris Iemma has been hopelessly out-foxed by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh over hospital funding, Deputy NSW Opposition Leader and Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 27 March 2008REBA MEAGHER MANIPULATING EMERGENCY WAITING TIME FIGURESThe Iemma Government and Health Minister Reba Meagher continue to deny manipulating emergency waiting time data despite mounting evidence pointing to systemic doctoring of official figures, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 25 March 2008 MORRIS IEMMA HAS FORM ON DOCTORING HEALTH STATS: COALITION Morris Iemma has form on doctoring health statistics and cannot be believed when his Government claims the problems are isolated, NSW Opposition Leader Barry O’Farrell and Shadow Health Minister Jillian Skinner said today. Monday 24 March 2008IEMMA GOVT MUST PLAY PART TO RAISE ORGAN DONATION: COALITION NSW Opposition Leader Barry O’Farrell and Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today called on the Iemma Government to play a greater role in the promotion of organ donation. Saturday 22 March 2008more.... |
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