These are press releases issued by Jillian Skinner since the March 2007 State election
PRESS RELEASE INDEX
July 2008
REBA MEAGHER DROPS THE BALL AGAIN ON DR REEVES: VICTIMS STILL HAVE NO ANSWERS
Despite a report released by Health Minister Reba Meagher on Dr Graeme Reeves today, the victims of this affair still don’t have any answers as to who was to blame for hiring an impaired doctor, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 31 July 2008
NSW LIBERAL/NATIONALS TO MAKE PUBLIC LIBRARIES THE HUB OF THE COMMUNITY (see discussion paper)
Public libraries would be restored as the hub of the community under a NSW Liberal/Nationals Government, Shadow Minister for Arts Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 30 July 2008
PARKES BIRTHING UNIT: REBA MEAGHER MUST COME CLEAN
Health Minister Reba Meagher must end the dithering and come clean on the future of the birthing unit at Parkes Hospital, amid fears the unit is the latest earmarked for closure by the Iemma Labor Government, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Monday 28th July 2008
MEAGHER MUST ADDRESS AMBULANCE WOES
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today called on Health Minister Reba Meagher to address concerns that led to ambulance officers taking industrial action this week. Saturday 26 July 2008
BIRTHING UNIT CLOSURE: BLUE MOUNTAINS IS NOT ALONE, THANKS TO LABOR
The closure of the Blue Mountains birthing unit will come as little surprise to rural and regional communities, with the closure of more than 30 birthing units in rural and regional hospitals in the 13 years of Labor, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 24th July 2008
IEMMA GOVT BUCKLES AND FINALLY AGREES TO RELEASE HOSPITAL INFECTION RATES
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today welcomed Reba Meagher’s belated backflip to agree to publish hospital infection rates, but it’s one driven more by necessity than a commitment of transparency and accountability. Wednesday 23 July 2008
IEMMA GOVT SPIN OUT OF CONTROL:HOSPITAL ATTEMPTS TO DOWNPLAY ICU AND ED BLACKOUT
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today expressed amazement at the Iemma Labor Government’s pathetic attempts to downplay the catastrophic failure at Concord Hospital, which plunged the emergency department and intensive care unit into darkness over the weekend. Wednesday 23 July 2008
CONCORD HOSPITAL SUFFERS CATASTROPHIC FAILURE: BLACKOUT IN ED AND ICU
NSW Opposition Leader Barry O’Farrell and Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today revealed Concord Hospital suffered a catastrophic failure on Saturday with a blackout plunging the Intensive Care Unit and the Emergency Department into darkness following the failure of the emergency back-up generators. Tuesday 22 July 2008
DAMNING REVELATIONS ABOUT UNDER-RESOURCED AMBULANCE SERVICE
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said it would be criminal for Health Minister Reba Meagher to ignore the damning evidence to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the NSW Ambulance Service today. Tuesday 22 July 2008
AMBULANCE OFFICERS TO RALLY OUTSIDE PARLIAMENTARY INQUIRY
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said it was no surprise Ambulance officers would rally outside today’s Parliamentary inquiry into the Service given the Iemma Labor Government’s failure to address their concerns. Tuesday 22 July 2008
BLUE MOUNTAINS BIRTHING UNIT: ANOTHER IEMMA GOVT FAILURE
The Iemma Labor Government’s closure of the Blue Mountains Hospital’s birthing unit is the latest in a long list of obstetric units to be shut down under NSW Labor, and is more a cost-saving measure than a workforce problem, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Monday 21st July 2008
AMBULANCE RESCUE SERVICE: IEMMA GOVT MUST COME CLEAN ON ITS FUTURE
The Iemma Labor Government must announce once and for all the future of the Ambulance Rescue Service, amid rumours Health Minister Reba Meagher is considering scrapping the vital service later this year, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Friday 18th July 2008
IEMMA BACKFLIPS TO FOLLOW O’FARRELL ON POLITICAL DONATION REFORM
Reports the Iemma Labor Government’s political donations reform cannot be legally implemented highlights its inherent inability to formulate and introduce genuine and workable policy, NSW Deputy Opposition Leader Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 17th July 2008
BLUE MTS BIRTHING UNIT TO SHUT
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner and former Liberal Candidate for Blue Mountains Michael Paag today slammed Health Minister Reba Meagher for failing to ensure sufficient medical cover which has let to the shut down the Blue Mountains District Anzac Memorial Hospital Birthing Unit. Thursday 17 July 2008
GOVT NEEDS TO ADVISE OF GASTRO OUTBREAKS SOONER
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today called on the Iemma Labor Government’s to end the delays in advising the public of outbreaks of gastroenteritis. Wednesday 16 July 2008
PUBLIC WOULD BE CONCERNED THAT COSTA, TRIPODI, OBEID AND MEAGHER ARE RUNNING NSW
Acting NSW Opposition Leader Jillian Skinner today expressed concern at Morris Iemma’s total dependence on Michael Costa, Joe Tripodi, Eddie Obeid and Reba Meagher for the numbers to retain his tenuous grip on the Labor leadership. Wednesday 16 July 2008
GRAHAM WEST: OUT OF TOUCH IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT
“When I saw the front page of the Advertiser I took the paper to John Della Bosca's office to show him.” Graham West, Member for Campbelltown, 9th July 2008
“John Della Bosca has been stood down as New South Wales Education Minister after admitting he helped pen an apology given to him by a central coast nightclub." ABC Radio, Sydney, 13th June 2008
Campbelltown MP Graham West must explain how he came to brief John Della Bosca about maintenance issues at schools in his electorate, given Mr Della Bosca had been stood down as Education Minister weeks before, Deputy NSW Opposition Leader Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15th July 2008
WESTMEAD HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPT DELAYS: TIP OF THE ICE BERG
Too many patients at Westmead Hospital are waiting longer than recommended for treatment, after new figures show more than half who present to the hospital’s emergency department were not treated in time, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said on a tour of Westmead Hospital today. Tuesday 15th July 2008
IEMMA GOVT CANNOT IGNORE CULTURE OF BULLYING IN AMBULANCE SERVICE
Acting NSW Opposition Leader and Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today the Iemma Labor Government could no longer ignore the culture of bullying within the NSW Ambulance Service. Tuesday 15 July 2008
NSW LIB/NATS BACK ‘STRESS DOWN ON 24/7’ DAY
Deputy NSW Opposition Leader and Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today threw her support behind Lifeline’s ‘Stress Down on 24/7’ day. Thursday 10 July 2008
SKINNER PRAISES HAWKESBURY HOSPITAL: CALLS ON MEAGHER TO INCREASE CAPACITY TO MEET DEMAND
Health Minister Reba Meagher must negotiate with Hawkesbury Hospital to provide additional public health services to meet growing local demand, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday, 10 July 2008NEPEAN HOSPITAL STRUGGLES TO MEET DEMAND
Health Minister Reba Meagher must face facts that Nepean Hospital is seriously under-resourced, under-funded and under-staffed, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday, 10 July 2008GOVERNMENT MISMANAGEMENT LEADS TO CRITICAL SHORTAGE OF PATHOLOGISTS
The long-term neglect of the NSW health system by the Iemma Governement, has led to a critical shortage of pathologists across the State, the Shadow Minister for Health, Jillian Skinner, said today. Wednesday 9 July 2008
BACK IEMMA OR SACK HIM: LABOR LEADERSHIP SPECULATION PARALYSING STATE
Deputy NSW Opposition Leader Jillian Skinner today called on the Labor Party to either back embattled Premier Morris Iemma or sack him, because the speculation over his leadership is adding to the State’s problems. Saturday 5 July 2008
IEMMA GOVT ABANDONS WESTERN SYDNEY: WESTMEAD MORGUE TO CLOSE
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today condemned the Iemma Labor Government’s closure of Westmead morgue, saying it would force families in Western Sydney to travel further to either Glebe or Newcastle to identify loved ones. Friday 4 July 2008
RESCUE HELICOPTER SERVICE – YET ANOTHER IEMMA GOVERNMENT BUNGLE
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today called for a review of the Iemma Labor Government’s contract with rescue helicopter service CHC, following yet another bungle in the service. Friday 5th July 2008
AMULANCE INQUIRY HEARS OF CULTURE OF BULLYING
Bullying, harassment, intimidation and an unsupportive management structure is the major theme raised in submissions by more than150 ambulance officers to the NSW Parliamentary inquiry into the NSW Ambulance Service that started hearings today. Thursday 3rd July 2008