September 2009
NSW LIB/NATS HOLD MACARTHUR SOCIAL POLICY FRAMEWORK COMMUNITY CONSULTATION MEETING
(Please visit www.SSHS.com.au for details of other community consultations around the State)
The NSW Liberals & Nationals held a community consultation meeting on Friday 25 September 2009 in Glen Alpine to listen to community feedback and suggestions based on its social policy framework, which sets out goals to make NSW a smarter, stronger, healthier and safer place to live. Monday 29 September 2009
HOSPITAL STAFF CUTS CONTINUE TO HAVE TRAGIC CONSEQUENCES
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today expressed her shock and horror at revelations a dead body was left for four days in a room at the Royal North Shore Hospital without being returned to the hospital morgue after a family viewing. Tuesday 29 September 2009
PATIENTS CHOOSING HOME DIALYSIS NEED GREATER SUPPORT
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today revelations low income families and pensioners were struggling to meet the cost of increased power bills from home dialysis treatment was unacceptable and greater support was needed to reduce the financial burden. Monday 28 September 2009
CONTINUAL BULLI EMERGENCY CLOSURES PUT PATIENTS AT RISK
Labor’s shutdown of the Bulli Hospital’s emergency department last weekend is further demonstration the Rees Labor Government still has plans to close the facility altogether, Shadow Health Minister Jillian Skinner said today. Monday 28 September 2009
FAMILY DESERVES ANSWERS OVER GOSFORD HOSPITAL DEATH
The family of a woman who died at Gosford Hospital after contracting an infection although only being treated for broken bones deserves answers from the Rees Labor Government, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 24 September 2009
NEW HEALTH MINISTER MISLEADS ON HORNSBY HOSPITAL BUDGET CUTS
"There are no plans to reduce the Budget for Hornsby Kur-ring-gai Hospital. We have responded to the demand for medical care by increasing the Budget for Hornsby Kur-ring-gai Hospital." Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt in NSW Parliament, September 22 2009
New Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt’s claim that Hornsby Hospital’s budget will not be cut has been contradicted by her senior bureaucrats in advice to local doctors, according to Shadow Health Minister Jillian Skinner. September 22nd 2009
SKINNER CALLS ON GOVT TO GUARANTEE FUTURE OF GREENWICH DAY CARE CENTRE
North Shore MP Jillian Skinner has called on the NSW Government to provide funding to save the Day Care Centre at Greenwich Hospital. Wednesday September 23rd 2009
REES GOVT FAILS ON ABORIGINAL HEALTH PROMISES
The Rees Labor Government has failed the health system and Aboriginal communities by scrapping its State Plan promise to reduce the number of hospital admissions of Aboriginal people, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 22nd September 2009
MAKING NSW HEALTHIER - LIBERALS & NATIONALS ANNOUNCE HEALTH POLICY GOALS
The NSW Liberals/Nationals are committed to improving both health services and the health of the community in NSW, following today’s launch of the Smarter, Stronger, Healthier, Safer social policy framework, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner and Shadow Minister for Healthier Lifestyles and Mental Health Kevin Humphries said today. Monday 21 September 2009
REES’ REDUNDANCY PLAN: PRIORITIES ALL WRONG
The Rees Labor Government’s plans to slash around 1000 jobs, including nurses and other frontline workers shows its inherent inability to manage the public health system and budget. Monday 21st September 2009
LABOR GOVERNMENT AXES SPINAL CORD INJURIES RESEARCH FUNDING ARRANGEMENT
Speed cameras will be installed around 10 NSW schools to raise ‘more than $20 million for research on spinal cord injuries and extra services for people with physical disabilities” Bob Carr announced at thePremier’s Forum on ‘Spinal Injury and other Neurological Conditions’ on 27th January 2003.
The Labor Government was today forced into an embarrassing admission that money raised from school speed cameras is no longer going to spinal cord injury research as promised. Thursday 17 September 2009
TEBBUTT SHOULD BE INCREASING HORNSBY HOSPITAL BUDGET – NOT CUTTING IT
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt should be increasing Hornsby Hospital’s health budget by $9 million – not cutting it. Thursday 17 September 2009
TEBBUTT’S TO DO LIST AT NEPEAN HOSPITAL
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today said the new Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt must use her visit to Nepean Hospital to deliver practical solutions to the problems plaguing Western Sydney health services and not just for a photo opportunity. Tuesday 15 September 2009
REES LABOR GOVT INCOMPETENCE: SESIAHS OVERDUE HEALTH BILLS $12 MILLION
“My guarantee is that the benchmark that has been established for a long time will be met.” Former Health Minister John Della Bosca in relation to the 45-day NSW Health benchmark to pay hospital bills, NSW Parliament, Hansard 25/9/2008
“The Premier was “too busy with other things” to deal with the issue (of unpaid bills)”, Nathan Rees’ spokesperson, ‘Premier ‘too busy’ to resuscitate hospitals’ SMH, 28/1/2009
The Rees Government’s appalling record of not paying health bills has surfaced again with revelations today creditors are owed $69 million, including South Eastern Sydney and Illawarra Area Health Service owing $12 million, despite Labor previously saying they would be paid off, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 September 2009
REES LABOR GOVT INCOMPETENCE: NSCCAHS OVERDUE HEALTH BILLS $15.2 MILLION
“My guarantee is that the benchmark that has been established for a long time will be met.” Former Health Minister John Della Bosca in relation to the 45-day NSW Health benchmark to pay hospital bills, NSW Parliament, Hansard 25/9/2008
“The Premier was “too busy with other things” to deal with the issue (of unpaid bills)”, Nathan Rees’ spokesperson, ‘Premier ‘too busy’ to resuscitate hospitals’ SMH, 28/1/2009
The Rees Government’s appalling record of not paying health bills has surfaced again with revelations today creditors are owed $69 million, including North Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service owing $15.2 million, despite Labor previously saying they would be paid off, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 September 2009
REES LABOR GOVT INCOMPETENCE: SWAHS OVERDUE HEALTH BILLS $14.3 MILLION
“My guarantee is that the benchmark that has been established for a long time will be met.” Former Health Minister John Della Bosca in relation to the 45-day NSW Health benchmark to pay hospital bills, NSW Parliament, Hansard 25/9/2008
“The Premier was “too busy with other things” to deal with the issue (of unpaid bills)”, Nathan Rees’ spokesperson, ‘Premier ‘too busy’ to resuscitate hospitals’ SMH, 28/1/2009
The Rees Government’s appalling record of not paying health bills has surfaced again with revelations today creditors are owed $69 million, including Sydney West Area Health Service owing $14.3 million, despite Labor previously saying they would be paid off, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 September 2009
REES LABOR GOVT INCOMPETENCE: GSAHS OVERDUE HEALTH BILLS $10.5 MILLION
“My guarantee is that the benchmark that has been established for a long time will be met.” Former Health Minister John Della Bosca in relation to the 45-day NSW Health benchmark to pay hospital bills, NSW Parliament, Hansard 25/9/2008
“The Premier was “too busy with other things” to deal with the issue (of unpaid bills)”, Nathan Rees’ spokesperson, ‘Premier ‘too busy’ to resuscitate hospitals’ SMH, 28/1/2009
The Rees Government’s appalling record of not paying health bills has surfaced again with revelations today creditors are owed $69 million, including Greater Southern Area Health Service owing $10.5 million, despite Labor previously saying they would be paid off, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 September 2009
REES LABOR GOVT INCOMPETENCE: OVERDUE HEALTH BILLS BACK UP TO $69M
The Rees Government’s appalling record of not paying health bills has surfaced again with revelations today creditors are owed $69 million despite Labor previously saying they would be paid off, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Monday 14 September 2009
LABOR’S CUTS TO HEALTH: NSW NEEDS CHANGE
Labor’s continuing cuts to health are starting to bite with reports hospitals are unable to use operating theatres because they don’t have the funding, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 10 September 2009
LABOR FAILING OUR HOSPITALS: PERFORMANCE SUFFERING IN THE FACE OF NURSING CUTS
The farcical quarterly performance report issued by part-time Health Minister John Hatzistergos shows all but four hospitals failing to meet Australian emergency treatment targets because of nursing cuts by the Rees Labor Government, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 9 September 2009
HATZISTERGOS MUST COMMIT TO PUBLICLY RELEASING CONCORD INVESTIGATION RESULTS
The results of any investigation into the shocking allegations concerning Concord Hospital must be made public to reassure the public the Rees Labor Government is not covering anything up, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Friday 4 September 2009
RUDD REJECTS TRIPODI: SO SHOULD REES
Revelations Kevin Rudd has placed a ban on State Labor Government MPs switching to federal politics again demonstrates the Prime Minister’s distain for Nathan Rees’ incompetence, failure and infighting, Deputy NSW Opposition Leader Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 3 September 2009
STATE LABOR GOVERNMENT’S TRAGIC FAILURE: HOMICIDE AND SUICIDE PREVENTABLE - REPORT
The fourth report into mental health patient deaths and homicides, released on the day John Della Bosca resigned, shows the Rees Labor Government has failed to implement numerous recommendations, starved the sector of resources and a number of preventable suicides and homicides have taken place, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 3 September 2009
NATHAN REES MUST APPOINT PERMANENT FULL-TIME HEALTH MINISTER TODAY: SKINNER
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today demanded Nathan Rees appoint a permanent full-time Health Minister today to end the uncertainty around this crucial portfolio. Thursday 3 September 2009
MAJOR HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENTS WILL BE DELAYED BY LABOR’S MINISTERIAL FAILURE
The list of hospital upgrades promised by the State Labor Government at the 2007 State Election will again be delayed following the latest change in Health Minister, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 3 September 2009
REES SHOWS HIS IGNORANCE AND ARROGANCE: FOOLISHLY ATTACKING GARLING INQUIRY
Nathan Rees should apologise to Commissioner Peter Garling SC for attacking his findings on the NSW Health system, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 2 September 2009
COWARDLY LABOR MINISTERS RUN FROM HEALTH: ‘I WOULD WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY’ - SKINNER
With Labor Ministers ducking for cover as Nathan Rees looks around for a new permanent Health Minister, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today she would relish the opportunity to fix our hospitals. Wednesday 2 September 2009
REES HEALTH ATTACK FALLS FLAT: GARLING SAID “NSW HEALTH – ON THE BRINK”
Nathan Rees showed an appalling ignorance in Parliamentary question time today when he described the term “on the brink” as an attack on frontline health services, it was in fact how Commissioner Garling described the NSW Health system in his comprehensive report, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 1 September 2009
The resignation of Health Minister John Della Bosca, not even a year after being appointed, leaves patients and medical professionals in yet another state of limbo, and facing their fifth Health Minister in just four years, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 1 September 2009