November 2009
INCOMPETENT REES GOVERNMENT’S GARLING FAILURE: ONE YEAR ON, NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED
One year to the day since Commissioner Peter Garling SC handed down his findings and recommendations into the NSW Health system, the sad reality is nothing of substance has changed in the state’s public hospitals, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today .Friday 27 November 2009
LABOR’S TRIPLE-ZERO FAILURE CONTINUES
Serious concerns have again been raised about the ambulance triple-zero call service after an incident in Cullen Bullen near Lithgow in which a man died, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Friday 27 November 2009
REES’ PATHETIC ANSWER ON HIS TRIPLE-ZERO FAILURE: HE CAN’T OWN UP TO LABOR’S INCOMPETENCE
Nathan Rees has proved his State Labor Government truly is the most incompetent administration in the history of NSW, after failing to explain why callers to the ambulance triple-zero call centre are still being cut off and denied an ambulance despite genuine need, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 26 November 2009
LABOR SLASHES NURSE GRADUATE POSITIONS: CARMEL TEBBUTT’S RANK INCOMPETENCE
Incompetent Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt has slashed 150 positions from the nurse graduate intake program despite the fact there are 1,000 nurse vacancies across NSW, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 26 November 2009
LABOR’S TRIPLE-ZERO FAILURE: SIX MONTHS AFTER DAVID IREDALE, CALLS STILL BEING BOTCHED
The rank incompetence of the Rees Labor Government is eroding public trust in the triple-zero service following revelations more calls are being botched, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 26 November 2009
LABOR FAILING BATHURST FAMILIES: LIBERAL & NATIONALS BOARDS WILL REPRESENT THE COMMUNITY
The resignation of two high profile members of Labor’s Bathurst Health Council shows how dysfunctional the body is and how the local community is not represented under the Rees Government’s failed health model, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner and NSW Leader of The Nationals Andrew Stoner said today. Tuesday 24 November 2009
34 REASONS WHY LABOR HAS FAILED MOTHERS IN RURAL AND REGIONAL NSW
The State Labor Government has abandoned women in regional and rural NSW by closing 34 maternity units, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Monday 23 November 2009
LABOR’S HEALTH INCOMPETENCE: BARELY A QUARTER OF CLINICAL STAFF OFFICERS ACTUALLY WORKING
A linch-pin of the Rees Government’s response to the Garling inquiry is performing exactly like the rest of Labor’s health policies: late, unfinished and well below what was promised, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Friday 20 November 2009
AMA CONFIRMS LABOR’S HEALTH FAILURE: NSW LIBERALS & NATIONALS WILL DELIVER REAL CHANGE
The AMA (NSW) has confirmed Labor’s failure to properly implement the Garling inquiry recommendations, with a survey revealing nearly three-quarters of doctors believe the NSW health system hasn’t become a better place to work, NSW Opposition Leader Barry O’Farrell and Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 19 November 2009
GARLING RESPONSE A FAILURE: TEBBUTT GIVES HERSELF A TICK “REGARDLESS OF RESULTS”
In a shocking admission, Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt has discredited the entire reporting process on the implementation of the Garling Report recommendations after stating she’ll be giving her self a tick of approval on hand hygiene reforms, “regardless of results”, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today.
HEALTH LEGISLATION PASSES PARLIAMENT BUT DENIES NSW MPs FUTURE AMENDING OPPORTUNITY
This week an important piece of legislation passed through the NSW Parliament - a Bill that sets up a National registration scheme for medical professions. November 13 2009
SPEED CAMERA REVENUE AND SPINAL RESEARCH: LABOR ATTEMPTING TO HIDE THE TRUTH
Labor Treasurer Eric Roozendaal has failed to deny that speed camera revenue, originally designated specifically for spinal cord research, has been diverted into consolidated revenue and has resulted in less funding for spinal cord research than would otherwise have been the case, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today.Thursday 12 November 2009
TEBBUTT’S WEAK EXCUSES: PATIENT SURVEY SHOWS WAITS GETTING LONGER IN EMERGENCY
The 2009 NSW Health Patient Survey has revealed emergency patients are waiting longer than ever to get treatment in the public hospital system, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today.Tuesday 10 November 2009
LABOR’S BROKEN HEALTH SYSTEM: AMBULANCE RESPONSE TIMES AT A FOUR-YEAR HIGH
Ambulance response times are at a four-year high, showing the Rees Labor Government is failing to improve emergency services for families, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today.Monday 9 November 2009
NSW HEALTH SPENDING: ANOTHER FAILURE, ANOTHER LIST LABOR HAS US ON THE BOTTOM
A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has revealed the NSW Labor Government spend the least amount of money on preventative health per person of any state or territory in the nation, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today.Friday 6 November 2009
NEPEAN PAEDIATRIC BED CLOSURES LEAVE BLUE MOUNTAINS FAMILIES AT RISK
Revelations beds have been closed, staff cut and the emergency department at busy Nepean Hospital clogged with paediatric patients is yet another example of how the Rees Labor Government’s failed policies are impacting Blue Mountains families, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today.Wednesday 4 November 2009
TEBBUTT LOOKS MORE AND MORE RIDICULOUS: FRONTLINE NURSES ARE TAKING REDUNDANCIES
Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt’s claims that no frontline health workers are taking redundancies offered by the State Labor Government are looking more and more ridiculous after revelations of more nurses leaving the hospitals system.Wednesday 4 November 2009
BEDS CLOSED, STAFF CUT, EMERGENCY BED BLOCK: JUST ANOTHER DAY IN LABOR’S BROKEN HEALTH SYSTEM
Revelations beds have been closed, staff cut and the emergency department at busy Nepean Hospital clogged with paediatric patients is yet another example of how the Rees Labor Government’s failed policies are impacting on the NSW health system, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today.Wednesday 4 November 2009