December 2009
NSW Coalition will re-engage local communities through District Health Boards
A key problem with the management of the public health system under Labor is its over-centralisation, added layers of bureaucratic red tape and remote decision-making. December 23 2009
TEBBUTT’S ‘SECOND’ PHASE HEALTH REFORMS CAN’T BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY
The second phase of Garling hospital reforms announced by Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt are a farce according to the NSW Opposition. Tuesday 22nd December 2009
AUDITOR GENERAL SLAMS LABOR: UNPRECEDENTED FAILURE IN GREATER WESTERN AREA HEALTH SERVICE
The Auditor General has confirmed Labor is failing to deliver for patients and medical staff across Greater Western Area Health Service, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 16 December 2009
AUDITOR GENERAL SLAMS LABOR: UNPRECEDENTED FAILURE IN GREATER SOUTHERN AREA HEALTH SERVICE
The Auditor General has confirmed Labor is failing to deliver for patients and medical staff across Greater Southern Area Health Service, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 16 December 2009
AUDITOR GENERAL SLAMS LABOR: UNPRECEDENTED FAILURE IN NORTH COAST AREA HEALTH SERVICE
The Auditor General has confirmed Labor is failing to deliver for patients and medical staff across North Coast Area Health Service, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 16 December 2009
AUDITOR GENERAL SLAMS LABOR: UNPRECEDENTED FAILURE IN NORTHERN SYDNEY CENTRAL COAST AREA HEALTH SERVICE
The Auditor General has confirmed Labor is failing to deliver for patients and medical staff across Northern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 16 December 2009
AUDITOR GENERAL SLAMS LABOR: UNPRECEDENTED FAILURE IN SOUTH EASTERN SYDNEY ILLAWARRA AREA HEALTH SERVICE
The Auditor General has confirmed Labor is failing to deliver for patients and medical staff across South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 16 December 2009
AUDITOR GENERAL SLAMS LABOR: UNPRECEDENTED FAILURE IN SYDNEY SOUTH WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE
The Auditor General has confirmed Labor is failing to deliver for patients and medical staff across Sydney South West Area Health Service, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 16 December 2009
AUDITOR GENERAL SLAMS LABOR: UNPRECEDENTED FAILURE IN SYDNEY WEST AREA HEALTH SERVICE
The Auditor General has confirmed Labor is failing to deliver for patients and medical staff across Sydney West Area Health Service, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 16 December 2009
AUDITOR GENERAL SLAMS LABOR: UNPRECEDENTED FAILURE IN HEALTH
The Auditor General has confirmed Labor is failing to deliver for patients and medical staff across NSW, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 16 December 2009
ILLAWARRA WAITING LISTS INCREASE BY 571 IN LAST 12 MONTHS
The 14-year-old State Labor Government has recorded the longest hospital waiting list on record, with 66,651 patients on waiting lists in hospitals across NSW, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 December 2009
BATHURST WAITING LIST INCREASES AGAIN OVER LAST 12 MONTHS
The 14-year-old State Labor Government has recorded the longest hospital waiting list on record, with 66,651 patients on waiting lists in hospitals across NSW, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 December 2009
BLACKTOWN HOSPITAL WAITING LIST INCREASES BY 301 IN LAST 12 MONTHS
The 14-year-old State Labor Government has recorded the longest hospital waiting list on record, with 66,651 patients on waiting lists in hospitals across NSW, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 December 2009
CANTERBURY-BANKSTOWN WAITING LISTS INCREASE BY 502 IN LAST 12 MONTHS
The 14-year-old State Labor Government has recorded the longest hospital waiting list on record, with 66,651 patients on waiting lists in hospitals across NSW, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 December 2009
CENTRAL WESTERN SYDNEY WAITING LISTS INCREASE BY 760 IN LAST 12 MONTHS
The 14-year-old State Labor Government has recorded the longest hospital waiting list on record, with 66,651 patients on waiting lists in hospitals across NSW, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 December 2009
CONCORD HOSPITAL WAITING LIST INCREASES BY 347 IN LAST 12 MONTHS
The 14-year-old State Labor Government has recorded the longest hospital waiting list on record, with 66,651 patients on waiting lists in hospitals across NSW, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 December 2009
FAIRFIELD HOSPITAL WAITING LIST INCREASES BY 134 IN LAST 12 MONTHS
The 14-year-old State Labor Government has recorded the longest hospital waiting list on record, with 66,651 patients on waiting lists in hospitals across NSW, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 December 2009
GREATER WESTERN SYDNEY WAITING LISTS INCREASE BY 820 IN LAST 12 MONTHS
The 14-year-old State Labor Government has recorded the longest hospital waiting list on record, with 66,651 patients on waiting lists in hospitals across NSW, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 December 2009
LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL WAITING LIST INCREASES BY 450 IN LAST 12 MONTHS
The 14-year-old State Labor Government has recorded the longest hospital waiting list on record, with 66,651 patients on waiting lists in hospitals across NSW, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 December 2009
MAITLAND WAITING LIST INCREASES BY 224 IN LAST 12 MONTHS
The 14-year-old State Labor Government has recorded the longest hospital waiting list on record, with 66,651 patients on waiting lists in hospitals across NSW, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 15 December 2009
LABOR’S FRONTLINE HEALTH CUTS LEAVE DUBBO PATIENTS STUCK IN EMERGENCY
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today the NSW Labor Government’s decision to cut frontline hospital staff has resulted in many emergency patients waiting too long for treatment in the Dubbo Hospital emergency department. Monday 14 December 2009
LABOR’S FRONTLINE HEALTH CUTS LEAVE PORT MACQUARIE PATIENTS STUCK IN EMERGENCY
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today the NSW Labor Government’s decision to cut frontline hospital staff has resulted in many emergency patients waiting too long for treatment in Port Macquarie Base Hospital (PMBH) emergency department. Monday 14 December 2009
LABOR’S FRONTLINE HEALTH CUTS LEAVE TAMWORTH PATIENTS STUCK IN EMERGENCY
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today the NSW Labor Government’s decision to cut frontline hospital staff has resulted in many emergency patients waiting too long for treatment in Tamworth Hospital emergency department. Monday 14 November 2009
LABOR’S FRONTLINE HEALTH CUTS LEAVE PENRITH PATIENTS STUCK IN EMERGENCY
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today the NSW Labor Government’s decision to cut frontline hospital staff has resulted in many emergency patients waiting too long for treatment in Nepean Hospital emergency department. Monday 14 November 2009
LABOR’S FRONTLINE HEALTH CUTS LEAVE ST GEORGE PATIENTS STUCK IN EMERGENCY
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today the NSW Labor Government’s decision to cut frontline hospital staff has resulted in many emergency patients waiting too long for treatment in St George Hospital emergency department. Mopnday 14 November 2009
LABOR’S FRONTLINE HEALTH CUTS LEAVE BLUE MOUNTAINS PATIENTS STUCK IN EMERGENCY
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today the NSW Labor Government’s decision to cut frontline hospital staff has resulted in many emergency patients waiting too long for treatment in Blue Mountains Hospital emergency departments. Monday 14 November 2009
LABOR’S FRONTLINE HEALTH CUTS LEAVE PARRAMATTA PATIENTS STUCK IN EMERGENCY
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today the NSW Labor Government’s decision to cut frontline hospital staff has resulted in many emergency patients waiting too long for treatment in Westmead Hospital emergency department. Monday 14 November 2009
LABOR’S FRONTLINE HEALTH CUTS LEAVE ILLAWARRA PATIENTS STUCK IN EMERGENCY
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today the NSW Labor Government’s decision to cut frontline hospital staff has resulted in many emergency patients waiting too long for treatment in Wollongong Hospital emergency department. Monday 14 November 2009
LABOR’S FRONTLINE HEALTH CUTS LEAVE EASTERN SUBURBS PATIENTS STUCK IN EMERGENCY
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today the NSW Labor Government’s decision to cut frontline hospital staff has resulted in many emergency patients waiting too long for treatment in Prince of Wales & St Vincent’s Hospitals emergency departments .14 November 2009
KENEALLY REVEALS THE TRUTH ABOUT HEALTH MANAGEMENT: THE PUBLIC SUPPORT LIB/NATS POLICY
Kristina Keneally has revealed the truth about hospital management in NSW: that the public support the Liberals & Nationals health policy to break up Labor’s Area Health Services and create smaller Health Districts with local boards, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 9 December 2009
LABOR’S COAG HEALTH INCOMPETENCE: ONGOING INACTION AND PUPPET KENEALLY CLUELESS
Labor’s performance on health at the latest Council Of Australian Government (COAG) meeting is nothing short of woeful, Deputy NSW Opposition Leader and Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 8 December 2009
NSW HEALTH SYSTEM CAN’T AFFORD YET ANOTHER FAILED LABOR MINISTER
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today Kristina Keneally must not change Health Minister in the latest Labor reshuffle. Saturday 5 December 2009
EMERGENCY IN OUR HOSPITALS: INCOMPETENT LABOR FAILS PATIENTS AND STAFF
“In the last 15 months we have seen… fantastic results in terms of driving down waiting times in our emergency departments.” Kristina Keneally 2GB todays
On the day Kristina Keneally has described emergency department waiting times as “fantastic”, it has been revealed many NSW hospitals are failing to meet basic Australian standards, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Friday 4 December 2009
LONGEST WAITING LIST ON RECORD: 66,651
The 14-year-old State Labor Government has recorded the longest hospital waiting list on record, with more than 66,000 patients on waiting lists across NSW, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Thursday 3 December 2009
REES’ LATEST THOUGHT BUBBLE ON HEALTH: NO DETAIL, NO FRAMEWORK, NO IDEA
Nathan Rees’ bizarre health statement in NSW Parliament today highlights his incompetent Government’s lack of planning, lack of detail and lack of fresh ideas, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 2 December 2009
LABOR MUST LEARN THE LESSONS OF FAILURE: HEALTH SUBMISSION MUST SECURE CANCER FUNDS
The Rees Labor Government must learn the lessons of its abject failure to secure a fair share of funding for new hospitals from the Federal Government’s Health and Hospitals Fund and apply those lessons to bidding for funds to build new regional cancer treatment centres, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Wednesday 2 December 2009
LABOR REJECTED CARFLIGHT AND WESTPAC RESCUE HELICOPTERS NOW THEIR CHOSEN FOREIGN OPERATOR WANTS OUT
Three years after replacing the widely respected community medical retrieval helicopter services in NSW, a leaked memo reveals the foreign-owned operator CHC chosen by the State Labor Government wants to get out of its contract, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today.
SKINNER CONGRATULATES ROYAL FLYING DOCTORS ON WINNING AIR SERVICES CONTRACT
Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner today congratulated the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) for winning the contract to provide fixed-wing aero medical retrieval in NSW. Tuesday 1 December 2009
TEBBUTT CONFIRMS LABOR’S FAILURE AND INCOMPETENCE ON AMBULANCE GPS UNITS
Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt has confirmed Labor’s failure and incompetence when it comes to the simple task of buying and installing GPS satellite navigation units for the NSW ambulance fleet, Shadow Minister for Health Jillian Skinner said today. Tuesday 1 December 2009
LIBERALS & NATIONALS: DOGS SHOULD COEXIST IN HARMONY AT FOOTPATH CAFES
Dogs on leads will be welcome within outside eating areas accompanied by their owners under proposed new legislation designed to overcome health and safety issues and give residents a chance to spend leisure time with their companion animals. Tuesday 1 December 2009