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Media Releases
The Opposition is demanding the immediate release of three so-called ‘independent’ reports the government has secretly prepared for savage cuts and job losses in Health. “Health Minister Hill called a media conference yesterday to foreshadow three reports into job and budget cuts to Health quietly p... ... (25-Jul)
Another mental health patient has been shackled to a bed in emergency departments (EDs) at both Pt Augusta and Royal Adelaide Hospitals in four days of chaos, during which police were called after the patient threw himself through double plate glass windows. “In four days of mayhem, a 29 year old me... ... (20-Jul)
The External Review of Hospital Performance and Ambulance Ramping by Dr Mark Monaghan, Dr Helen Bell and an expert panel is an indictment on 10 years of Labor’s failure to deliver effective emergency department services at SA Hospitals.“This Report is the second within a month into failures at Emerg... ... (19-Jul)
The Liberal Opposition is calling on Health Minister Hill to immediately release the Monaghan inquiry into the Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) Emergency Department (ED) following latest reports of patients being left ramped unconscious in ambulances for more than half an hour.“The Minister must releas... ... (17-Jul)
New academic research into the impact of violence on the nursing profession in hospitals has underpinned State Opposition demands for Health Minister John Hill to immediately introduce an independent inquiry and new legislation to tackle the issue.“The Adelaide University based research into emergen... ... (16-Jul)
The Second Report of the Labor Government’s Sustainable Budget Commission (SBC) has revealed secret plans to degrade and cut services to Adelaide and country hospitals as well as expensive inefficiencies within the Health Department.“The State Labor government has been sitting on a highly ... ... (10-Jul)
The Liberal Opposition is renewing its call for a full independent inquiry into Adelaide’s hospital emergency departments (EDs) following new revelation of patients being shuffled into hospital ward corridors to ED manipulate performance targets. “New claims that patient safety is being compromised ... ... (09-Jul)
The State Liberals will give bipartisan support this week to new legislation designed to reform State and Federal financial relations on Health funding which should see an extra $1.1 billion dollars flow into SA hospitals in an otherwise tight Health Budget.“After ten years of Labor, the State healt... ... (09-Jul)
The Government must come clean on its future plans for Balaklava Hospital following the announcement that surgical services there have been suspended. Labor must also signal whether other country hospitals face the same fate as Balaklava.“Doctors and the Balaklava community received very littl... ... (08-Jul)
The State Opposition is demanding that Health Minister John Hill immediately commission an independent inquiry into violence in hospitals across SA. If Minister Hill will not, the Liberals will do so if elected in 2014.“The independent inquiry must publicly reveal data on hospital violence and code ... ... (01-Jul)
Today’s decision to disable all bedside computers across 12 SA hospitals after four recent incidents, one in which a patient was injured, is a further signal of poor planning in flawed management within SA Health.“After the multi-million dollar Oracle Corporate Systems (OCS) debacle, an e-health fin... ... (29-Jun)
Health Minister Hill must reveal when he first knew that the Red Cross planned to move 60 jobs and blood testing and processing to Melbourne and must explain what action he took to keep the investment and activity here, if any.“Our Health Minister has been asleep at the wheel as warning bells rang t... ... (29-Jun)
The Opposition is calling on the State Labor government to release an impact statement into today’s closure of the SA Blood Service’s testing and processing capabilities on the state’s health system. “The loss of 60 highly skilled employees from the SA Blood Service is likely to have a significant e... ... (28-Jun)
The Opposition is calling on Health Minister John Hill to reveal whether he is considering using shipping containers, ATCO style huts or sub-standard buildings to accommodate mental health patients at James Nash House. “The Minister has told Budget Estimates he has directed his department review a $... ... (22-Jun)
Parliament has heard that the Lyell McEwin Hospital (LMH) emergency department (ED) is able to deal with only 50 per cent of casualties within the nationally agreed four hour timeframe, as the dispute between Health Minister John Hill and doctors deepens. “Minister Hill suggested in Parliament this ... ... (21-Jun)