Dangerous overcrowding in Adelaide’s hospitals has continued into the new year, with five out of six metropolitan hospitals operating over capacity today. The SA Health emergency department dashboard revealed that the Lyell McEwin Emergency Department had been running over capacity since at least 4pm yesterday. At 3:30pm, 15 patients were waiting to be seen, with…
The estimated total cost of the Weatherill Labor Government’s proposed relocation of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital has already blown out, before the hospital design has even been finalised. The Weatherill Labor Government had previously advised that the move and co-location of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital to the new Royal Adelaide Hospital site would…
The State Liberals have written to the Auditor General seeking an urgent investigation into Premier Weatherill’s use of taxpayer funds for political advertising. Mr Weatherill has recently commenced distribution of a 12-page glossy colour booklet highlighting the Adelaide Oval and the Government’s role in this project. This booklet is a clear breach of the Government’s…
Information from Labor’s hospital dashboard system today revealed that Emergency Departments across Adelaide were heading towards dangerous levels of overcrowding. For the majority of today, the Emergency Departments at the Lyell McEwin Hospital, Modbury Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital were all over capacity. As at 2:00 this afternoon, the average waiting…
Information from Labor’s hospital dashboard system today revealed that Emergency Departments across Adelaide were heading towards dangerous levels of overcrowding. For the majority of today, the Emergency Departments at the Lyell McEwin Hospital, Modbury Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre and The Queen Elizabeth Hospital were all over capacity. As at 2:00 this afternoon, the average waiting…
Shadow Minister for Health Rob Lucas said the Weatherill Labor Government had wasted up to $500,000 on an unused x-ray suite at the Elizabeth GP Plus Clinic. SA Health whistleblowers have confirmed that the brand new x-ray machine at the Government funded GP Plus Clinic at Elizabeth had never been used in the three years…
Premier Weatherill and Health Minister Snelling will today break another Labor promise by closing the paediatric ward and associated services at Modbury Hospital. What is even more galling for families and children is the fact this week is actually the 40th anniversary of the operation of the paediatric ward at Modbury Hospital. As recently as…
Despite closing the paediatric ward and associated services at Modbury Hospital, the Weatherill Labor Government is wasting taxpayers’ money distributing pamphlets claiming it is ‘improving care for kids at Modbury Hospital’. Shadow Health Minister Rob Lucas rubbished the claim, saying the pamphlet was nothing more than political spin. “Today the Weatherill Labor Government is closing…
The Weatherill Labor Government Mid-Year Budget Review (MYBR) has revealed cuts to the health budget in 2015-16 will be 73.6 per cent of total budget cuts to all agencies. “The real implications of the decisions taken by Premier Weatherill and Health Minister Snelling to defer health cuts until after the 2014 State election are revealed…
The Weatherill Government’s Mid-Year Budget Review has tried to hide the real extent of health cuts by deferring $45 million in cuts until after the election. “Contrary to the impression given by the Weatherill Labor Government, there has been no ‘reprieve’ or reduction in budget cuts for Health,” said Shadow Health Minister Rob Lucas. “In…