Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

My question is also to the Minister for Health and Ageing. I refer to the statement by Dr Bert Shugg, the Acting Director of the Women and Children’s Services at North West Regional Hospital, after his meeting with the minister on Tuesday, that he was concerned that women and children were at the bottom of the agenda under the Prime Minister’s Mersey takeover plan, and also that he ‘can’t understand’ how the government will ensure the range of services and that ‘there has yet been no consultation at all with the obstetric and paediatric staff’. Minister, what specific assurances have you given to obstetric and paediatric staff that services for women and children will not be affected by your plan to take over a state hospital?

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