ROSEMARY ARMITAGE MLC

Mrs Armitage (Launceston) to the Honourable Leader of Government in the Legislative Council, Dr Vanessa Goodwin - Under the Tasmanian and Government Partnership that saw public patient elective surgery performed in private hospitals both in Tasmania and interstate can the Leader advise: 1 The total cost of accommodation and all transport for these surgeries to date under this partnership? 2 (a) The number of patients who suffered complications following these surgeries; and

Mrs Armitage (Launceston) to the Honourable Leader of Government, Dr Vanessa Goodwin - 1. To the question I asked last week with regard to gastroenterology in our hospital system whether referring doctors have been informed that their patients have not been seen within the clinically recommended time the answer provided was that the referring doctor is informed of the clinically recommended time for the procedure to be performed. My question that remains unanswered is whethe

Mrs Armitage (Launceston) to the Honourable Leader of Government in the Legislative Council, Dr Vanessa Goodwin - 1. Can the Leader please advise what the THS is doing to address the current gastroenterology crisis in our State public hospitals - considering there are currently 2600 scopes wait fisted at the Launceston General Hospital with 80% being Category I, as well as a severe backlog at the Royal Hobart Hospital. 2. Can the Leader further advise where the investment of

Mrs Armitage (Launceston) to the Honourable Leader of Government, Dr Vanessa Goodwin - Can the Leader please advise whether the IT backup and recovery plan provides for, in the event of a major failure, the operation of a backup data centre, with applications and data restored to that backup data centre, and if so, what anticipated timeframes apply to any workaround to ensure the operation of services, in the event that IT systems are unavailable for that period. Answer from

Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, the member for Apsley has asked some of the questions I was going to ask. I support the bill. It is a good bill. It is tidying up a few anomalies with regard to things like advertising and changes we need to catch up with, like technology. The fact is, people do a lot of electronic advertising now. It is important with regard to the issue mentioned by the member for Apsley, with people putting their house up for sale and then sel

Mrs Armitage (Launceston) to the Honourable Leader of Government in the Legislative Council, Dr Vanessa Goodwin - On the 27th October 2016, I was advised that the Emergency Medicine Accreditation for the Launceston General Hospital was due on the 4th November 2016. Can the Leader please advise the current status of this accreditation, i.e. whether it has been re-accredited and for how long? Answer from Dr Goodwin - The Launceston General Hospital is currently accredited by th

Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, in five days, on 20 November, Sally's Ride will be held leaving from Royal Park in my electorate of Launceston. Sally's Ride is named after Sally Fletcher. Sally did the first Sally's Ride in 2002, by riding solo around Tasmania to raise important funds for the prevention of youth suicide in Tasmania. All entry fees from Sally's Ride are donated to initiatives which support this cause. Sally has raised more than $250 000 and the Ro

Mrs Armitage (Launceston) - Mr President, I appreciate the Government's commitment to ensure community interest is paramount. I do not have any concerns there. The Leader says: 'This Government has previously made it very clear that its policy position was that the location of electronic gaming machines in new venues would be subject to a community interest test to be applied by the Tasmanian Liquor and Gaming Commission.' It also states in a dot point on page 5: 'introduce

Mrs Armitage (Launceston) to the Honourable Leader of Government in the Legislative Council, Dr Vanessa Goodwin - 1. Can the Leader please advise with regard to IT resilience in our hospital system under the THS, for example at the Launceston General Hospital, whether there is an IT backup and recovery plan that is funded, implemented and tested. A simple yes or no answer is requested. 2. If the answer to (a) is no, when will this important IT backup and recovery plan be fund

Mrs Armitage (Launceston) to the Honourable Leader of Government in the Legislative Council, Dr Vanessa Goodwin - 1. With regard to an answer previously provided that on the endoscopy waitlist for the Tasmanian Health Service as at 17 October 2016 that 1471 Category 1 patients were over boundary with a median wait time of 70 days, that is Category 1 - patients who should be seen within 30 days, can the Leader please advise whether referring doctors have been informed that the