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Dire hospital staffing 'putting mothers at risk'

Tasmania's health department is investigating claims low staffing at the state's biggest hospital is resulting in poor care for mothers and their newborns.

AAP · Aug 28, 2024

Stop-work action over ambulance ramping 'ban' pledge

A Liberal election promise to "ban" ambulance ramping at Tasmanian hospitals has sparked criticism and stop-work action from nurses and midwives.

AAP · Mar 14, 2024

Maternity services on Tasmania's north-west coast to return to public hands from December

Shayla Marshall says giving birth at Tasmania's North West Private Hospital was a lonely and traumatising experience that left her feeling like she "didn't want to be a mum".

ABC News · May 18, 2023

Tasmanian nurses flag increasing strikes

Nurses and midwives at Tasmania's biggest public hospital have walked off the job in their battle for better resources and more pay.

AAP · Jul 27, 2022

Launceston General Hospital staff kept in the dark about paedophile co-worker James Geoffrey Griffin

The hospital supervisor of a notorious paedophile who worked in a children's ward has tearfully told an inquiry she was aware of him hugging young patients — but that it was "accepted by all staff" and in her opinion at the time something which could be addressed by "education".

ABC News · Jun 29, 2022