Documents reveal alarm over Gladstone Hospital birthing bypass

From today, where no risks are identified by the maternity team, a woman will be able to birth at the Gladstone Hospital. (ABC Capricornia: Tobi Loftus)

The Palaszczuk government was warned of Gladstone Hospital staff concerns that "management have no plans" as the facility's maternity crisis began to unfold in July last year, new documents show.

Documents obtained by the opposition under Right to Information include an email sent to the Member for Gladstone Glenn Butcher, a minister in the Palaszczuk Cabinet, in early July expressing alarm for birthing women in Gladstone.