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Public service child abuse reports spike after inquiry

An inquiry into child sexual abuse in institutions has resulted in a substantial rise in misconduct allegations against public servants.

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Investigation launched into Launceston hospital deaths

Tasmania's health department is reviewing deaths at a hospital after a parliamentary inquiry heard allegations against a former top doctor.

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Lack of ear, nose and throat specialists keeping Tasmanians from getting vital surgery

Tasmanians are waiting years instead of days to access vital ear, nose and throat specialist appointments. The Department of Health is trying to find a solution.

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Ongoing treatment failures at Launceston General Hospital has parents worried, as union flags staff burn out

Melanie Morris vividly remembers the sense of searing anger as she held her sick toddler in her arms in the emergency department of Launceston's general hospital for the fourth time in a week, back in 2015. Years on, the question is — are things getting any better?

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Elderly patients 'sedated to help them cope with days in emergency' amid Royal Hobart Hospital healthcare crisis

Staff in the emergency department at the Royal Hobart Hospital are doing their best, but are working in "awful conditions" in a system that is failing them, a doctor says.

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Tasmanian government hoses down concern over hospital strain as Facebook rant goes viral

Tasmanian nurses and healthcare staff are being recalled from holiday leave to cope with significant shortages, with a Facebook rant over the state of the system going viral before being deleted — but the government says the situation is being "managed carefully".

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Rise in virus cases at major Tas hospital

The Royal Hobart Hospital has raised its COVID-19 management plan to a higher level following a rise in cases among patients and staff.

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Tasmania's chief psychiatrist Aaron Groves suspended for alleged 'inappropriate' personal relationship

Tasmania's chief psychiatrist, Aaron Groves, who has been suspended on full pay, disputes that his relationship with a woman he first had contact with professionally is inappropriate.

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Launceston General Hospital missed a chance to change culture in the 90s, former business manager says

Despite leaving his job at the Launceston General Hospital at the end of the 90s, Lawrence Donaldson is passionate about cultural change at the institution.

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Hospital head unaware of any 'marked changes' to systems after paedophile nurse's offending

Peter Renshaw says he is "not aware of any marked changes" at the hospital after it became aware of the extent of paedophile nurse James Geoffrey Griffin's offending, a commission of inquiry hears.

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Tas abuse inquiry prompts public forums

Community forums will be held in Tasmania as the health department aims to rebuild trust after harrowing evidence heard at a child sexual abuse inquiry.

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James's partner, Venita, suffered a stroke. Two months on, she can't leave hospital because they can't find a place to live

Venita Brown is unable to leave hospital after recovering from a stroke because the place she and her partner James Paul have been living — an industrial shed in southern Tasmania — has been deemed unsuitable.

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Launceston General Hospital patient dies after being ramped for more than nine hours

The death of a woman in her 70s who was ramped and waiting to be admitted to an emergency department for more than nine hours is "totally unacceptable" and shows Tasmania's health system is crumbling, a union says.

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Royal Hobart Hospital nurses threaten strike action amid mounting COVID-19 pressures

Nurses at Tasmania's biggest public hospital are threatening strike action as COVID pushes the facility to its highest escalation level and the state records its highest ever daily death toll from the virus.

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Health department boss Kathrine Morgan-Wicks's tearful apology to abuse victims at commission of inquiry

After listening to hours of child abuse horror stories from victims and family members, the head of Tasmania's health department took her turn in the witness box, tearfully apologising for their hurt and pledging the department she now leads would never again fail so badly.

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Tasmanian hospital hit by virus outbreak

A ward at the Launceston General Hospital has been hit by a coronavirus outbreak, with the facility also facing a high level of emergency department demand.

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Flu patients to join hundreds getting virtual care under COVID@home in Tasmania

As well as helping COVID-19 patients recover at home, Tasmania's in-home care program has freed up beds in struggling hospitals prompting calls to extend it beyond this season's flu patients.

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Tasmanian paramedic says 'immense pressure' on ambulance service putting community at risk

A senior Tasmanian paramedic tells the ABC it is a wonder how the state's strained ambulance service continues to operate.

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Tas sacks 100 unvaccinated health workers

Tasmania's state health commander says more than 100 healthcare staff have been sacked for failing to comply with a COVID-19 vaccination mandate.

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Tas premier isolating amid virus concern

Tasmanian Premier Peter Gutwein is isolating at home after a family member tested positive to COVID-19.

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