Divide over hearings in rural and regional healthcare
Over the past several months, the New South Wales parliament has been holding hearings on rural and regional healthcare. An inquiry was set up last year to look at the challenges smaller communities face when accessing health services.
A new survey conducted by the Bureau of Health Information and released by NSW Ministry of Health reveals how rural patients feel about their quality of care.
Lorraine Long is the founder of Medical Error Action Group and made a submission to the health inquiry. She spoke with ABC NewsRadio’s Thomas Oriti about her views on regional care in New South Wales.
Read the Sydney Morning Herald’s story by Carrie Fellner:
Hospital ‘booted out’ patients in the middle of the night in their pyjamas
Read The Land 14 June 2021 and and see Queensland has a far better health system. Queensland country is part of Queensland. New South Wales, with more people, doesn’t have same thinking or application. Tell The Land your story or tell us:
Doctor shortage: Are you seeing a looming problem in rural areas?
Read the ABC News Mid North Coast Kerrin Thomas’ story:
What happened, Minister?
AUSTRALIA’S RURAL TOWNS – THIS IS WHAT NSW HEALTH DEPT CALLS CARE
Health care in country areas is not up to capital city standards.
Watch out! Speak up! You’re next.
You may need your rural hospital one day and you need to speak up now to see it improves and continually improves. You won’t offend your town, you will save its people.
Here’s just a few examples of maladministration and poor patient care:
DUBBO, NEW SOUTH WALES
From a walk at Manly to amputation – hospitals ‘putting lives at risk’
No food or Panadol: anger over ‘third world’ conditions before hospital death
COBAR, NEW SOUTH WALES
A hospital turned him away three times. Then 2.5m of his bowel ‘died’.
MARYBOROUGH, VICTORIA