The Victorian Healthcare Association has warned of devastating implications for healthcare and longer waiting times for patients.
Large sections of a damning report into failings at the Mackay hospital were not properly redacted. It has since been taken offline.
More than 170 women came forward to speak to investigators probing obstetric and gynaecology services in the central Queensland hospital,and broader public health unit.
The decision follows all other Australian jurisdictions except Victoria,amid a broad unwinding of pandemic measures and powers by governments. But it has drawn criticism from the country’s peak medical lobby.
The deaths of at least 15 people detailed in trove of paramedic incident reviews have been tied to lengthy ambulance or hospital delays amid pressure on the state’s health system.
Construction and supply pressures are being blamed for pushing back the delivery of the Palaszczuk government election pledge.
Australian Medical Association president Dr Omar Khorshid says patient testimonials are impossible to verify and can be “completely misleading”.
Amid a second Omicron-driven wave,the Palaszczuk government has avoided scrutiny seen in other states while passing a six-month extension of the powers to make and enforce health directions.
The number of Queensland Health staff sent on leave due to COVID-19 has doubled in 10 days,as the state weathers its second Omicron-driven wave.
Queensland Chief Health Officer John Gerrard said the state was now well into its second Omicron wave with the number of infections increasing by 54 per cent in the past two weeks.
The data comes as Health Minister Yvette D’Ath flagged the possibility of new hospital visitor limits and staffing concerns at an aged-care facility amid 19,709 new infections reported on Saturday.