Patient safety 'severely and routinely' compromised, Auditor-General ED report finds

Jessica Willard
Updated May 28 2019 - 6:09pm, first published 1:00pm
Patient safety 'severely and routinely' compromised: ED report
Patient safety 'severely and routinely' compromised: ED report

Launceston General Hospital spent more than 70 per cent of its time between June 2018 and January 2019 in a state of "almost constant gridlock" and at the highest level of escalation, a new report has found.

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Jessica Willard

Jessica Willard

Senior Journalist and Health Reporter

Being a health reporter to me is about more than just reporting the problems. It's about asking why they are happening in the first place and what needs to change to fix it.

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