Government asked why LGH staff still working after child abuse failures

When asked whether staff would be stood down, Premier Jeremy Rockliff did not specifically address the issue and said he would not comment on individual employees.

In parliament on Tuesday Tasmanian Greens health spokesperson Rosalie Woodruff asked Premier Jeremy Rockliff why the managerial staff, who provided evidence to the Commission of Inquiry about their failures to take child sexual abuse allegations seriously, had not been stood down.

She said evidence of the failings were seen at the COI hearings.

"It details serious failings of the Launceston General Hospital management to discharge their responsibility to take child sexual allegations seriously, to report them, and to act to support children," Dr Woodruff said.

"Right now, there are people working in the Launceston General Hospital who actively distorted evidence," she said.

She raised the issue of "deliberate attempts" to cover-up child sexual abuse.

"As Minister for Health, what actions are you taking in relation to those LGH staff, and why have they not been stood down already?"

Premier Jeremy Rockliff did not specifically address whether any staff had been stood down.

Mr Rockliff said the Liberal government would accept and commit to any Commission of Inquiry recommendations, and is committed to learning from past mistakes and failures to implement real and lasting change.

He said the Child Safe Governance Review had been established to influence immediate change, and the recently launched child safety and wellbeing framework will foster a child safe culture within the health department and "embed effective leadership and governance of the organisation".

The Commission of Inquiry into the Tasmanian Government's responses to child sexual abuse in institutional settings heard from a number of witnesses earlier this month.

This included Launceston General Hospital executive director of medical services Peter Renshaw.

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