The long-awaited redevelopment of the largest emergency department in Tasmania is $50 million over budget and has been scaled down, with management telling staff the new proposed plan 'isn't fit for purpose'.
An email from ED management says redevelopment plans are being reworked due to "budgetary issues". Royal Hobart Hospital staff have been told a $130 million redevelopment of its emergency department is on hold due to "budgetary issues".
An email sent to hospital staff by the emergency department management team yesterday noted the redevelopment was on hold and being reworked due to "budgetary issues". "We openly acknowledge that this design isn't fit for purpose to meet our current needs, let alone the future needs of the department," it reads.
The design is "subject to change as more detailed information becomes available and further design and analysis are undertaken". ANMF Tasmania state secretary Emily Shepherd says the plans "clearly" showed a reduction in the expansion's scale.Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation secretary Emily Shepherd said the new plans "clearly" showed a reduction in the scale of the expansion, claiming it was "barely tinkering around the edges".
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