Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath will meet with key stakeholders to discuss how to deal with population pressures hitting Queensland Hospitals.
The Queensland government will hold a major summit to address the need for more health workers to be attracted to the state, as the full extent of Queensland’s booming population becomes clear.
That works out to a population growth rate of 1.8 per cent, compared to WA which recorded 1.1 per cent, and NSW and Victoria, which saw growth rates of 0.6 per cent and 0.7 per cent respectively. “As well as investing in new hospitals and expanding current hospitals, we need to ensure we attract those frontline workers to Queensland.”Interstate migration made up a little over half of the numbers, while 30 per cent was from “natural increase” , and international migration, which was severely impacted by the pandemic, made up 12.7 per cent.
D’Ath denied this was a Band-Aid solution to staffing issues when asked about the plan last weekend, saying it was meant to increase the level of experience in the nursing sector. The government has come under fire in recent weeks for pressure being put on the health system flowing on to patient harm.have been linked to ambulance waits and stretched hospital systems since early 2021, in documents released by the state opposition after being obtained in a Right to Information request.
Documents released by the government in response to a Question on Notice from the Opposition have revealed that at the height of the third Omicron wave in June, one patient was left on a stretcher waiting for a bed at Logan Hospital for nearly eight hours – 479 minutes.
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