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Lawrence Springborg

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Name: Lawrence Springborg

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Queensland Health

Bound to their beds

Source: The Courier-Mail DISABLED Queenslanders are being left to live in public hospitals for up to a year as the Newman Government struggles to clear an almost 2000-long waiting list for supported accommodation. Disability groups say the problem of ... [Published Brisbane Courier-Mail - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Disability, Queensland Health, Patient

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Qld medical board sacked, interim board installed

THE remaining members of the Queensland Medical Board have been sacked and an interim committee is now in place, State Health Minister Lawrence Springborg has confirmed.A spokesperson for the minister told MO the remaining members of the board who had ... [Published Medical Observer - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Lawrence Springborg, Ian Gough, Mark Waters

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Emma Green to meet with health investigator on Monday

GLADSTONE woman Emma Green will provide a statement to a Health Quality and Complaints Commission investigator on Monday. Ms Green's full term, unborn baby died in the womb this month after she was repeatedly turned away from Rockhampton Hospital.Family ... [Published Gladstone Observer - May 23 2013]

Entities: Emma Green, Lawrence Springborg, Queensland Health, Australian Medical Association

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Vaccinations bill introduced

4BC Drive: Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg says the government's already looking at ways to improve the state's vaccination rates.The state's opposition has followed the lead of their New South Wales counterparts to call for law changes ... [Published 4BC - May 23 2013]

Entities: Lawrence Springborg, Vaccine, Labor

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Queensland’s Opposition Demands Change in Vaccination Laws

div style="float: left; margin: 0; padding: 0 1em .25em 0;" /div Queensland's opposition seems to have taken firm stance on unvaccinated children. It has been said they are going to call for changes in law as per which child care will be allowed to refuse ... [Published TopNews United States - May 23 2013]

Entities: Annastacia Palaszczuk, Lawrence Springborg, Jo-Ann Miller

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Queensland Nurses' Union

North Qld hospital privatisation claims 'lies'

Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg has accused the nurses' union of scaremongering in the state's north with claims the region's hospitals are up for sale.Yesterday, the Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) held a rally outside the Townsville Hospital, ... [Published Campus Daily Australia - May 23 2013]

Entities: privatise, Lawrence Springborg, Queensland Nurses' Union, Queensland Health

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Big chunk bitten out of dental waiting lists

Minister for HealthThe Honourable Lawrence SpringborgMinister for HealthThe Honourable Lawrence Springborg The Newman Government has slashed the number of patients waiting longer than two years for a routine dental check by more than 4,000 in less than ... [Published Queensland Government - May 23 2013]

Entities: Lawrence Springborg, Patient, emergency, Cameron Thompson, Queensland Health

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Springborg Failed To Initiate Independent Investigation Into Rocky Tragedy: Miller

The head of the Health Quality and Complaints Commission todayconfirmed to a Parliamentary Committee that Health MinisterLawrence Springborg failed to direct the HQCC to investigate thetragic circumstances surrounding the Green family case atRockhampton ... [Published MySunshineCoast - May 23 2013]

Entities: Lawrence Springborg, Complaints, Investigation

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Health boards retain bulk of appointees

Queenslands Hospital and Health Boards have retained 101 of their 117 inaugural appointees as they move into their second year in charge of local health resources.Minister for Health, Lawrence Springborg said retaining this many board chairs and members ... [Published PSNews - May 22 2013]

Entities: Lawrence Springborg, Robert Miles, Appointed

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Multiple probes into Rocky baby death

Source: The Courier-Mail MULTIPLE investigations have been launched into the death of a baby after a heavily pregnant mother was repeatedly turned away from Rockhampton Hospital. Emma Green said last week she was turned away from the hospital several ... [Published Brisbane Courier-Mail - May 22 2013]

Entities: Lawrence Springborg, Australian Medical Association, Andrew Pesce, Alex Markwell

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 4 reports

Move to automatically dock health worker overpayments

Queensland Health workers who are overpaid will soon have their wages docked automatically.Health Minister Lawrence Springborg says staff will be given 14 days to question the overpayment and 28 days until the repayment commences.Mr Springborg has told ... [Published ABC Online - May 22 2013]

Entities: Lawrence Springborg, Workers, Queensland Health

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Moura community seeks hospital certainty

The Moura community in central Queensland is waiting for Health Minister Lawrence Springborg to approve a new hospital model before it begins fundraising.A local group intends to fundraise for two more hospital beds, after a review cut the bed numbers ... [Published ABC Online - May 22 2013]

Entities: Jim Pearce, Lawrence Springborg, Fundraising

Quotes

Family spokeswoman Sue Bishop said Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg had been in contact with the family. "he informed us a former australian medical association director would head the investigation into emma's case with the hqcc" she said. "The action being taken is good but it can't bring this baby back...

Emma Green to meet with health investigator on Monday [Published Gladstone Observer - May 23 2013]

...Lawrence Springborg has appreciated the idea, but he has also added the government has been thinking of other ways to deal with the problem. "for me it's about doing this for the right reasons, not because it's a reaction because they want to follow what the nsw labor opposition has done" , said Springborg. Experts said Springborg is reluctant to support the bill

Queensland’s Opposition Demands Change in Vaccination Laws [Published TopNews United States - May 23 2013]

...a separate independent investigation into the incident, which will be led by former Australian Medical Association president Dr Andrew Pesce. "the independentindependent review of this patient's care will be undertaken by an interstate senior obstetrician and gynaecologist and will be supported by an independent hospital auditor from pricewaterhouse coopers" a spokesman for Mr Springborg said

Multiple probes into Rocky baby death [Published Brisbane Courier-Mail - May 22 2013]

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Bound to their beds [Published Brisbane Courier-Mail - 7 hours ago]
Qld medical board sacked, interim board installed [Published Medical Observer - 15 hours ago]
Emma Green to meet with health investigator on ... [Published Gladstone Observer - May 23 2013]
Complaints about medical care skyrocket in Wide... [Published Fraser Coast Chronicle - May 23 2013]
Vaccinations bill introduced [Published 4BC - May 23 2013]
Queensland’s Opposition Demands Change in Vacci... [Published TopNews United States - May 23 2013]
North Qld hospital privatisation claims 'lies' [Published Campus Daily Australia - May 23 2013]
Outsourcing to help clear eye surgery backlog [Published ABC Online - May 23 2013]
Opposition bill to ban un-vaccinated kids from ... [Published Queensland Times - May 23 2013]
Ex-AMA president to head Rockhampton baby death... [Published ABC Online - May 23 2013]
Big chunk bitten out of dental waiting lists [Published Queensland Government - May 23 2013]
Springborg Failed To Initiate Independent Inves... [Published MySunshineCoast - May 23 2013]
Health boards retain bulk of appointees [Published PSNews - May 22 2013]
Multiple probes into Rocky baby death [Published Brisbane Courier-Mail - May 22 2013]
Move to automatically dock health worker overpa... [Published ABC Online - May 22 2013]
Bligh to face payroll inquiry [Published Brisbane Times - May 22 2013]
Health payroll problems to be fixed with auto r... [Published Central Queensland News - May 22 2013]
Queensland Health returns to ‘business-as-usual... [Published Queensland Government - May 22 2013]
Govt to dock pay of Qld Health workers [Published Herald Sun - May 22 2013]
Govt to dock pay of Qld Health workers [Published NEWS.com.au - May 22 2013]
Qld health complaints rise by 33 per cent [Published Perth Now - May 22 2013]
Moura community seeks hospital certainty [Published ABC Online - May 22 2013]
Torres TB death highlights "worst of both worlds" [Published Special Broadcasting Service - May 22 2013]
Baby death sparks investigations [Published Essential Baby - May 21 2013]
Springborg's office defends Gladstone Hospital ... [Published ABC Online - May 21 2013]
Plan to name and shame doctors forever [Published Australian Doctor - May 20 2013]
Rockhampton Hospital’s ‘Negligence’ Makes Coupl... [Published TopNews United States - May 18 2013]
Springborg Calls QNU ‘Scaremonger’ [Published TopNews New Zealand - May 17 2013]
Lyssavirus: Boy's death sparks calls for bat ac... [Published Brisbane Courier-Mail - May 17 2013]
Experienced nurse appointed to health board [Published Toowoomba Chronicle - May 17 2013]

Blogs

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H7N9: Pathology Queensland-developed bird flu t... [Published H5N1 - May 12 2013] Via the blog Big Medicine, which is now in the Bloggers list: Pathology Queensland-developed bird flu test an Australian first.Pathology Queensland laboratory technicians are the first in Australia to develop a test for the new bird flu; H7N9.Health Minister ...
Another Week of Climate Chaos News, March 24, 2... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Mar 26 2013] Logging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week’s Global Warming news roundup skip to bottom Another Week of Climate Chaos NewsLogging the Onset ...
Peter Costello, Tony Abbott, the Queensland LNP... [Published Larvatus Prodeo - Mar 11 2013] Last week, I had a piece published in Crikey (cross-posted at Croakey) arguing Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg’s privatisation push foreshadowed the Newman government’s embrace of the recommendations of the Costello Audit. John ...