Tag Ballina Hospital
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Labor claims they will deliver on nurse ratios
Labor commits to putting in place more effective nurse patient ratios in regional hospitals including Ballina.
August 3, 2018 | Aslan Shand | 0 -
At last some improvements for Ballina Hospital ED
More than 18 months after Echonetdaily exposed the shambolic state of the Ballina Hospital emergency department, the state government has decided it is time to throw some money at it.
July 6, 2018 | Chris Dobney | 0 -
Ballina Hospital upgrade about to start
Ballina Hospital patients are set to benefit from a new, state-of-the-art operating theatre complex and medical imaging upgrades under a $7.35 million redevelopment, the government says.
February 26, 2018 | Chris Dobney | 1 -
Health minister on notice as north coast visit looms
As the state’s new health minister, Brad Hazzard, prepares to visit north coast hospitals for his first time in the role, his ALP counterpart, Walt Secord, has challenged him to ‘spell out how he is going to fix chronic understaffing across the region’.
February 7, 2017 | Chris Dobney | 1 -
Ballina Hospital waiting room ‘improvements’
Northern NSW Local Health District (NNSW LHD) says it has made ‘improvements’ to the waiting room at Ballina District Hospital. An exclusive expose in Echonetdaily last week revealed overcrowded conditions on New Year’s Day, including a patient in a hospital gown lying on the footpath outside.
January 24, 2017 | Chris Dobney | 2 -
Labor promises Ballina better schools and hospital
The NSW Labor Party has upped the ante in its bid to win the state seat of Ballina, promising a $7.3 million upgrade of Ballina hospital and $30 million for local schools.
March 9, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Patients waiting too long at Ballina Hospital: ALP
Waiting times at Ballina Hospital’s emergency department are too long and the state government is to blame for ripping up to $3 billion in funding out of the health department, according to shadow health minister Walt Secord.
December 17, 2014 | Chris Dobney | 0 -
Byron Central Hospital plans on show
NSW health minister Jillian Skinner unveiled detailed plans for the new $80 million Byron Central Hospital, now on display, when she visited the Ewingsdale site yesterday.
August 22, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Privatisation of hospital services ‘will mean cuts’
NSW opposition leader John Robertson has described a state government plan to privatise hundreds of ancillary hospital jobs on the north coast as the ‘worst single attack on north coast health services in recent memory’.
June 27, 2014 | Echonetdaily | 3
