AMA Tasmania examines The Commission Report on Delivery of Health Services in Tasmania
AMA Tasmania has closely examined The Commission on Delivery of Health Services in Tasmania report released over the weekend.
AMA Tasmania President Dr Tim Greenaway said while there was much in the report with which the AMA was in broad agreement, they had major concerns about the data used to inform several of the report’s recommendations.
“AMA Tasmania takes particular exception to Recommendation 52, which states that the Royal Hobart Hospital’s re-development be placed on hold,” Dr Greenaway said.
“Section 3.8 of the report, which deals with the re-development project, is less than two pages in length and provides no evidence at all to support the Commission’s recommendation.
“In fact, the Commission’s suggestion that the proposed hospital design includes excess capacity is incorrect.
“The AMA is disappointed to learn the report’s authors made no attempt to discuss the hospital’s re-development with senior clinical staff and considers it would be a serious mistake to abandon such a vital project of statewide significance, on the basis of such ill-informed and poorly considered opinion.”
