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‘Inadequate’ safety in Leicester maternity care ‘worrying but unsurprising’

A law firm that represents patients in maternity negligence claims against the trust said concerns raised by families had been ‘batted away’.

The Independent UK

Ongoing treatment failures at Launceston General Hospital has parents worried, as union flags staff burn out

Melanie Morris vividly remembers the sense of searing anger as she held her sick toddler in her arms in the emergency department of Launceston's general hospital for the fourth time in a week, back in 2015. Years on, the question is — are things getting any better?

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Baby who died may have survived if Launceston General Hospital followed procedures, coroner says

A coroner lashes the Launceston General Hospital for not following its procedures and causing delays in diagnosing a baby's bowel obstruction, saying it was the "difference between her survival and death".

ABC News

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CASA safety changes that closed Launceston hospital helipad 'made public in December 2018'

The regulation changes that forced the closure of the helipad of Tasmania's second-largest hospital were made public more than four years ago, the federal aviation authority says, amid growing questions over the state government's level of transparency around the issue.

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Launceston General Hospital report makes 92 recommendations after abuse scandal

What happened to Zoe Duncan at the Launceston General Hospital is something her sister Amanda wants no family to endure. And now a report on the hospital is in, changes must be made, she says.

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Hospital sex-abuse report rebukes leaders

Tasmania's government will implement all 92 recommendations of a review which found shortcomings at a hospital examined at a child sexual abuse inquiry.

AAP

Launceston General Hospital missed a chance to change culture in the 90s, former business manager says

Despite leaving his job at the Launceston General Hospital at the end of the 90s, Lawrence Donaldson is passionate about cultural change at the institution.

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Child sexual abuse inquiry witness Ben Felton exposed 'the most horrific part of his life' to help others

Ben Felton told the Tasmanian commission of inquiry he was sexually abused by a nurse at the Launceston General Hospital in 1989 when he was 13. He says the issue needs to be talked about to protect future children.

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Hospital head unaware of any 'marked changes' to systems after paedophile nurse's offending

Peter Renshaw says he is "not aware of any marked changes" at the hospital after it became aware of the extent of paedophile nurse James Geoffrey Griffin's offending, a commission of inquiry hears.

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LGH head accused of 'lack of insight' into pain he was causing in denying 11yo's alleged rape

The head of medical services at the Launceston General Hospital is accused of showing "an astonishing lack of insight into the pain" he was causing when he said he did not believe the alleged rape of an 11-year-old patient occurred.

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Launceston General Hospital patient dies after being ramped for more than nine hours

The death of a woman in her 70s who was ramped and waiting to be admitted to an emergency department for more than nine hours is "totally unacceptable" and shows Tasmania's health system is crumbling, a union says.

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Victim of paedophile James Griffin yet to hear acknowledgment of suffering, commission of inquiry hears

A victim-survivor who was abused by notorious paedophile James Griffin tells the commission of inquiry that when she finally built up the courage to go to police, they told her they "couldn't charge a dead person".

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Apology for Tiffany Skeggs, Zoe Duncan for child abuse ordeal and disbelief by Tasmanian authorities

A veteran of child protection says she can "barely" find the words to say how sorry she is for the treatment of two sexual abuse survivors who weren't believed by authorities when they went for help. Sadly, one of those survivors will never hear the apology.

ABC News

Inquiry hears of paedophile Griffin's 'red flags' while caring for teenage female at Launceston hospital

A woman who — as a 16-year-old hospital patient was in the care of a notorious paedophile — says she remembers "a lot of red flags" and is baffled why no one in authority did anything about it at the time.

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Launceston General Hospital executive heard details about paedophile James Griffin from a podcast

A senior executive at the Launceston General Hospital has told a child abuse inquiry that she got most of her information about an investigation into paedophile nurse James Geoffrey Griffin from two podcasts.

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Launceston General Hospital staff kept in the dark about paedophile co-worker James Geoffrey Griffin

The hospital supervisor of a notorious paedophile who worked in a children's ward has tearfully told an inquiry she was aware of him hugging young patients — but that it was "accepted by all staff" and in her opinion at the time something which could be addressed by "education".

ABC News

Woman abused by LGH paedophile James Griffin flagged risk to children, inquiry hears

In 2011, Kylee Pearn told the Launceston General Hospital that there was a child abuser working in the children's ward — she knew because he'd abused her years earlier. The paedophile, James Geoffrey Griffin, would continue working there for another eight years.

ABC News

Sexual abuse survivor says Launceston General Hospital conducted inquiry without his input

A witness tells a child abuse inquiry the Launceston General Hospital did not tell him the outcome of the investigation into his complaint, while a former chief executive apologises to the family of a young girl who alleged she was raped by a doctor.

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Commission of Inquiry hears little done to stop paedophile James Geoffrey Griffin despite report of child abuse material on laptop

A person who bought a laptop from now-notorious paedophile James Geoffrey Griffin decades ago alerted police of links to child exploitation websites and followed up after not hearing back, but nothing was done.

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New mental health patients in Tasmania's north to be sent to Hobart amid COVID outbreaks

Two mental health treatment centres in Tasmania's north have closed due to COVID outbreaks — with a health union blasting what it says is a "lack of planning" and a parent fearing for those desperate for help.

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Tasmanian coroner finds birth of breech baby mismanaged by Launceston General Hospital before death

Tasmania's coroner blames mismanagement of a baby's birth at the Launceston General Hospital for his death from brain damage two weeks later.

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Mother tells Tasmania's child abuse commission of inquiry of feeling ignored, belittled by Launceston hospital staff

A mother increasingly frantic over what was happening to her daughter at a Tasmanian hospital says she called a child safety service because she did not know who else to turn to.

ABC News

Coroner criticises Launceston General Hospital over patient care, again

A coroner criticises the actions of staff at the Launceston General Hospital after a patient died just hours after being discharged — the latest in a series of damning findings, with the AMA warning the emergency department is "in crisis".

ABC News

Coroner finds 77yo received 'unacceptable care' at Launceston General Hospital

A coroner finds hospital staff "missed an opportunity" to correctly diagnose a Tasmanian woman's illness, resulting in her being discharged and later dying — but makes no recommendations in his coronial report.

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