FORMER long-serving New Norfolk ambulance officer Peter James has today returned home to Launceston following a deployment to New Zealand where he provided assistance in the aftermath of the recent Christchurch earthquake. He was joined by Adrian Abel, another former branch station officer at New Norfolk. Both are highly qualified
A MODERN digital X-ray service will be introduced at the New Norfolk District Hospital in the new financial year, Health Minister Michelle O’Byrne has told the Derwent Valley Council. The new facility will be integrated into medical imaging services at the Royal Hobart Hospital. In a letter to Mayor Martyn
WATER quality in the River Derwent at the New Norfolk Esplanade has been rated as “good” following a water monitoring review by the Derwent Estuary Program. Spokeswoman Christine Coughanowr said the review of data from the past five years would help people to make an informed decision about where and
A PETITION calling for the reopening of x-ray facilities at New Norfolk was tabled in State Parliament yesterday. Lyons Greens MHA Tim Morris said 1032 signatures had been collected in one week, calling for the fully-equipped x-ray facility at the New Norfolk District Hospital to be re-opened, and calling on
COUNTRY ambulance stations were being left unattended to prop up city services, State Opposition health spokesman Jeremy Rockliff said last week. Mr Rockliff said the Liberal Party had highlighted ambulance staffing shortages two months ago and this had now been reiterated by by health unions. “HACSU claims that there is
A PETITION launched this week by Tasmanian Greens MHA Tim Morris calls on the State Government to fund, re-establish and operate the x-ray service at the New Norfolk District Hospital. Mr Morris said re-opening of the x-ray service at New Norfolk would greatly assist people in the area, who currently
A SUCCESSFUL year at the Corumbene Nursing Home was reported to last night’s annual general meeting by president Peter Rouleston, despite a small operating loss. Of particular interest in Mr Rouleston’s report was news of a master plan for further development of the home with seven stages to be implemented
THE lack of operational x-ray facilities at the New Norfolk Hospital were starting to have an adverse impact on patients, Greens MHA Tim Morris told State Parliament late last month. Following-up his earlier question to health minister Michelle O’Byrne raised the matter again on the adjournment on June 22. “Tonight
NEW Tasmanian health minister Michelle O’Byrne told State Parliament last Thursday that she had visited the “health service” at Ouse recently and was incredibly impressed with the great work by the staff there. “All of them are now telling me that they are getting a much greater capacity to deal
THE State Government has been urged to investigate re-opening the radiology department at the New Norfolk District Hospital. Greens Member for Lyons, Tim Morris, said x-ray equipment was still in place at the NNDH and a local radiologist was willing to consider operating the equipment. Mr Morris reminded the government
A TENDER has been awarded for a $70,000 upgrade to the water supply to the New Norfolk District Hospital. The State Government has engaged Cunic Constructions to convert the hospital from tank water to a mains water pressure supply, at a cost of $72,960.
PREMIER David Bartlett has announced the appointment of “social inclusion community liaison officers” to engage local communities in their soon-to-be-established “child and family centres”. It is understood that former Valley Vision staffer Katrina Higgins has been appointed to the New Norfolk position and her erstwhile colleague Ian Brown will undertake
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