Aged Care Minister looks out of depth on coronavirus outbreaks
Richard Colbeck was not prepared for questioning when being asked to provide latest stats with regards to deaths that have occurred in Aged Care. It is most unfortunate for the Minister to look uncaring with regards to the deaths of 258 people in aged care...
COVID Pandemic reveals system failures within aged care: Royal Commission
Coronavirus has severely exposed flaws within Australia’s aged care systems, such as inadequate staff training and a lack of pandemic planning. Counsel assisting the commission, Peter Rozen QC, made a statement on Monday which has described the global pandemic as the...
South East Qld’s aged care restrictions will lift at midday, with the exception of one facility
Queensland has recorded one new case of COVID overnight. This is said to be a person who travelled from overseas and is in currently in hotel quarantine. In the last 24 hours there were 8,549 COVID-19 tests in Qld The overseas traveller is in hotel quarantine South...
National trauma centre deployed to Vic as aged care crisis worsens
Medical teams from the national trauma centre have been deployed to Victoria to deal with the Melbourne’s worsening aged care crisis. The medical teams which are usually reserved for the worst humanitarian disasters will be joined by nurses from across Australia to...
