Budget cuts in Victoria are leading to major public health services facing challenges such as hiring freezes, slashed surgeries, and potential bed closures. Hospitals are under pressure to reduce costs and meet strict new budget rules set by the state government.
Why are some Victorian hospitals saying they’re freezing recruitment and looking for ways to cut costs? https://t.co/q7tL6ii4iT
Birmingham Hospice reduces beds and cuts 45 full-time roles amid funding crisis https://t.co/zaGwfbMLNg
Victoria’s largest public health service may be forced to shut beds on wards and cancel all weekend elective surgeries to meet brutal state government budget demands but Premier Jacinta Allan has dismissed growing alarm as “scaremongering”. > https://t.co/qsEw7xgcUe https://t.co/mVjxWyJREz
Victorian hospitals must get rid of “waste and duplication”, the state’s health minister has declared, as she and the premier left it up to health services to make their budgets work under strict new rules. https://t.co/WNa9aB1Ku6
Victoria’s largest public health service may be forced to shut beds on wards and cancel all weekend elective surgeries in a bid to cut staffing costs and meet brutal state government budget demands > https://t.co/qvfsQTGCIT https://t.co/n4LTNtZKRB
Hiring freezes, surgeries slashed: Major hospitals confirm budget squeeze. https://t.co/mGvWhASQUx
The chief of one of Victoria’s largest health services has warned that the state government’s budget cuts are more challenging than anticipated and imposed an immediate hiring freeze. https://t.co/Ce5kFMobD7
Elective surgery waiting lists to balloon as health budget cuts bite. https://t.co/tRVBDnrWC8