Page 2666 - Week 07 - Tuesday, 29 June 2010
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Mr Corbell: A bit of Stalinist revisionism from Mr Smyth who can’t get an argument straight in the first place. Absolutely pathetic!
MR SPEAKER: Order, members! I cannot hear Ms Bresnan. Ms Bresnan has the floor.
MS BRESNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. And I believe it is worth nothing that fact.
Mr Corbell: Does this fill your quota of censures for the month?
MR SPEAKER: Mr Corbell!
MS BRESNAN: Again, this proposal has been put forward by the head of surgical services whom many would deem as representing the views of doctors, and his proposal goes towards addressing situations occurring with surgeons.
Mr Corbell: When are you going to have another go at me?
Mrs Dunne: Next time you mislead, Simon.
Mr Smyth: I’m sure it will be soon, Simon.
Mr Corbell: How many censures have you been successful with?
MR SPEAKER: Thank you, members!
Mr Coe: How many portfolios have you been successful in?
MR SPEAKER: Order, Mr Coe. Mr Corbell, let us stop interfering with—
Mr Corbell: How many censures have you been successful with?
MR SPEAKER: Mr Corbell! Ms Bresnan, you have the floor.
MS BRESNAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. And I think it is worth going to the article that is being used as evidence today by Mr Hanson. He has, I believe, selectively taken out one of the lines from it without actually reading the rest of the article. I think it is worth noting this:
Clinical director of surgical services Bryan Ashman has suggested that he be given the authority to downgrade patients to less urgent waiting categories if it is clear that they have been incorrectly categorised and surgeons refuse to rectify this.
I think it is worth nothing that point about being incorrectly categorised. He also said:
… if a surgeon had too many category 1 patients on the waiting list and could not take up additional theatre sessions or refer patients to a colleague, the patients should be ranked in order of urgency. If a surgeon refused to rank the patients, the clinical director would do so.
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