A VOTE FOR LABOR WILL LOCK UP HOSPITAL FUNDING IN THE CITY

Anyone questioning the ability of Rudd’s Labor party to manage hospital funding need look no further than the abysmal track record of the State Labor Government who have continually mismanaged and under-funded our local hospitals, Nationals Senator Fiona Nash said today. “For too long, our local hospitals have been chronically under-funded and mismanaged by city-centric State Labor Governments resulting in our hospitals becoming more and more run down as patient queues become longer and the number of health professionals willing to work in such conditions dwindles,” Senator Nash said. “The Nationals – including local Nationals candidate Dr Sue Page – have long supported a more grassroots approach to hospital funding where those making the decisions are the ones affected by those decisions. “That’s why we’re stepping in. The Nationals in Coalition Government will amend national health funding arrangements to tie a funding stream directly to local hospitals, bypassing State Labor’s Sydney bureaucracy. Local hospital boards would then manage the spending of those Federal funds in their local hospital. “By amending the funding arrangement between the Federal and State Governments we can cut through the red tape and get funding directly to where it’s needed most – in our communities. “Kevin Rudd’s alternative is to do away with tied grants and hand the money direct to his State Labor mates to spend. And he wants to set up another massive health bureaucracy in Canberra. We know what that means – more services stripped from regional communities to prop up the bureaucracy. Why would you trust a Federal Labor Government on health and hospitals when State Labor Governments have failed so miserably? “In contrast, The Nationals and Dr Sue Page are listening and responding to community needs.” Media contact: Julie Siegert 0429 818 600

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