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A/Prof J. Oliver Daly is available for interview.
Senior clinician asks every party patient-safety questions before 28 November
A senior Victorian clinician has today released a referenced report showing that the systems built after the Bacchus Marsh baby deaths to detect avoidable harm are slowing and losing capacity, while budget savings are enforced more firmly than safety. The timing is deliberate: an election is when every party can be held accountable, on the record, for the safety system built after Djerriwarrh.
"Every party is promising restraint in the back office. In health, the back office includes the people who notice when patients are being harmed. Cutting them does not save money. It defers the cost, and patients and families pay it."
"I have sent the same questions to every party. I will publish their answers side by side on 16 November, before early voting opens, so Victorians can judge for themselves."
The findings, the questions and every source are on this site: the issues, the questions and the evidence library.