Struggle for Qld Maternity Staff Detailed in FOI Docs

Struggle for Qld Maternity Staff Detailed in FOI Docs
Queensland Minister for Health Yvette D'Ath speaks at Parliament House in Brisbane, Australia on March 30, 2021. Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images
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Maternity services at two Queensland regional hospitals were under threat last year as the Health Department struggled to find staff amid a COVID-19 wave, freedom of information documents reveal.

Email correspondence obtained by the state opposition under FOI laws details efforts to find obstetrics staff for the city of Gladstone, which went on bypass in July 2022.