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September 7 Spin

Spin: Health Minister Paul Lucas claims that the new proposed agreement with salaried doctors adequately addresses fatigue.

Fact: Absolutely nothing new was proposed by the Health Minister. Our doctors will continue to work while dangerously fatigued. Even in 2 years time, there will not be any workplace rules that stop doctors working dangerous on call shifts. Queensland Health have used tricky wording to create loopholes to allow this to continue.

September 8 Spin

Spin: Deputy Premier Lucas alleges in public that the president of Salaried Doctors Queensland Dr Don Kane endorsed the Fatigue Risk Management Strategy Resource Pack.

Fact: Salaried Doctors Queensland did not endorse this Strategy. Salaried doctors Queensland endorsed an entirely different document with a similar name called the Fatigue Risk management policy.

QH Fatigue Risk Management System

QH Medical Fatigue Risk Management Policy