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FLASHBACK: Paramedics prepare to transfer an injured boy from the Emergency Department on to a medevac helicopter at Cherbourg hospital last September (Photo: RACQ LifeFlight)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Health Minister Cameron Dick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

February 21, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n

New data released this week shows that public hospital emergency departments are being clogged with requests for prescriptions and medical certificates, and with minor ailments like a common cold, sunburn and splinters.<\/p>\n

Health Minister Cameron Dick said the unnecessary presentations to Queensland emergency departments is contributing to unprecedented demand on the system.<\/p>\n

Presentations to emergency departments increased by 50,000 last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This has got to stop,” Mr Dick said.<\/p>\n

“The doctors and nurses within our emergency departments are highly trained to an international standard and are the best in their field.<\/p>\n

“They are there to save lives, not extract splinters or write prescriptions for patients who could be visiting their GP.”<\/p>\n

Mr Dick said people need to understand that if they arrive at an emergency department when they should be at a GP, they will wait.<\/p>\n

“I make no apologies for that,” he said.<\/p>\n

“If it\u2019s not urgent, you should call or visit your GP, call 13 HEALTH, or call the After Hours Home Doctor Service.”<\/p>\n

Mr Dick said he was deeply concerned by the spike in emergency department presentations.<\/p>\n

He has asked the Department of Health to look at renewing its “Keep Emergency for Emergencies” public information campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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