Right to information disclosure log

Documents, specifically reports and briefing notes relating to one or more of the following, at MSH hospitals.

1. Beds being stored or thrown out
2. Resourcing to use the existing beds
3. Percentage of beds being used by patients
4. Number of beds, capacity, and how often it's at full capacity

Date range: 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021

Document types:

• reports – monthly or quarterly reports on bed occupancy
• any other report that is about bed capacity or beds not being used and why
• briefs – only those that relate to 'Code Yellow' up to the CE Office.
• AV Material – any footage or photographs of beds not being used.

Irrelevant information removed, such as personal information and staff direct contact details that aren't publicly known.

1. Misplaced, lost, stolen equipment
2. Unavailable, faulty, damaged equipment
3. Loss of high value drugs
4. Provision of the wrong drugs and other medication to patients

Document types:

• data reports, should they exist for any of the above items
• audits, reports, briefs limited to correspondence and documents escalated to a Facility Executive Director or the MSH Chief Executive
• AV material, should it exist for any of the above items.

Date Range: 1 January 2022 to 1 March 2023

Irrelevant information removed, such as personal information and staff contact details that aren't publicly known.

310 pages - 178 full release, 124 part release, 7 refused, 1 out of scope

Documents, specifically reports, audits, executive briefings and attachments, executive/board meeting minutes, relating to security contract, and/or MSS Security.

Date Range: 1 January 2018 to 29 October 2020.

MHS 23-2

12 July 2023

37 pages - Part release

Documents never accessed

Charges apply

Seeking documents, specifically incident reports, ministerial/executive briefings, statistics, and audiovisual material relating to hospital violence involving medical staff.

For statistics, please provide the past 2 calendar years, respectively, from 2021 to 2022. For the remainder of the documents, such as ministerial briefings, incident reports, and audiovisual material, please limit them to only those created in 2023.

MHS 23-1

19 April 2023

Documents not in existence

Documents, specifically emails between the Chief Executive & Metro South Hospital and Health Board regarding the running of the hospital.

Date range: 1 March 2022 to 5 July 2022.

MHS 22-3

22 June 2022

8 pages - Full release

Vision of the 5 most recent incidents in public hospitals where a patient has attacked hospital or health staff, including:

• a brief description of the incident
• the date of the incident.

Identities of the offenders aren't required and can be blurred.

Date range: 8 February 2021 to 8 February 2022.

MHS 22-2

10 March 2022

70 pages - Full release

Documents, specifically ministerial/executive briefings, board meeting minutes, reports, and correspondence, such as emails and text messages, relating to one or more of the following:

1. Failures or delays in relation to the issuing or finalisation of death certificates or post-mortem waiting times (referring to death certificates when a death certificates has been requested/undertaken).
2. Room for body storage (i.e. at morgues, locations where dead bodies are stored).

Date range: 1 November 2020 to 2 June 2021.

MHS 22-1

1 July 2022

6 pages - Part release

Documents, specifically statistics, reports (external and internal), ministerial/executive briefings, and Executive Meeting minutes, audits, reviews, and related audiovisual material such as CCTV/video footage, and photos relating to Official Misconduct/Code of Conduct breaches involving staff.

Date range: 1 January 2020 to 6 December 2021.

MHS 21-6

31 December 2021

Documents not in existence

Documents, specifically reports, briefing notes and attachments, reviews, and audits relating to patient deaths in hospitals where malnutrition was a factor.

Single report pulled from Riskman/Patient Safety and then any associated documents i.e. briefs, audits, reviews etc.

Date range: 1 January 2020 to 30 September 2020.

MHS 21-5

20 October 2021

Documents not in existence

Documents since 1 January 2019 to the date of this application, specifically reports, reviews, audits, ministerial briefings and attachments relating to public hospital food services where such services have failed to meet standards.

Date range: 1 February 2021 to 2 August 2021.

MHS 21-4

30 June 2024

317 pages - Full release

Documents since 1 February 2021 to the date of this application, specifically ministerial briefing notes and attachments, reports, correspondence such as emails and text messages relating to hospital staff working in the COVID wards being vaccinated. Please also include documents which discuss which staff will be vaccinated against COVID.

Date range: 1 February 2021 to 31 March 2021.

MHS 21-3

10 June 2021

1 page - Full release

Documents, specifically reports, ministerial/executive briefings and attachments, and Executive Meeting minutes, relating to hospital parking revenue, including how much is retained by the District, and parking discounts including the number and value of discounts awarded. Please exclude any data that is supplied to Department of Health.

Date range: Financial years from 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21.

MHS 21-2

9 March 2021

14 pages - Full release

Documents, specifically reports, ministerial/executive briefing notes and attachments, audits, reviews, and correspondence relating to patients dying while in the emergency department or waiting to get into the emergency department (i.e. in an ambulance).

Date Range: 1 January 2019 to 9 November 2020.

MHS 21-1

8 January 2021

1 page - Full release

Requesting data for Brisbane City Council as at 23 March 2020 regarding postcodes 4178 and 4179 for the information relating to the table published on the Qld Government website called 'Cases by Local Government Area and likely source of infection'.

MSH 20-9

31 August 2020

18 pages - Full release

Documents, specifically reports, statistics, correspondence, executive briefings and attachments, executive minutes and related audiovisual material, such as CCTV/body worn camera footage, relating to Ryan’s Rule being called/invoked.

Date range: 1 January 2019 to 28 May 2020.

MSH 20-8

2 June 2020

Documents not in existence

Documents, specifically ministerial/executive briefing notes and attachments, audits, reviews, and correspondence relating to COVID-19 false positives or false negatives. For example, test results which recorded positive which turned out to be negative and vice versa.

Date range: 1 March 2020 to 9 April 2020.

MSH 20-7

23 July 2020

76 pages - Part release

Application is made under RTI Act for copies of documents relating to any cases of patients being tied to a chair, confirmed, or alleged.

Date range: 1 July 2019 to 31 December 2019.

MSH 20-6

11 March 2020

Access refused

The “detailed business case” into expanding parking at Redland Hospital announced by the Minister in the following media story:
https://www.redlandcitybulletin.com.au/story/5774529/state-government-investigates-car-parking-at-redland-hospital/

Date range: 1 July 2019 to 31 March 2020.

MSH 20-5

10 March 2020

1 page - Part release

Documents, specifically ministerial/executive briefing notes and attachments, meeting minutes, audits, reviews, and correspondence relating to incidents/accidents/concerns regarding hospital maternity services. In relation to correspondence and meeting minutes, please limit searches to the hospital chief executives.  

Date range: 1 January 2019 to 6 February 2020.

MSH 20-4

31 March 2020

Documents not in existence

Documents since 1 January 2019, specifically reports, ministerial/executive briefing notes and attachments, executive/board meeting minutes, audits, and reviews relating to illicit and/or unprescribed drug detection by physical finds and/or blood testing in Queensland Mental Health units.

Date range: 1 January 2019 to 16 January 2020.

MSH 20-3

5 June 2020

7 pages - Full release

Documents, specifically ministerial briefing notes and attachments, audits, reports, and related AV material relating to stolen, or damaged items from hospitals.

Date range: 1 July 2018 to 10 January 2020.

MSH 20-2

17 January 2020

25 pages - Full release

Application made under RTI for copies of documents held at Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee (QEII)  and Princess Alexandra Hospitals.

Lists/dossiers/books of inappropriate rapid offloads or similarly described document.

These may be held at the triage desks of the Emergency Departments.

Irrelevant information has been removed under s.73 of the RTI Act.

MSH-20-1

6 January 2020

2 pages - Full release

5 pages - Part release

Emails and documentation from the Metro South Health Service:

1. The decision to erect the sign at Redland Hospital which reads; 'We’re upgrading Redland Hospital”. $20 million projects under way, including emergency and birthing expansions. And there’s more to come'.
2. The cost of sign’s design, construction and installation. Date range 1 October 2018 – 1 October 2019.

MSH-19-6

29 November 2019

10 pages - Full release

39 pages - Part release

Documents that included the initial discussion for the prefabricated build and reasons for the use of demountable’ s at Logan Hospital project through to the final decision.

Excluding the tenders for the build.
Excluding emails.

Focus on documents that have the specified information.

Since 1 January 2019 to the date of this application.

MSH-19-5

18 November 2019

14 pages - Full release

5 pages - Part release

Documents, specifically reports, ministerial/executive briefing notes and attachments, internal correspondence since 1 August, 2019, to the date of this application about delays in surgery and problems with sterilisation of instruments.

MSH-19-4

17 November 2019

11 pages - Full release

7 pages - Part release

All reports, documents, internal memos, emails, and briefing notes for the Metro South Patient Access Co-ordination Hub (PACS) for the date period of May 2019 - 11 September 2019.

MSH-19-3

11 November 2019

6 pages - Full release

Ministerial/executive briefing notes and attachments, reviews, audits regarding Right to Information.

Specifically documents with the following information for each of the past 2 years from 2017-18 and 2018-19:

1. How many applications were processed within the 30 day timeframe.
2. How many went to review.
3. Of those reviewed, how many upheld the original decision and how many didn't.
4. Resourcing of the RTI Unit, i.e. how many FTE staff for each of the two financial years.
5. The amount of funding.

MSH-19-1

20 February 2019

4 pages - Full release*

Ministerial briefing notes and attachments, audits, reports and related footage relating to power outages at hospitals from 1 July 2018 to 5 November 2018.

*Irrelevant information has been removed.

MSH-19-2

10 May 2019

62 pages - Full release*

Reports, ministerial/executive briefings and attachments and executive meeting minutes relating to hospital parking revenue including the amount collected each year for the past two years, how much is retained by the state government/Queensland Health, any fines issued by security officers for vehicles which has been parked too long on driveways/campus including the number and amount.

*Irrelevant information has been removed under s.73 of the RTI Act.

MSH-18-1

30 August 2018

18 pages - Full release*

All documents regarding visits by Minister Mark Ryan or Shadow Minister Trevor Watts to the PA Secure Unit - 12 December 2017 to 19 July 2018.

*Irrelevant information has been removed under s.73 of the RTI Act

MSH-17-6

1 December 2017

556 pages - Full release

Asbestos registers and testing/survey reports produced in relation to the Princess Alexandra Hospital (PA Hospital).

MSH-17-5

9 June 2017

17 pages - Full release

Reports of assaults involving weapons either by verbal threat or physical assault from 1 January 2014.

*Irrelevant information has been removed under s.73 of the RTI Act.

MSH-17-4

21 September 2017

1 Page - Full release

Total amounts owing for Medicare Ineligible status as at 31 July 2017.

MSH-17-3

20 September 2017

2 pages - Full release

Princess Alexandra Hospital (PA Hospital) Secure Unit - number of discharges, number of patients who had surgery, costs and service related groups (types of surgery) for financial year 2016-17.

MSH-17-2

4 September 2017

33 pages - Full release

Public Health Orders (PHO's) and Public Health Regulation Prescribed Infringement Notices (PIN's) from 2009 onwards.

MSH-17-1

8 June 2017

40 pages - Full release

Information/instruction to security staff to enforce or not enforce smoking on hospital grounds since the banning of smoking on all Queensland Hospital grounds + 5 metres - from September 2016 to 16 March 2017.

MSH-16-2

13 April 2016

136 pages - Full release

Documents since 1 January 2014, specifically briefing notes and reports relating to newborn baby mix-ups including mothers given the wrong babies for breastfeeding.

*Irrelevant information has been removed under s.73 of the RTI Act.

MSH-16-1

16 March 2016

1 Page - Full release

Summary of matters substantiated and open matters of staff related incidents of theft or fraud since 1 January 2014.

MSH-15-5

17 December 2015

160 pages - Full release

Documents since 1 January 2013 relating to the number of applications each year for prosthetic limbs, how many provide and costs, the number of applications each year for refitting of prosthetic limbs, the number provided and costs, briefing notes and reports regarding the provision of prosthetics and related issues.

MSH-15-4

7 September 2015

2 pages - Full release

Statistical data report relating to patient deaths whereby dehydration and/or malnutrition were detected since 1 January 2012.

MSH-15-3

26 June 2015

136 pages - Full release

Bottom Line number of schools (including day care and childcare centres) and kids in the Logan Beaudesert area who were involved in tooth brushing programs and oral health education programs from year to year over the last 10 years.

MSH-15-2

22 April 2015

122 pages - Full release

Workforce Profile provided to QH/Department of Health July 2012 to December 2014.

Workforce profile for Nursing skill mix July 2012 to December 2014.

Affected position spread sheets December 2013 to December 2014.

Voluntary Separation Packages July 2012 to December 2014.

MSH-15-1

1 April 2015

226 pages - Full release

Correspondence to or from the board and/or CEO regarding the veracity and/or accuracy of claims about reductions in waiting times for elective surgery 2013 to present

MSH-14-4

3 December 2014

635 pages - Full release

29 pages - Part release

Documents relating to the proposed Community Health Precinct in Wynnum.

MSH-14-3

5 November 2014

673 pages - Full release

Medication purchased and total amount of money spent on medication for prisoner use - financial years 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14.

MSH-14-2

20 February 2014

6 pages - Full release

Information regarding the purchases of processed fruit by all hospitals and health services that are part of Metro South Hospital and Health Service - October 2012 to September 2013.

NB applicable charge of $451.50 required before release.

MSH-14-1

8 April 2014

349 pages - Full release

Information outlining all roles/positions that have been or are to be affected by the structure and/or the restructure of the HHS - 1 July 2012 to 10 December 2013.

MSH-13-8

24 October 2013

16 pages - Full release

3 pages - Part release

Details of investigation and outcome of an incident at Princess Alexandra Hospital (PA Hospital) where it is alleged that contract plumbers turned off water supply to the dialysis unit.

MSH-13-7

26 August 2013

151 pages - Full release

Use of scalpels and safety issues, compliance with standards, incidents and documents relating to scalpel disposal.

MSH-13-6

23 July 2013

96 pages - Full release

Documents produced in the last year of any incidents in emergency departments where staff have been assaulted and recommendation/action taken, number of incidents annually for the last three years where such assaults have occurred and any recommendations produced in the last year in relation to improving security for hospital staff.

MSH-13-5

10 July 2013

49 pages - Full release

Metro South Review of Oral Health Services.

MSH-13-4

8 July 2013

150 pages - Full release

Review of Metro South Finance Function and Review of Metro South Education, Training and Professional Development functions - reports and response.

MSH-13-3

30 April 2013

215 pages - Full release

Documents produced in the last 12 months showing information about ward or partial ward closures and loss of ICU beds and any other bed losses at the Princess Alexandra Hospital that have not already been publicly released.

MSH-13-2

12 April 2013

76 pages - Full release

Community and Primary Health Services Review of Alignment to Metro South Health Priorities (October 2012).

MSH-13-1

25 March 2013

62 pages - Full release

Documents that were prepared by Queensland Health and Metro South Health that informed the recently announced plan for changes to Wynnum and Bayside Health Services between March 2012 to 4 February 2013.

MSH-12-1

6 December 2012

132 pages - Full release

Organisational documents related to the consideration by Metro South Health HHS of outsourcing Queensland Health functions or services, including pathology, payroll, radiography, oncology, oral health, medical imaging, pharmacy (central or hospital based), IT, records, gardening, maintenance, cleaning, training and catering between 24 March 2012 and 16 October 2012.