Overview
- About 120 senior doctors unanimously passed a no-confidence motion in Albury Wodonga Health’s executive over governance, transparency and decision-making concerns.
- Safer Care Victoria’s review found cultural, governance and leadership shortcomings in surgical and emergency services and linked staff distrust to the $558 million hospital redevelopment.
- Albury Wodonga Health says it has accepted all findings and will implement every recommendation, with Safer Care Victoria to oversee progress.
- The final report remains confidential under Victorian law, with only abridged findings shared, and the Victorian Opposition has urged the health minister to release it publicly.
- Emergency director Dr David Clancy is on paid leave in what the service calls an interim step without findings of wrongdoing, as doctors plan to write to state and federal ministers and may seek an independent inquiry if concerns persist.