Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

Again, the word 'crisis' being used for this is not right. There is a shortage of IV fluids that is being managed appropriately so that patients don't miss out. Using language like that creates concern, which the AMA is now trying to deal with. It wants people to be reassured that the IV fluid shortage is being handled. In relation to morphine, a similar process is being handled. This is what health systems deal with all the time. It would have dealt with it when you were in government. The Medicine Shortages Action Group—