NURSES have invited the Queensland premier to make an early start on his plan for community summits and attend a town hall meeting in Moura where the local hospital is tipped to close.
The acting head of the Central Queensland Health Service District will address residents about the future of the 10-bed Moura Hospital at the meeting in the town hall on Thursday evening.
While the government hasn't confirmed the hospital will close, the region's mayor believes the move is imminent.
The Queensland Nurses Union says Premier Campbell Newman should include Thursday's meeting in his current tour of regional Queensland.
Mr Newman has just announced a series of town hall-style community summits later this year to give voters the opportunity to shape the future of the state.
"I am sure the people of Moura will give him a few ideas about the future of hospital services in this state," Queensland Nurses Union assistant secretary Des Elder said in a statement.
The union expects another 60 nursing and midwifery jobs will be cut in the Townsville Hospital and Health Service region over the next few weeks.
Up to 100 jobs in the region's clinical and support sections are also earmarked to go.
Mr Elder said the unions learnt of the latest cuts recently and says the government is planning "widespread job and service cuts" in the Central Queensland and Wide Bay Hospital and Health regions.
"It is an absolute disgrace and vital, affordable, quality health care is being sacrificed by a state government driven by a simplistic financial model," he said.
Last year the government announced 2754 jobs would be shed at Queensland Health, including 1537 full-time positions at Hospital and Health Services, under a budget plan to slash 14,000 public service positions.
The premier's office has been contacted for comment.
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