THE “urgent” review into remote nurse safety ordered after the death of Gayle Woodford is still to see the light of day. More than six months have passed since Ms Woodford was allegedly lured from her home late at night, abducted in an ambulance and then brutally killed and buried near the South Australian community of Fregon. The death sparked outrage across Australia among remote nurses, who demanded better safety conditions. Within days the Northern Territory Health Department began what then-Chief Minister Adam Giles said was an “urgent and priority review” to address Territory nurse concerns. One of these was the lack of GPS devices in ambulances, which in Ms Woodford’s SA case helped lead police to her body and alleged killer. Still not a single device has been fitted to remote Territory ambulances. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation NT branch senior organiser Angela Phillips said the review had stalled.
