Hunter Valley Public Relations has managed a range of high profile incidents. These incidents vary in gravity and include the highest level of incidents which can be categorised as critical, either involving a fatality or is potentially fatal.
CRITICAL ISSUES MANAGEMENT INCLUDES:
Power failures at tertiary referral hospitals;
Health response to State Rail disasters;
Industrial workplace deaths;
High profile patient admissions to NSW hospitals;
Critical adverse patient outcomes in NSW hospitals;
Management of medico-legal issues at NSW hospitals, and
Whooping cough, chicken pox, influenza outbreaks in maternity and children’s hospitals.
BROADER ISSUES MANAGEMENT INCLUDES:
Coal seam natural gas exploration and production;
Land access for infrastructure projects;
Loss of Australian pharmaceutical exports and jobs to India;
The initial roll out of ADSL in Australia;
Initial state hospital response to SARS;
SARS response management in children’s hospitals;
Health response planning for Sydney airport disasters;
Cryptosporidium outbreaks relating to NSW Health;
A bank robbery;
Police shootings;
Fire destroying company buildings;
Sexual assault of a hospital patient;
Federal and State Ministerial media conferences;
National health and immigration media campaigns;
Olympic arrivals at Sydney airport, and
Visiting international dignitaries including royalty.
