Page 3298 - Week 11 - Thursday, 11 November 2021
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Health) (10.10): The statement that I am making today in relation to the biannual update on the implementation of the recommendations of the final report on the independent review into the workplace culture within ACT public health services responds to the commitment made to provide the Assembly with a biannual update.
Significant effort continues to implement the recommendations of the independent review completed in March 2019, at a system-wide level, and in each arm of the ACT public health system—the ACT Health Directorate, Canberra Health Services and Calvary Public Hospital Bruce. The strong governance framework continues to ensure that culture reform is being implemented in the ACT public health system.
The culture reform oversight group, which I chair, is future focused and continually discusses the commitment to deliver real and sustainable improvement in culture across the ACT health system. This is reflected in the vision—building a better health system through organisational reform that respects our workforce, our patients and the community. The culture review implementation steering group, chaired by the Director-General of the ACT Health Directorate, facilitates the implementation of the recommendations of the review.
As part of the culture review implementation, three working groups have been established to focus on agreed key areas of the culture reform process. The system-wide human resources matters working group is focusing on the findings of the HR functions review and investing early on the system-wide industrial relations issues. The early intervention working group is responsible for identifying system-wide issues that have or are likely to have an impact on culture across the ACT public health system and recommending strategies to address or mitigate the issues. Lastly, the professionals transition to work working group is aimed at investing in our early career professionals—specifically, the transition from a student through to the first two years of being a professional in the health system.
Membership of these working groups includes members of the oversight group, staff from each of the organisations, consumer representatives and other key stakeholders, including officials from the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate. All working groups report back to the oversight group and are progressing initiatives that will support our current and future workforce. The aim of the working groups is to take a collaborative approach to examine the underlying issues and deliver initiatives that will support sustainable culture change.
Further, engagement with key stakeholders across the health system continues through a range of forums, including the ACT Health and Wellbeing Partnership Board; the NGO leadership group; the clinical leadership forum; and the professional colleges advisory committee. Over the last six months, effort on a range of initiatives has progressed and will continue over the coming months.
The rollout of the internationally recognised Speaking Up for Safety program continues at both Calvary Public Hospital Bruce and Canberra Health Services. More than 74 per cent of staff at Calvary Public Hospital have been trained in the program to date. This is an ongoing investment to provide staff with an evidence-based approach to communication by teaching and reinforcing skills to enable a
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