Page 3512 - Week 10 - Thursday, 20 October 2022
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Preterm Birth, BuMP) GP Shared Care and Private Obstetric Led Care and approximately 1000 births through the Continuity of Care Program including Homebirth. The level of data granularity required to provide “how many places were available for each option, since 2016” would require a high level of resourcing that would be an unreasonable diversion of resources.
The CPHB Continuity of Midwifery Care Program has offered around 240 places for women a year since its inception in 2014. In 2021-22, this program was extended to a further 120 women, enabling around 360 women continuity of midwifery care at CPHB. The Maternity Care Team care for the remaining women.
(b) Women do not apply for a place, the options and their referral for care is discussed with a midwife and they are allocated to the most appropriate care pathway.
(c) CHS does not report financial data at this detail. Please refer to annual reports for expenditure. Cost per program is incorporated into multiple cost centres providing different services.
Due to the structure of the CPHB Women and Children’s Division, funding is spread across services provided rather than by models of care. Both models of care access services such as doctor’s clinics, postnatal beds, special care nursery cots and consumables, so any funding figures provided would not be reflective of the cost of the model of care in its entirety.
(4) I have received complaints about a preferred option not being received, noting not all complaints will be directed specifically to me to respond. CHS has responded to four complaints received through the Minister’s Office and provided input into three complaints received by the ACT Heath Directorate, since the commencement of Canberra Maternity Options Service in 2019.
(5)
|
2016-17 |
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 | |
|
(a) Canberra Hospital1 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
37 |
|
(b) Calvary Public Hospital Bruce1 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
31 |
34 |
34 |
Note 1 – Average number of beds operated throughout the year. Includes Maternity, Birth Suite, Birth Centre, and Special Care Nursery.
(6)
(a) The average length of stay, since 2016, for the Canberra Hospital, in the maternity unit/birthing ward is 2.2 days.
(b) The average length of stay, since 2016 for Calvary Public Hospital Bruce, in the maternity unit/birthing wards is 2.2 days.
(7)
(a) Data on hospital costs are provided by the Independent Hospital Pricing Authority and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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