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Canberra Hospital—paediatric services
(Question No 931)

Ms Castley asked the Minister for Mental Health, upon notice, on 14 October 2022:

(1) What has been the Canberra Hospital’s paediatric high care ward’s budget since 2016-17.

(2) How many staff work in the ward, including (a) full-time equivalent and (b) headcount each year since 2016-17.

(3) Can the Minister provide each staff classification, for example, nurse, psychiatrist, executive.

(4) How many presentations have there been at the ward each year each year since 2016-17.

(5) How many children (younger than 16) have presented to the ward with eating disorders each year since 2016-17.

(6) How many children who have presented to the ward, have been discharged and readmitted, each year since 2016-17.

(7) What is the criteria to discharge a patient with an eating disorder and which clinicians have an input and how.

Ms Stephen-Smith: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

1) Canberra Health Services (CHS) does not report budget allocations at the ward level. Current and prior year budget allocations are published on the ACT Treasury website and can be accessed here https://www.treasury.act.gov.au/budget. Further financial information can also be found in the CHS Annual Reports which can be accessed here

https://www.canberrahealthservices.act.gov.au/about-us/media-centre/publications

2) CHS is unable to report at the ward level or prior to 2021 as this would be an unreasonable diversion of resources due to the specialised reports that would need to be accessed and created. Data has been provided detailing paid full time equivalent (FTE) and headcount (HC) for Paediatrics as of 30 June each respective year.

3) The breakdown of staff employed within the Paediatrics Department as of 28 September 2022 is:

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