Page 3068 - Week 14 - Tuesday, 5 December 1989
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Mr Berry: The answer to Mr Humphries' question is as follows:
A meeting with the Australian Nurses Federation was scheduled for 12 October 1989 but was cancelled.
I met the Branch President and Branch Secretary of the Hospital Employees Federation on Friday 17 November 1989 where a broad range of issues of concern to Hospitals Employees Federation members were discussed.
The meeting was held in my office and the undertakings given were in line with Government policy to continue consultations.
Hospital Services
(Question No. 51)
Mr Humphries asked the Minister for Community Services and Health, upon notice, on 15 November 1989:
Did the Minister meet with doctors' organisations during October and November and give any undertakings to those organisations; if so, what were those undertakings.
Mr Berry: The answer to Mr Humphries' question is as follows:
I met with the Australian Medical Association on 8 November 1989 to discuss the Hospitals Board.
The meeting was held in my office and the undertakings given were in line with Government policy to continue consultation.
Hospital Services
(Question No. 52)
Mr Humphries asked the Minister for Community Services and Health, upon notice, on 15 November 1989, in relation to staffing at Canberra hospitals:
(1) What serious measures has the Minister taken to reduce over-staffing in the areas of (a) central health administration and (b) hospital staffing.
(2) Does the two and a half hour shift overlap that currently occurs in the nursing roster cost the community some $1m a year.
(3) Is the Minister able to state whether this shift overlap occurs in hospitals outside the ACT; if so, where.
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