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the Department of Administrative Services guidelines for engaging consultants.

(3) The total cost of engaging PALM Management to facilitate the seminars, collate the findings and provide a report to Hospitals Management was $14,875.

(4) They key criteria in the decision to employ PALM Management were:

- the need to urgently address staff concerns about the hospitals redevelopment process and particularly staff morale problems at Royal Canberra Hospital;

- an understanding of the ACT health services scene;

- the credibility and professionalism of the consultants;

- a need to be seen to be independent.

(5) PALM Management conducts occasional seminars for Organisation Development Services. Mr Peck has also worked with a Canberra consultancy firm (Management and Technology Consulting) to develop the ACT Hospitals Information Technology Plan.

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