Page 2521 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 7 August 1991
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Mrs Nolan: We do not want it in a hospital.
MR BERRY: Mrs Nolan says that they do not want it in a hospital. They do not get it outside a hospital now. My advice is that trained staff will be able to provide the right sort of attention in a hospital environment. It is argued that more services ought to be provided in a non-hospital environment. I have some sympathy with that proposition, but it is certainly not under active consideration at this moment. I must say that it seems to me that, if there are 480 people who are suffering from it in some way, perhaps more needs to be done. But I am not able to provide any more comfort than I have provided, in the sense that my advice is that better services will be available within the new obstetrics block when it opens.
MR MOORE: I ask a supplementary question. Will you provide details of what is being planned for the new obstetrics unit so that we can understand what you are intending to do?
MR BERRY: Indeed.
Member's Travel Costs
MR COLLAERY: Mr Speaker, my question is addressed to you. To your knowledge, has any determination or allowance been made by you as Speaker, or through the Assembly, to pay the air fares of members who are absent on leave from the Assembly at the time a sitting is recalled?
MR SPEAKER: The answer to that is a short no.
MR COLLAERY: I ask a supplementary question, Mr Speaker. Did you apply any funds towards the payment of fares for Mr Moore's return to this Assembly recently for a scheduled sitting of the Assembly?
MR SPEAKER: The answer is still no.
Mammography Program
MRS NOLAN: Mr Speaker, my question is directed to Mr Berry in his capacity of Minister for Health. The previous Government agreed in principle to join the national mammography program. What is happening in the ACT in relation to this program? When will ACT women be able to be part of this program, hence allowing the early detection of breast cancer without significant cost?
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