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MINISTER FOR HEALTH

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 567

Hospital in the Home Program

Mr Humphries asked the Minister for Health:

1. Did an officer or officers from the Department of Health attend a seminar in Sydney organised by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards on 9 August 1991 concerning the Hospital in the Home program undertaken at the Centre Hospitaller De Verdun in Quebec.

2. if officers did attend, will their report on the seminar be made available to the Assembly.

3. What action is the minister taking to evaluate the merits of the Hospital in the Home program.

4. if no action is being taken, will the Minister consider the merits of this program in light of the potential financial advantages of the program to the ACT Government and the social and therapeutic advantages to patients.

Mr Berry - the answer to Mr Humphries question is:

1. No officers from ACT Health attended a seminar in Sydney on the Hospital in the Home program.

2. No, as no officers attended.

3. The merits of this specific program are not being investigated at present.

4. The Hospital in the Home program is a hospital-based program which offers acute care in the home. The programs objectives are:

to shorten and/or avoid a hospital stay for a specific group of clientele while still providing treatment and quality care on a social level; and

to provide quality acute care at a significantly lower cost.

From a legal point of view this program is classified as being the same as other inpatient units within the hospital. The program is geared towards patients wishing to continue their hospitalisation in the home.

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