Page 6325 - Week 19 - Tuesday, 17 December 1991

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While there is no comparable structure to the Hospital in the Home program in the ACT, much of the work undertaken by the program is covered by Community Nursing, for example:

long term intravenous antibiotic therapy other parenteral treatments treatment for serious wounds pharmacological treatment of illness inhalation therapy/home oxygen care of oncology patients.

In addition we now have in place a number of programs aimed at reducing hospital length of stay such as:

.. day procedures pre-admission clinic Miscall program discharge planners.

We are also of course restructuring our hospital system to ensure that the highest possible quality of care is provided to the community at a cost that is affordable.

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