Page 4947 - Week 15 - Thursday, 8 December 1994
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THE PENULTIMATE NATIONAL HEALTH GOALS AND TARGETS WERE PRESENTED TO THE HEALTH MINISTERS IN JUNE 1994. THESE AND THE ASSOCIATED IMPLEMENTATION PLANS WERE AGREED TO IN SEPTEMBER 1994. THEY FORM THE BASIS OF THE NATIONAL HEALTH POLICY ADOPTED BY THE COMMONWEALTH, STATES AND TERRITORIES.
THIS REPORT FOLLOWS 12 MONTHS OF CONSULTATION WITH COMMUNITY ORGANISATIONS, HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND CONSUMERS. A DRAFT HEALTH GOALS AND TARGETS DOCUMENT WAS CIRCULATED TO THE COMMUNITY FOR COMMENT DURING MAY AND JUNE OF THIS YEAR. FOLLOWING RECEIPT OF COMMENTS THE DOCUMENT HAS NOW BEEN FINALISED.
OVER THE PAST YEARS, THE A.C.T. HEALTH SYSTEM HAS PARTICIPATED IN ONE OF THE LARGEST HOSPITAL REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS IN AUSTRALIA. THIS MASSIVE REDEVELOPMENT, REPRESENTING AN INVESTMENT OF OVER $170 MILLION, HAS MEANT SOME DISRUPTION TO HOSPITAL SERVICES OVER RECENT YEARS. IT IS A GREAT CREDIT TO ALL STAFF AT WODEN VALLEY HOSPITAL AND CALVARY HOSPITAL THAT THEY HAVE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE FIRST-RATE SERVICES DURING THE REDEVELOPMENT.
BUT THE BENEFITS ARE NOW APPEARING, WITH OUR NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND THEATRE AND IMAGING
FACILITIES. THE BENEFITS OF THIS REVITALISED PUBLIC HOSPITAL
SYSTEM WILL BECOME EVENT MORE APPARENT AS WE MOVE TOWARDS
THE YEAR 2000.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CANBERRA CLINICAL SCHOOL WILL SOON SEE THE APPOINTMENT OF AT LEAST SIX PROFESSORIAL POSTS IN THE PRESTIGIOUS UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY MEDICAL FACULTY. THIS WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON FURTHER IMPROVING PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS THROUGHOUT CANBERRAS CLINICAL COMMUNITY.
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