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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 2 Hansard (9 March) . . Page.. 433 ..

The Detoxification Unit was closed for a period of time in the December and January period, how many people contacted the back up service and what happened to those people? What type of back up services were available at that time?

The Health Minister's answer is as follows (to be provided by Mrs Carnell in Mr Moore's absence)

Mr Moore answered the Member's question on 18 February 1999, however Mr Moore has asked me to provide further information on this issue.

In the initial response to Ms Tucker's question, Mr Moore stated that the reduced detoxification service was run from a different building at The Canberra Hospital over the Christmas period. The reduced service was, in fact, run from a ground floor location in the same building.

In addition, the 24 hour phone assistance that was provided by the service over the Christmas period was conducted through the linking of all phones (with the exception of the Methadone phones) into the 24 hour drug and alcohol Helpline which was operated by Alcohol and Drug Program staff through a mobile phone.

Mr Moore has asked me to convey his regret over the delay in providing this additional information to the Legislative Assembly and a letter advising Ms Tucker of this information was provided out of session.

. Ms Carnell: During question time on 18 February 1999 Mr Hargreaves asked Mr Moore, Minister for Health and Community Care a question concerning consultancies for The Canberra Hospital.

. As Acting Minister for Health and Community Care I would like to read Mr Moore's response to this question into Hansard.

Mr Hargreaves asked the Minister for Health:

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