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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 6 Hansard (22 June) . . Page.. 1748 ..

Mr Stanhope asked the Minister for Health and Community Care, upon notice, on

4 May 1999:

In relation to The Canberra Hospital (TCH) equipment purchases, was any new equipment purchased to enable TCH to provide medical services to the National Capital Private Hospital, if so:

(1) What were the equipment.

(2) How much did it cost?

(3) Where did the funding come from.

(4) Are the returns on these facilities adequate enough to repay the original amounts

Mr Moore

(1) & (2) The National Capital Private Hospital is co-located on The Canberra

Hospital site and began operations on 24 August 1998. A wide range of services are

provided by The Canberra Hospital to the National Capital Private Hospital under

specific Service Agreements negotiated between the hospitals.

These services include pathology, radiology, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, biomedical engineering, food services. nutrition, fire safety, educational services, facilities management, staff vaccinations, physiotherapy, pharmacy, waste removal and provision of staff identification cards.

The services are not discounted to the private hospital and are charged on a competitive basis. TCH appointed a financial consultant, Coopers & Lybrand, to provide advice in respect of pricing and other commercial aspects of the Agreements and to ensure that all agreements:

� could provide a positive return on investment;

� could satisfy external scrutiny;

� are in accordance with National Competition Policy; and

� could satisfy Competitive Neutrality requirements.

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