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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1999 Week 9 Hansard (2 September) . . Page.. 2862 ..

Mr Moore (continuing):

(i) Mr Anderson was commissioned to produce one detailed report and then

to work with the hospital in relation to specific implementation procedures and to provide regular updates to the Minister for Health and Community Care.

(ii) The terms of reference for this study were to briefly examine the current financial management practices and processes at The Canberra Hospital, to seek out the incidence of best practice financial management and to recommend how it may be more widely applied throughout the hospital. The Study also looked at any sub-optimal aspects of financial information, advice or management processes and made recommendations on how these may be seized as opportunities to make improvements.

(iii) Although the work being undertaken by Mr Anderson is presently ongoing, I am satisfied with the process to date.

(2) The Anderson Report identified two lists of items, firstly, those in need of urgent

attention and secondly, those where there are opportunities to pursue benefits as soon as

practicable, these items were broken down into 23 sub-projects. Work is continuing in

relation to these matters. Mr Anderson's services have been contracted until January 2000, by which time all of the issues raised will have been considered for suitability and actioned or rejected based on an informed decision making processes.

(e) Fauldings Scoping Study

The Fauldings Study was designed to help TCH identify options for cost containment, specifically scoping for the use of computer controlled vending machines to provide pharmaceuticals and medical supplies at ward level. The Study was to be at no cost to TCH.

Although Hospital management initially saw some merit in the proposal, the study did not proceed as the Department of Health and Community Care had called for expressions of interest for a prime supplier arrangement for the provision of pharmaceutical, medical, surgical and other products to the ACT public hospitals and ACT Community Care. Tender specifications are currently being developed and will be sent to select tenderers in the near future.

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