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Hospitals—compensation claims
(Question No 2040)
Mrs Burke asked the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 9 April 2008:
(1) How many claims of compensation have been made by hospital staff during (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08 to date;
(2) What has been the nature of the claims outlined in part (1);
(3) Can the Minister provide disaggregated information separately outlining the number of claims by gender and age;
(4) What has been the total payout for the workers’ compensation claims.
Ms Gallagher: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1)
(a) The Canberra Hospital 101; Calvary Hospital 25
(b) The Canberra Hospital 92; Calvary Hospital 35
(c) The Canberra Hospital 42; Calvary Hospital 15
(2) Anxiety/depression combined; anxiety/stress disorder; asthma; back pain, lumbago and sciatica; burns; bursitis; contusion, bruising and superficial crushing; digestive system diseases; disc displacement, prolapse, degeneration or hernia; disease of muscle, tendon and related other soft tissue diseases; diseases of nerve roots, plexuses and single nerves; dislocation; epicondylitis; foreign body in eye, ear/nose/resp, digestive, reproductive tract; fractures; injuries to nerves and spinal cord; intercranial fractures; joint diseases; mental diseases; muscle/tendon strain, non traumatic; musculoskeletal/connective disease; neck pain, cervicalgia; nervous system and sense organ diseases; occupational overuse syndrome; reaction to stressors; residual soft tissue injuries; soft tissue diseases from non-traumatic causes; soft tissue injuries due to trauma or unknown mechanisms; spinal/intervertebral disc diseases; tendinitis; trauma to joints and ligaments; trauma to muscles; trauma to muscles and tendons; traumatic tearing away part muscle/tendon structure, avulsion; wounds lacerations amputations/internal.
(3)
The Canberra Hospital
|
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
|
80 Female, 20 Male |
78 Female, 14 Male |
32 Female, 10 Male |
|
50 years plus: 26 |
50 years plus: 34 |
50 years plus: 12 |
|
40 – 49 yrs: 29 |
40 – 49 yrs: 25 |
40 – 49 yrs: 10 |
|
30 – 39 yrs: 28 |
30 – 39 yrs: 14 |
30 – 39 yrs: 12 |
|
29 yrs and below: 17 |
29 yrs and below: 19 |
29 yrs and below: 8 |
Calvary Hospital
|
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
|
20 Female, 5 Male |
30 Female, 5 Male |
14 Female, 1 Male |
|
50 years plus: 8 |
50 years plus: 14 |
50 years plus: 8 |
|
40 – 49 yrs: 4 |
40 – 49 yrs: 12 |
40 – 49 yrs: 6 |
|
30 – 39 yrs: 9 |
30 – 39 yrs: 7 |
30 – 39 yrs: 1 |
|
20 – 29 yrs: 3 |
20 – 29 yrs: 2 | |
|
19 yrs and below: 1 |
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