Page 4593 - Week 12 - Thursday, 15 October 2009
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community and population health research; health services and health promotion research; and research on social factors contributing to health and illness.
The key institutions are ACT Health, with a burgeoning research effort in bench research, epidemiological surveillance and clinical research, including general practice and nursing and allied health research in partnership with a range of institutions; the Australian National University, notably the John Curtin School of Medical Research; the Centre for Mental Health Research; the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health; the national Primary Health Care Research Institute; and the University of Canberra. Other health-related research institutions include the Defence Science and Technology Organisation and various CSIRO divisions.
The establishment of the ANU Medical School in 2004 also significantly boosted the ACT health and medical research sector. The government is committed to supporting health and medical research in the ACT. Under its research policy framework, the government committed to work with the ACT health and medical research community in the following four endeavours: supporting the development of the health and medical research community in the ACT and surrounding region in a way that builds on our local advantages, including planning for the coherent development of research facilities, communication technology, training in research and major research collaborations; ensuring a whole-of-government approach that coordinates the evolution of the ACT’s health and medical research effort with industry development and commercial investment; pursuing the ACT’s interests in the development of national health and medical research policy and playing a strong part in the implementation of that agenda on behalf of the nation; and encouraging policy and practice oriented research by the health and medical researchers and supporting research and evidence based policy and practice in the provision of healthcare.
The government agree to six and agrees in principle to three of the standing committee’s 12 recommendations. We note two recommendations and we do not agree with one recommendation.
The government’s response to the standing committee report refers to the establishment of an ACT Health research office to replace the Canberra Hospital research office. This is intended to provide an overarching structure to support health and medical research across the health portfolio. An ACT Health research governance framework and associated research policy and guidelines for research practice have also been put in place.
This work was undertaken within the context of previous reviews of health and medical research, the standing committee’s report and accreditation of ACT Health, which in 2009, for the first time, included an accreditation standard on research. The ACT Health research office will be primarily responsible for the governance and management of all research undertaken within ACT Health and further develop collaborative partnerships with other research organisations.
The research office will approve and register, prior to commencement, all research conducted within ACT Health; assume responsibility for the leadership, coordination, governance and promotion of research across ACT Health, including the management
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