Page 5921 - Week 14 - Wednesday, 8 December 2010
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Mr Hanson: You said there was a reticence to deal with it.
MS GALLAGHER: That information is public.
Mr Hanson: You said there was a reticence to deal with it.
MS GALLAGHER: Yes. So, the system issue, Mr Hanson, is that there was a reticence to deal with workplace issues when they should have been dealt with. That is the system issue, and that is what needs to be responded to. Why do you need to know who did what to whom and whether they got punished for it?
Mr Hanson: I don’t. I’m not asking for that.
MADAM DEPUTY SPEAKER: Mr Hanson!
MS GALLAGHER: That is what you are asking for, Mr Hanson, and you know that. You know it, and you are sitting there pretending that that is not what you are after.
Mr Hanson: Cover-up, Katy.
MS GALLAGHER: The cover-up. We hear it again. You have the clinical services review. That looked at the systems issues. If that is what you are after, you have got that report. It is released in its entirety. It is there for everybody to see, and work is being done to address all those recommendations. But it is not good enough for Mr Hanson, because he wants the name or names of the individual or individuals related to this public interest disclosure. This was a very specific public interest disclosure about bullying and harassment in the workplace. That is what people have provided their submissions on, as I understand it.
If they wanted to make a disclosure, they will be making disclosures. Those will inevitably name individuals. That is what this report is about. I can tell you that I know that things have changed in that workplace. I would not say that all of the issues have been addressed. I think they are so complex that they will take time to address. I call on all obstetricians to work together to deliver the best maternity service that we can in the ACT for people across the ACT.
We have formed the steering committee, which is oversighting all of this. The steering committee is larger than I would have liked, but everybody had to be on it. So we have got the Chief Executive of ACT Health, the Deputy Chief Executive of ACT Health, the Chief Executive of Calvary Public Hospital, the General Manager of Canberra Hospital, the Chief Executive of Calvary John James, the Director of Clinical Services of Calvary Private Hospital, the director of the maternity unit at Canberra Hospital, the director of the maternity unit of Calvary Public Hospital, the clinical director of the maternity unit of Calvary John James, the senior midwife of Calvary Public Hospital maternity unit, the senior midwife from Canberra Hospital, the Associate Dean of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the clinical director of the Canberra Hospital NICU, a representative of the AMA, a representative of the Salaried Medical Officers Association, a representative of the ANF, a representative of the Health Care Consumers Association, a representative of the Royal College of
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