Page 803 - Week 02 - Thursday, 23 February 2012
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enhance clinical viability of the delivery of health services in the territory; end any contractual arrangements which are no longer relevant to the conduct of the public hospital; ensure the responsibilities, obligations, liabilities and rights of the parties are consistent with the delivery of high-quality, accountable and efficient health services in the territory; and allow for a flexible and responsive framework in which the parties may manage this agreement and the future conduct of the public hospital.
Some of the significant points within the network agreement include agreement that the existing public hospital agreements are terminated upon commencement of the network agreement. A network committee is being established as part of this agreement which will ensure time, energy and resources are allocated to the management of the relationship between the territory and LCM Health Care. The network agreement also removes the ability for Little Company of Mary Health Care to revert back to the existing agreements.
The Bruce health care precinct deed describes the process to create and progress the development of the precinct. The functions of the precinct committee are to agree on the development priorities for health services on the Calvary campus. The precinct committee will also consider all development proposals and will provide advice and guidance in relation to the conduct of the development of the precinct and any additional development. The precinct deed stipulates that a precinct master plan must be prepared and agreed upon by 30 June 2012 for development of the precinct. The objective of this plan is to develop a plan for renovation, replacement or rebuilding of the public hospital.
The deed of variation of the private hospital agreements includes changes that require Calvary to submit to the territory a full set of accounts and statements of affairs, as well as report the activities of the Calvary Private Hospital annually. The deed also outlines a requirement that Calvary is to maintain separate books of account and banking for both the public and private hospitals in accordance with cross-charging protocols. The deed also outlines that Calvary must repatriate all Calvary Private Hospital beds to Calvary Public Hospital and that a plan of the repatriation will be developed within two years from the commencement of the agreement.
The Calvary Public Hospital agreement is an agreement limited to circumstances in which the Calvary network agreement is terminated by Calvary in the event of a significant dispute, limited to a narrow range of matters that cannot be resolved or a precinct master plan that has not been agreed. In such circumstances, this agreement will replace the Calvary network agreement and, in essence, reinstates the old agreements but stripped of all the irrelevant historical provisions, in essence, restoring the status quo. This agreement is not required to be executed but will operate by force of the terms of the Calvary network agreement.
The agreement notes that Calvary will conduct, control and manage the public hospital of 300-bed capacity in accordance with government policy specified from time to time in relation to integration, rationalisation and efficient management of hospital services within the ACT.
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