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(8) What was the cost of providing external community care in the ACT during the (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 calendar years.
(9) What service providers currently provide external community care in the ACT.
Mr Corbell: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) As at 20 May 2015, 99 FTE nurses were employed by ACT Health under the Community Care Program.
(2) Community Care Nurses provide domiciliary and clinic based services out of the Belconnen, Civic, Gungahlin, Phillip and Tuggeranong Community Health Centres. The Community Nursing LINK Team is based in Garran. They provide services for emergency/domiciliary patients across the ACT, including two residential homes for patients on ventilators.
(3) The Community Care Program provides community nursing services to ACT residents. Community based clinical nursing services include wound, catheter and drain management, medication administration and education and specialist wound, stoma, and catheter services. Community Nurses offer continence assessment and management of continence as well as group sessions for pre-prostatectomy patients. Self management of chronic conditions courses are run throughout the year. General ambulatory care clinics are located at each of the Community Health Centres listed above (2), while specialist services can be accessed at one or more health centres.
Access to Community Nursing services is via the Community Health Intake and referrals come from hospitals and other health service providers, such as general practitioner’s as well as the patient themselves and/or their carer/family.
(4) The occasions of service provided by ACT Health community care nurses during the (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 calendar years are as follows:
|
Community Occasions of Service Provided By Nurses by Calendar Year |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
CCP - Community Care Program |
79865 |
82684 |
86356 |
82217 |
81470 |
Patients are treated in the Community Health Centres and/or the patient’s home.
(5) The cost of a ACT Health Community nurse ranges between $65,000 to $148,000 per annum depending on the grade of nurse.
(6) In 2013-14 financial year, the cost of providing community care by ACT Health was $18,138,000.
(7) The cost of providing ACT Health community care (excluding external providers) during the (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 calendar years are as follows:
|
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
$15,754,000 |
15,335,000 |
$16,603,000 |
$17,127,000 |
$18,989,000 |
(8) The cost of providing external community care in the ACT during the (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014 calendar years are as follow:
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