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Answers to questions

ACT Health—performance
(Question No 1)

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 13 December 2016:

(1) How many specialist doctors, in each specialist medical field, currently practice in the ACT.

(2) How many of the specialist doctors in each specialist field referred to in part (1) have closed their books to new patients.

(3) What is average wait time for patients to secure a first-time appointment with a specialist doctor for each specialist field.

(4) What is the benchmark first-time appointment wait time.

(5) What gaps has the Government identified in the provision of specialist medical services.

(6) What are the Government’s strategies to address those gaps.

Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

1. The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) states that there are 1208 medical specialists registered in the ACT including 426 General Practitioners¹. Table 1 identifies the distribution of these specialists across the specialist medical fields.

Some specialists may have their primary place of practice listed in other states and visit the ACT to provide occasional services. These specialists will not be reflected in the AHPRA data for the ACT.

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¹ AHPRA: ACT Annual Report Summary 2015-16

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