Page 2626 - Week 07 - Thursday, 3 August 2017

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(1) ACT Health has a License with Marie Stopes International to occupy premises at 1 Moore Street, Canberra City. The terms of this Licence include:

a. Peppercorn rent;

b. Use of the premises to provide sexual and reproductive health care, including but not limited to pregnancy counselling, medical and surgical abortion, contraception, sexually transmissible infections testing and treatment, cervical screening and vasectomy;

c. ACT Health has responsibility for repairs and maintenance, except in circumstance where the repair or replacement is as a result of negligence on the part of Marie Stopes International; and

d. Responsibility for Utilities and other outgoings with ACT Health.

In addition, ACT Health licenses Marie Stopes International – Canberra (Marie Stopes) International as aType 2, Accredited Health Care Facility (HCF) under the Public Health Act 1997.

(2) As a HCF, Marie Stopes must comply with the ACT Health Care Facilities Code of Practice 2001 (Code of Practice). As part of this, all facilities must produce an annual report which contains:

a. the name and location of each health care facility;

b. the number of professional staff employed at each health care facility;

c. the number of non-professional staff employed at each health care facility;

d. the number of patients treated at the facility;

e. the number of notifiable incidents (if any) reported to the Chief Health Officer;

f. performance measures of morbidity and mortality;

g. the Quality Systems used by the health care facility to protect public safety and ensure compliance with this Code;

h. any structural changes made to the facility;

i. the number and type of records kept by the health care facility;

j. the number and type of complaints received; and

k. steps taken to reduce and resolve complaints.

ACT Health received the 2015-2016 annual report from this facility.

(3) Yes – on the Marie Stopes International Australia website at https://www.mariestopes.org.au/about-us/impact/

(4) Not applicable to ACT Health as this is a privately run HCF.

(5) Under the Code of Practice, Type 2 facilities are accredited with a recognised accreditation system. As part of the accreditation process, the facility is required to participate in facility wide inspections. No inspection is required by ACT Health as part of the Health Care Facility licence.

(6) Marie Stopes undergoes accreditation through the Australian Council of Healthcare Standards, and was granted reaccredited on 16 February 2017.

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