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(5) For patients who need to travel interstate for healthcare not available in the ACT, financial assistance towards travel and accommodation expenses is available through the Interstate Patient Travel Assistance Scheme (IPTAS). Flight travel assistance is available where it is deemed by a doctor to be medically essential.
(6) In order to (a) attract and (b) retain paediatric specialists in the ACT, ACT Health advertises through a range of sources, offers competitive remuneration and an attractive scope of service to prospective, current employed and VMO staff specialist paediatricians, including opportunities to practice in neonatal intensive care, paediatric surgery, and other surgical subspecialties.
ACT Health also offers opportunities to conduct research and have been effective at attracting and retaining staff. These are opportunities not as easily accessible in other comparable, regional hospitals.
ACTION bus service—maintenance
(Question No 487)
Mr Coe asked the Minister for Transport and City Services, upon notice, on 18 August 2017:
(1) Can the Minister provide the total cost of unscheduled repairs to Transport Canberra (ACTION) buses in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2015-16 and (d) 2016-17.
(2) In relation to the total cost of unscheduled repairs in part (1)(a) to (d), what was the cost of unscheduled repairs that were due to (a) mechanical, (b) vandalism, (c) traffic-related incidents, such as crashes and (d) other reasons.
(3) How many traffic-related incidents, such as crashes, involved Transport Canberra (ACTION) buses in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2015-16 and (d) 2016-17.
Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) To obtain accurate costings in regard to scheduled and non-scheduled maintenance would require significant filtering of the information recorded. An accurate response to the question asked cannot be provided in the timeframe given.
(2) See response to Question 1.
(3) The number of traffic-related incidents involving Transport Canberra (ACTION) buses were:
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2013-14 |
371 |
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2014-15 |
362 |
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2015-16 |
363 |
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2016-17 |
471 |
Traffic-related incidents are defined as any collisions with other vehicles, objects, animals, pedestrians, and cyclists involving Transport Canberra (ACTION) buses.
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