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Health—medical research
(Question No 2048)

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Medical and Health Research, upon notice, on 30 November 2018:

(1) In relation to the answer to question on notice No 1720, what is the staffing complement for the Office of Research.

(2) What are the position titles and classifications.

(3) Have all the positions in the staffing complement been filled; if not, what is being done to fill them.

(4) In what areas of medical and health research does current staff have expertise.

(5) What is the Office’s budget for 2018-19.

(6) Given the budget is funded from existing resources, from which operational areas of ACT Health have budget funds been diverted to fund the Office.

(7) What research projects (a) has the Office worked on and (b) is the Office working on, to the date on which this question was published in the Questions on Notice Paper.

(8) What projects have been identified for the Office’s future work.

(9) How are research projects (a) identified, (b) approved and (c) funded.

(10) Will the Office be solely responsible for conducting or coordinating all medical and health research for the ACT Government; if not, (a) why not and (b) where else will medical and health research be undertaken and (c) what is being done to manage research activities to ensure there are no overlaps or duplication of work.

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

(1) The Office of Research consists of 34.79 FTE across all areas including the Office of Research and the Clinical Trials Unit.

(2) The table below shows positions and titles.

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