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(2) Based current ICU footprint and data projections, Canberra Hospital will reach an average monthly occupancy rate of greater than or equal to 90% occupancy during the 2022-23 financial year. This projection does not take into account measures to be put in place before 2022-23 to address ICU pressures, which include operational and infrastructure options.
(3) ACT Health is working with Canberra Health Services to develop operational and infrastructure-based options to address ICU pressures between now and the delivery of SPIRE.
(4) The new ICU, being delivered as part of the SPIRE project, will be operational in 2024.
(5) Given the early stage of options development, ACT Health cannot provide detail of time, cost and potential impacts of the project.
(6) The Coronary Care Unit and Cardiac Catheter Suite will be part of the SPIRE development, and the total area requirements and inclusions are part of the current early design process.
(7) The new Acute Coronary Care Unit and Cardiac Catheterisation Suites, being delivered as part of the SPIRE project, will be operational in 2024.
(8) Please see answer to question 6.
(9) Space vacated through the delivery of SPIRE will be considered as part of ongoing campus planning and through the SPIRE early design development process.
(10) There are no current plans for the relocation of Coronary Care Outpatient services, however the issue will be considered as part of ongoing campus planning.
Minister for Health and Wellbeing—briefings
(Question No 2318)
Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, upon notice, on 22 February 2019:
(1) How many briefings has the Minister taken each year since appointed as Assistant Minister for Health and then following appointment as the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, about bullying and cultural problems in (a) ACT Health and (b) Canberra Health Services.
(2) What form did the briefings at part (1) take and what has been the nature of the information and advice given to the Minister in those briefings.
(3) What action did the Minister take in response to the information and advice provided.
(4) Did the Minister’s incoming minister’s brief as Assistant Minister for Health contain briefing material on bullying and cultural problems in ACT Health; if so, (a) what information was provided and (b) how did the Minister respond to that information.
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