Page 1790 - Week 05 - Thursday, 16 May 2019
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ANMF ACT; Dr Antonio Di Dio, President, AMA ACT; Ms Madeline Northam, Regional Secretary, CPSU; Ms Darlene Cox, Executive Director, Health Care Consumers Association ACT; Dr Richard Singer, President, ASMOF ACT; Dr Peter Hughes, President, VMOA ACT; Mr Michael De’Ath, Director-General, Health Directorate; Ms Bernadette McDonald, Chief Executive Officer, Canberra Health Services; and Ms Barbara Reid, Regional Chief Executive Officer, Calvary ACT. I am the chair of this group and Minister Rattenbury is the deputy chair.
The meeting considered the draft terms of reference for the oversight group, in line with the recommendations of the independent review, which will be finalised following the next meeting of the oversight group. Members committed to overseeing the implementation of the independent review’s recommendations in a timely manner. The culture review oversight group will meet every three months.
The oversight group will be supported in its work by the culture review implementation steering group, which is made up of senior executive leaders from across the ACT public health system. The steering group met on 13 May 2019 and began the mapping of the work towards implementation of the recommendations. The senior executive leadership team has established a dedicated culture review implementation team within the directorate to support, coordinate and facilitate implementation across the public health system.
The executive structures within the ACT Health Directorate, Canberra Health Services and Calvary Public Hospital Bruce have been, or are in the process of being, reformed to ensure that we have the right people in place to lead a contemporary health service across the ACT. There has been rigorous focus on stabilising and refining organisational structures and working closely with all staff. The government was pleased to read in the final report that cautious optimism was expressed by many within the service regarding the new leadership.
Recognising the territory-wide focus, re-engagement with staff will occur across each of the three arms of the ACT public health system. In line with recommendation 1 of the final report, CHS and ACT Health are embarking on projects to review their vision, values, roles and behaviour. These projects will seek to ensure that, with the recent transition of ACT Health to two organisations, the visions and values of the new organisations are contemporary and clearly understood. This work will be completed by September 2019. There will be significant staff engagement as these projects are rolled out, with a view to embedding the vision and values from November 2017. As members are aware, Calvary public hospital’s values and vision are in line with those of the Little Company of Mary. As a key partner in the delivery of territory-wide services, Calvary will undergo re-engagement with staff to ensure that the vision and values are understood and embedded.
The independent review panel fundamentally addressed and understood the core of the culture issues in the ACT public health system. It has allowed staff and stakeholders to be heard, to share their experiences and their stories, and to contribute in a positive way to real change. The final report has provided a clear way forward for the government. The government again acknowledges and thanks the independent panel members, the chair, Mr Mick Reid, and Ms Fiona Brew and Professor
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