Page 3534 - Week 10 - Wednesday, 18 September 2019
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MS STEPHEN-SMITH: The annual report for the ACT Health Directorate is in the final stages of finalisation. I understand that a draft was received in my office last week but I was advised by the Director-General of the Health Directorate that it needed some work. I have not yet looked at the final version of the annual report. In the due process of government, budgets are released and annual reports are released, and this information is made public.
Mr Coe: On a point of order, my question was specifically about the end-of-year financials. It was not about the annual report, which is a different document. I ask that she be directly relevant.
MADAM SPEAKER: I think she has made reference to both the financial end of year and also the annual reporting period. Nothing else to add?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: I have nothing to add.
Canberra Health Services—Ronald McDonald House
MRS DUNNE: My question is to the Minister for Health. In your incoming minister’s brief on the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children upgrade, it states, “Delivery of the additional post-natal ward in the CHWC is dependent on the decant and relocation of Ronald McDonald House.” What discussions have been held with Ronald McDonald House Charities ACT about plans to decant and relocate Ronald McDonald House?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: There have been discussions with Ronald McDonald House, as is indicated in the incoming minister’s brief. I will take on notice whether those discussions are ongoing or have been finalised. That is a matter that, clearly, as the incoming minister’s brief said, needs to be finalised. But that work is underway. I will come back with further information.
MRS DUNNE: Minister, what is the timetable for the decanting and relocation of Ronald McDonald House?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: I will come back to the Assembly with detailed information in relation to that issue, but my understanding—I certainly have not been advised to the contrary—is that the time frames for the expansion of the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children are on track. I have not been advised that there are delays in terms of those time frames. This is a significant investment in the expansion of the Centenary Hospital for Women and Children that will deliver new maternity spaces, new paediatric spaces and the delivery of the adolescent mental health unit.
MS LAWDER: Minister, has a site been identified for the relocation of Ronald McDonald House, or is there any further information you can provide about the Ronald McDonald House relocation at this time?
MS STEPHEN-SMITH: I understand that a site has been identified for the relocation, but obviously it would be inappropriate for me to talk about that in this place while
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