Page 3733 - Week 10 - Thursday, 19 September 2019
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(1) Women’s length of stay is reflective of the models of care offered at Centenary Hospital for Women and Children that promote community and home-based care with a short acute hospital stay. Women and babies who are well and have had a normal birth without complications, may choose to go home soon after the birth. All postnatal women are referred to the Maternal and Child Health Services.
(2) Capacity pressure will at times impact on management of health facilities. However, women and babies have to be medically safe for discharge before being sent home. Women who are eligible upon discharge from hospital will have follow-up home care by the hospital’s Midcall service, including:
• Assessment of the mother, and ongoing management of physical and psychological concerns.
• Assessment of the baby, including weighing and assessing the physical wellbeing of the baby.
• Ongoing education and support for feeding and parenting.
Hospitals—oncology treatment waiting times
Ms Stephen-Smith (in reply to a question and a supplementary question by Mr Parton on Tuesday, 13 August 2019):
ICON Cancer Centre has provided Canberra Health Services (CHS) with a proposal to ‘buy’ treatments. At this point of time, it has not been considered necessary. However, should there be an unreasonable deterioration in wait times I am advised CHS would be willing to engage in further discussion with ICON Cancer Centre.
In the meantime, all suitable patients on referral to CHS Radiation Oncology are provided information regarding the option of using ICON and where this is agreed to by the patient, CHS facilitate the transfer of these patient’s referrals.
ACT Health—SPIRE project
Ms Stephen-Smith (in reply to a question and a supplementary question by Miss C Burch on Tuesday, 13 August 2019):
No further staff will be transferred from ACT Health or Canberra Health Services to Major Projects Canberra in 2019-20 as part of the Machinery of Government changes. However, staff in both organisations will continue to work closely with Major Projects Canberra throughout the duration of the project.
The Project Director position is a new position that commenced on 1 July 2019.
ACT Health—SPIRE project
Ms Stephen-Smith (in reply to a question by Mr Coe on Tuesday, 13 August 2019):
ACT Health’s infrastructure team and executives, including facility and service planners all worked on the SPIRE project. This team consisted of up to 12 people at
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