Page 4927 - Week 13 - Thursday, 28 November 2019
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The development plan provides the framework for the first year of implementation, including the establishment of a steering committee and the employment of Project Officers. Working collaboratively, the steering committee and the Project Officers will lead the development of key performance indicators, guidelines, procedures, policies, artefacts and development of a long-term sustainable plan of action.
Hospitals—aged-care transition
Ms Stephen-Smith (in reply to a supplementary question by Mrs Dunne on Thursday, 19 September 2019):
1. ACT Health Directorate and Canberra Health Services do not collect data on the length of time patients are waiting for suitable accommodation following an Aged Care Assessment Team assessment. Not all patients move directly from hospital to a residential aged care facility e.g. some patients may be discharged home with in-home care and support services until a place in a residential aged care facility becomes available. The Productivity Commission’s Report on Government Services contains measures of the time between being found to be eligible for aged care and entering an aged care service.
2. The number, type and location of residential aged care beds is determined by the Commonwealth. As above, not all patients move directly from hospital to a residential care facility e.g. some patients may be discharged home with in-home care and support services until a place in a residential aged care facility becomes available.
Canberra Hospital—medical training
Ms Stephen-Smith (in reply to a question and a supplementary question by Miss C Burch on Tuesday, 24 September 2019):
(1) The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) has raised one concern related to the quality of training provided to doctors at Canberra Health Services. This is that trainees were witnessing bullying, harassment or discrimination in the learning environment. The concern was raised in a letter similar to those received by a number of hospitals, including Canberra Hospital, in August 2019, reflecting the results of a national survey undertaken by the RACP in December 2018.
(2) The RACP wrote to a number of hospitals across Australia in August 2019, including Canberra Hospital, reflecting the results of a national survey undertaken by the RACP in December 2018. The concerns raised were that the physicians providing physician education at CHS reported intense daily workload, workload causing fatigue and fatigue impacting work performance.
Drugs—overdose deaths
Ms Stephen-Smith (in reply to a question and supplementary questions by Mr Hanson and Ms Lawder on Wednesday, 25 September 2019):
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