Page 366 - Week 01 - Thursday, 13 February 2020
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• require the employee to fully or partially reimburse the employer for damage that the employee has wilfully incurred to property or equipment;
• transfer the employee temporarily or permanently to another position at level or to a lower classification level;
• remove any benefit derived through an existing Attraction and Retention Incentive; and
• termination of employment.
3. This information is not available as individuals are not required to provide a reason for resignation.
Hospitals—maternity services
Ms Stephen-Smith (in reply to supplementary questions by Ms Lawder and Ms Lee on Wednesday, 27 November 2019):
(1) A stillborn child is defined as a baby who shows no signs of life at birth, after a pregnancy of at least 20 weeks gestation or weighing 400g or more. If this occurs at home, the woman would be advised to return to hospital for medical management and to bring the stillborn baby with her.
Some women may experience early pregnancy loss at home with a heavy period and no discernible fetus. This is usually the case with miscarriages below 9 weeks and is not classified as a stillbirth.
A fetus may die in utero at any gestation and women in such circumstance are seen either in the Early Pregnancy Unit or the Fetal Medicine Unit (FMU), depending on the gestation. If this occurs between 13 and 20 weeks gestation, the woman is seen in the FMU by a midwife and specialist who discuss the diagnosis, investigations and options for induction of labour. The medication to initiate labour may take up to 48 hours. During that time the woman may go home with advice to return to hospital after 48 hours, or earlier if she goes into labour. If the fetus is born prior to returning to hospital, the woman is advised to return to hospital for medical management and to bring the fetus with her.
(2) Canberra Health Services does not send women home to deliver a baby over 20 weeks that has died in utero. Some women commence labour naturally and others require an induction of labour to birth the stillborn baby. This may take up to 48 hours. During that time the woman may go home with advice to return to hospital after 48 hours, or earlier if she goes into labour. If the baby is born prior to returning to hospital, the woman is advised to return to hospital for medical management and to bring the still born baby with her.
ACT Health—SPIRE project
Ms Stephen-Smith (in reply to a supplementary question by Mr Wall on Wednesday, 27 November 2019):
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