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There have been four.
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Date |
Type |
Description |
|
20 November 2017 |
g) |
ACT Policing reported that they had received a phone call stating that a bomb was going to be placed at a hospital within the ACT. |
|
24 July 2018 |
d) |
A patient under police guard accessed a police firearm and discharged five rounds before being restrained. |
|
24 January 2019 |
g) |
A suspicious package was discovered in the Building 12 carpark which required police intervention. |
|
14 September 2019 |
h) |
A patient under police guard escaped from Fast Track and in the process injured a Wardsperson and elderly visitor. |
In relation to a health facility, a ‘major security incident’ is defined as:
a) a death in custody of a detainee
b) an escape, attempted escape or preparing to escape from custody by a detainee
c) a serious assault of any person resulting in admission to hospital or death
d) a riot or major disturbance
e) hostage taking
f) a fire requiring external assistance
g) a bomb threat or find
h) a use of force with serious injury to a patient or others, or involving discharge of weapons or chemical agents by another agency
i) the discovery of a prohibited item inside a secure facility which would significantly affect the safety, security or good order of the facility
j) erroneous release or unlawful detention of a person in custody
k) industrial action or withdrawal of security staff labour
l) the theft or loss of sensitive or highly restricted materials or equipment
m) unauthorised access to sensitive source materials, equipment or laboratories.
This does not include information security breaches which are recorded by the Chief Information Officer.
Mental health—patient services
Mr Rattenbury (in reply to a supplementary question by Mrs Dunne on Wednesday, 27 November 2019):
In 2018-19, for a person presenting to the Canberra Hospital Emergency Department (ED) with a mental illness, there was an average period of 11.2 hours between the decision to admit and the admission to a mental health ward.
The 11.2 hour period consists of wait time and other factors and it is impossible to distinguish the time contributed by each. Wait time includes bed availability and
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