Page 370 - Week 01 - Thursday, 13 February 2020
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3. ACT Fire and Rescue has not had any enquiries in relation to Paspaley Street Hume recently. The site was last inspected by ACT Fire and Rescue 6 months ago and ACT Fire and Rescue are of the understanding that the site is being cleaned up and the business is in the process of leaving Hume.
The Health Protection Service (HPS) investigates allegations of insanitary conditions under the Public Health Act 1997. The HPS does not undertake active vermin control programs, however the HPS investigates allegations of vermin harborage which may constitute an insanitary condition. No complaints regarding the location have been received by the HPS since 2017. An investigation at that time found no insanitary condition present. The HPS will continue to monitor and investigate allegations of insanitary conditions within the area.
The operator of the site is no longer licensed under the Environment Protection Act 1997 (the Act). Under Section 22 of the Act the operator has a general environmental duty to take the steps that are practicable and reasonable to prevent or minimise their environmental harm caused by the activity they are undertaking.
Hospitals—day surgery capacity
Ms Stephen-Smith (in reply to supplementary questions by Mrs Dunne and Mr Hanson on Thursday, 28 November 2019):
(1) Canberra Health Services and Calvary Public Hospital Bruce follow the Waiting Time and Elective Surgery Access Policy. Having a standard policy and procedure ensures that all patients receive fair and equitable treatment that is based on their clinical needs. Every effort is made to consider any other personal and/or individual circumstances of each patient, and to make the process as convenient as possible, unfortunately this is not always possible.
(2) Postponements of surgery are not currently captured in a consistent manner across the ACT public health system.
Data on removals from the elective surgery waiting lists for reasons other than surgery is currently published in the Quarterly Performance Reports each quarter.
ACTPAS, the current Patient Administration System utilised by the ACT public health system has limitations that make the capture and reporting of some data more difficult.
The Digital Health Record that was funded in the 2019-20 Budget will address these deficiencies.
In the meantime, the ACT Health Directorate is examining if it is feasible to modify the configuration and use of ACTPAS to capture this data in a reliable and systematic way to enable future publication of surgical postponements.
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