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An evaluation panel assessed the RFQs and deemed the Varian Medical Systems TrueBeam technology to be most suitable for the Radiation Therapy Department.
(5) The order for both TrueBeam Linacs was placed on 24 September 2018.
(6) Patient treatment and radiation safety requirements mean that the location of the new Linacs is within the same footprint as the previous machines. Therefore, each machine must be decommissioned, and the bunker refurbished prior to installation and commissioning of the new Linac.
The commissioning process is highly technical and comprehensive and must be done insitu, hence, the long commissioning timeframe.
(7) Between July 2018 to June 2019:
(a) 73 per cent of palliative patients commenced within two weeks of their ready for care date.
(b) 45 per cent of radical patients commenced within four weeks of their ready for care date.
(8) Between 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020 the target for patients commencing treatment is:
(a) 100 per cent of emergency cases to be treated within 48 hours
(b) 90 per cent of palliative cases to commence within two weeks and
(c) 85 per cent of cases to commence within four weeks.
Canberra Health Services anticipates meeting these targets.
(9) Between 1 July 2019 to 31 December 2019:
(a) 100 per cent of emergency cases were treated within 48 hours
(b) 79 per cent of palliative cases commenced within two weeks and
(c) 69 per cent of radical cases commenced within four weeks.
Budget—arts funding
(Question No 2893)
Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for the Arts, Creative Industries and Cultural Events, upon notice, on 14 February 2020:
(1) In relation to the answer to question on notice No 2812, what attendance figures for ticketed and non-ticketed events did (a) each key arts organisation and (b) each program funded organisation, report in their funding acquittals for the calendar years of (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017 and (v) 2018.
(2) Will the Minister provide a table of the collated data referred to in the answer to part (2) of question on notice No 2812; if no, why not.
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