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(b) Not applicable.
(c) Not applicable.
(4) Initially the Health Care Consumers Association of the ACT invoice was incorrectly allocated in the Territory’s invoice payment system which delayed commencement of the normal validation, approval and payment process. These initial delays were then exacerbated by the Christmas and New Year holiday period. Major Projects Canberra has since worked with the Territory’s centralised accounts processing team to improve invoice processing and reviewed their internal procedures to ensure that all invoices are paid in a timely manner.
(5) Both invoices were for locum Senior Resident Medical Officers to work in the Canberra Health Services inpatient rehabilitation unit. The invoice for $30,574.54 was for 172.5 hours over 15 shifts in September 2019 and the invoice for $32,653.78 was for 173 hours over 20 shifts in October and November 2019. Both invoices include the doctors’ salaries, travel and accommodation fees and locum agency fees. The locums were required to fill vacancies in the unit’s medical rosters.
(6) ACT Health Directorate provides funding to CALMS to operate an accredited, primary "afterhours medical service", available to all ACT residents based on clinical need, inclusive of Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) throughout the entire after-hours period inclusive of public holidays and the period 25 December to 1 January. CALMS have three locations in the ACT including one clinic located within the Canberra Hospital which is providing services as contracted.
Canberra Hospital—hydrotherapy pool
(Question No 3000)
Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 8 May 2020:
(1) In relation to the closure of the hydrotherapy pool at The Canberra Hospital, has the pool been emptied, cleaned and stabilised; if not, (a) why not and (b) when will it be.
(2) What are the (a) immediate term, (b) short term, (c) medium term, and (d) long term plans for the use of the space created by the closure of the pool.
(3) What capital works are planned for the space, including, but not limited to, remediation of the area currently occupied by the pool.
(4) When will those capital works (a) begin and (b) end.
(5) What will those capital works cost.
(6) What will happen to any redundant equipment recovered from the facility.
(7) What is the timeline for removal and disposal or storage of redundant equipment.
(8) Has the call for expressions of interest (EOI) in building a new hydrotherapy pool on the southside of Canberra closed.
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