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At this stage, base case projections have been completed. The next step in the planning process will be to apply scenario modelling to the base projections for foreseen changes to service models, technology and clinical trends.
The base case projections indicate a need for 26 operating theatres across the ACT in 2031/32 and 30 in 2036/37. Base case projections, subject to scenario modelling for service changes and contemporary models of care, indicate a requirement for 315 surgical beds across the ACT in 2031/32 and 353 in 2036/37.
(6) It is anticipated that the Territory-wide Health Service Plan will be completed in the first half of 2021. Canberra Health Services is developing a Clinical Services Plan that will cascade planning undertaken for the Territory-wide plan to the Canberra Health Services context. It is anticipated that the Canberra Health Services Clinical Services Plan will be completed by June 2021.
(7) Between November 2019 and March 2020, approximately 80 consultation sessions were undertaken with stakeholders from Canberra Health Services, Calvary Public Hospital Bruce, non-government organisations (NGO) funded by ACT Health Directorate as well as aged care providers in the ACT to inform development of the Territory-wide Health Service Plan and a Canberra Health Services Clinical Services Plan. It is anticipated that further consultations will be undertaken in late 2020.
The Canberra Health Services Clinical Services Plan will be framed on advice of clinicians and supporting analysis. Workshops attended by hundreds of clinicians from all specialties and service lines within Canberra Health Services were held in late 2019 when work on the Clinical Services Plan commenced.
(8) Benchmark ratios of surgical beds to operating theatres have not been applied. Planning for surgical bed requirements has not applied a ratio of surgical beds to theatres.
(9) Modelling for surgical bed requirements at a hospital reflects the volume and case mix of surgical procedures and the mix of same day and multi-day activity. Projections for surgical bed requirements are calculated using five year trends in activity, adjusted for population growth, ageing and impacts of planned models of care and service delivery. Benchmarking has not been undertaken for the reasons mentioned above.
(10) ACT Health Directorate is currently undertaking long-term strategic planning projects including the Canberra Hospital Master Plan, and the northside hospital options analysis. These projects will inform decisions on delivering the projected infrastructure growth requirements.
(11) In addition to service agreements for the provision of services under the National Partnership Agreement – Covid-19 Response, ACT Health Directorate has six service agreements with six private hospitals to provide elective surgery procedures through a panel of providers arrangement.
Waste collection—William Hovell Drive
(Question No 3067)
Mrs Kikkert asked the Minister for City Services, upon notice, on 19 June 2020:
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