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(11) How many staff assess claims of workers compensation.
(12) What is the average time for (a) an accepted and (b) a rejected compensation claim in CHS.
(13) How many cases are (a) opened and (b) closed, each month since July 2020?
Ms Stephen-Smith: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
1) For the purposes of providing a timely response after multiple attempts to clarify the intent of the question, it is assumed the Member is inquiring about Canberra Health Services (CHS) staff as all following questions are specific to CHS. Please note that CHS was established in 2018 and as such data will only be provided from this time. The workers’ compensation premium charge at CHS, budget and actual for financial year 2018-19 to current, is outlined in the below table.
|
Financial Year |
Budget ($) |
Actual ($) |
|
2018-19 |
18,846,558 |
18,831,426 |
|
2019-20 |
14,490,213 |
14,478,843 |
|
2020-21 |
14,879,502 |
14,250,829 |
|
2021-22 |
12,300,119 |
12,838,094 |
*Please note Canberra Health Services was established in October 2018
2) The number of staff incidents in CHS reported from the Work Health Safety unit each year since 2018 is per the below table. CHS was established in 2018 and as such information prior to this time has not been provided.
CHS Total Staff Incident Reports entered to RiskMan
|
Financial Year |
Staff Incident Reports |
|
2018-19 |
2003 |
|
2019-20 |
2138 |
|
2020-21 |
2573 |
|
2021-22* |
2604 |
*to 20 June 2022
3) CHS compensation claims that have been lodged since July 2020 for each month until 31 May 2022 is as per the below table. This data is provided from the Workplace Safety and Industrial Relations unit within Chief Ministers, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate (CMTEDD).
|
Calendar Year |
Calendar Month | |||||||||||
|
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec | |
|
2020 |
12 |
14 |
15 |
13 |
17 |
12 | ||||||
|
2021 |
13 |
16 |
8 |
8 |
10 |
13 |
10 |
14 |
18 |
7 |
9 |
12 |
|
2022 |
11 |
20 |
18 |
11 |
14 | |||||||
4)
a) Workers’ compensation claims are assessed and either accepted or rejected, by the insurer EML. A claim is typically rejected by the insurer on the basis that there is
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