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Canberra Hospital—cardiology department
(Question No 863)

Ms Castley asked the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 10 June 2022:

(1) How many staff work in the Canberra Hospital’s cardiology department.

(2) What is the breakdown of staff numbers, job title and classification.

(3) How many staff complaints have been made about the cardiology department since January 2021.

(4) What is the breakdown of the types of staff complaints.

(5) How many doctors are rostered on for duty in the department each day.

(6) How often have those doctors, referred to in part (5), not been in the hospital when they were rostered on duty.

(7) How many doctors have been involved.

(8) Where have those doctors been.

(9) Who is responsible for ensuring the doctors rostered on duty actually turn up to the cardiology department.

(10) Who is responsible for contacting the doctors who do not turn up when rostered for duty.

(11) Have there been complaints about doctors in other hospital departments who have been rostered on duty but not actually been in the building.

(12) How has patient care in the cardiology department been affected if doctors rostered on for duty are not actually in the building (according to a media report in The Canberra Times on Sunday, 5 June 2022).

Ms Stephen-Smith: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

1. As of 31 May 2022, the CHS Cardiology Department comprised 86.88 FTE.

2. The cardiology department comprises cardiologists, nurses, allied health and administrative staff. The breakdown for the unit is per the following table:

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