Page 443 - Week 02 - Tuesday, 21 March 2023
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Minister, how can you rebuild trust when you failed to disclose these problems to the public, even though you were aware of them for weeks?
MS DAVIDSON: The most important thing to keep in mind when a breach of this nature occurs is that there are procedures to be followed to ensure that patient privacy is protected ongoing and that patient disclosure happens in the right way, to make sure that those patients are looked after. I have been assured by CHS that they have been following those procedures and that, while it takes some time to do things, it is important that they are done the right way. That is exactly what they have been doing.
MS CASTLEY: Minister, how long did that process take? Is that process over yet?
MS DAVIDSON: Thank you for the question. That process began as soon as CHS had enough information to be able to begin to talk to patients about what they needed to do. We have been ensuring that that process continues and follows all of the right procedures for when a breach of this nature occurs.
Ms Castley: On a point of order, Mr Acting Deputy Speaker: I asked how long. If the minister doesn’t know how long, is she prepared to take it on notice? Is it three weeks, a month—how long?
MS DAVIDSON: The conversations with patients who have been personally affected by these breaches are ongoing. It takes some time to make sure that all of their needs are being met. CHS are doing everything that they should be doing to make sure that that happens.
MR COCKS: Minister, how can you rebuild trust with the Canberra community and with vulnerable patients who have been let down?
MS DAVIDSON: I think it is really important for people in the Canberra community to understand that we do take patient privacy and confidentiality very seriously and that we do follow correct procedures when a breach of this nature occurs. That is exactly what we have been doing, including referring it for police investigation, which is now underway.
Schools—staff welfare
MR HANSON: My question is for the minister for education, through the Chief Minister. Chief Minister, the Australian Catholic University have published their Australian principals occupational health and wellbeing survey. That report showed that ACT school principals face the highest threats of violence in Australia, at over 75 per cent. They face the highest rate of actual violence in Australia, at 73.2 per cent. They face the highest rate of sexual harassment in Australia—four times higher than the national average—and more than 80 per cent of the violence comes from students. Chief Minister, why do more than 75 per cent of ACT principals face threats or actual violence, when the national average is 48 per cent?
Mr Rattenbury interjecting—
MR BARR: The Deputy Chief Minister will be able to respond in more detail to the issues. They are concerning figures. Obviously, the nature of the research project,
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