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which includes: when it can be accessed; who can access it; how it can be disseminated; how to securely store it and/or destroy it; and the privacy principles that underpin these decisions. This training is compulsory for health professionals registered with AHPRA and other recognised industry regulators, such as the Health Information Management Association of Australia. All CHS team members also complete mandatory training modules as part of their induction when commencing employment with the service.
In mid to late 2022, in preparation for the implementation of the Digital Health Record, more than 11,000 health staff across the ACT undertook training in the DHR. Part of the training included a reminder on patient privacy and obligations when handling and accessing personal health information. The DHR system has in-built proactive reporting programs and additional levels of security for different types of medical records.
This is all of the information I am able to share at this point in time. I will provide further updates when I can. As you can see from the information I have shared with you today about training and support provided to staff, staff are very clear about their responsibilities in relation to patient privacy.
Leave of absence
Motion (by Ms Lawder) agreed to:
That leave of absence be granted to Ms Lee (Leader of the Opposition) for this sitting due to personal reasons.
Health services—workplace culture review—update
Ministerial statement
MS STEPHEN-SMITH (Kurrajong—Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, Minister for Families and Community Services and Minister for Health) (10.08): I rise today to provide the Assembly with the final biannual update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Final Report: Independent Review into the Workplace Culture within ACT Public Health Services.
In 2019, the ACT government accepted all 20 of the recommendations of the final report and committed $12 million over the three-year Culture Review Implementation program. Ninety-two discrete actions were identified to respond to the 20 recommendations for culture reform at a system-wide level. From an early stage, the then culture review oversight group recognised that building a system-wide framework to understand the cultural challenges in our health system was vital to enable ongoing evaluation and monitoring.
Over the three years of the Culture Review Implementation program, an extraordinary amount of work has been done across the ACT public health system and within the ACT Health Directorate, Canberra Health Services and Calvary Public Hospital, Bruce. There have been countless staff involved in developing actions and implementing programs within individual teams—from our nurses, midwives, doctors and allied health staff to our support services teams and policy officers. This is a
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