Page 47 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 7 April 1992
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I present the following papers:
Third Labor Government - Program
Ministerial statement, 7 April 1992.
Legislation Program - Autumn Sittings 1992.
and I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the papers.
Debate (on motion by Mr Kaine) adjourned.
WORLD HEALTH DAY
Ministerial Statement
MR BERRY (Minister for Health, Minister for Industrial Relations and Minister for Sport): I seek leave to make a ministerial statement on World Health Day, an ACT perspective.
Leave granted.
Mr De Domenico: Now you might get the answer to your question, Kate.
MR BERRY: She got the answer to her question, a loud and clear one. It might not be the one that you wanted, but it is loud and clear and it is good news - productivity is up and we are doing it within budget.
Madam Speaker, today is World Health Day and I am sure members will agree that it is appropriate to mark the occasion with a statement on the ACT health system, particularly as it is the first day of formal sittings for this new Assembly. The theme of World Health Day 1992 is heart health, and this Government has put in place a number of significant programs to address the problem of cardiovascular disease. These include work assessment programs and risk management clinics, as well as extensive educational resources that are available to the public, community groups and schools. The ACT Health Promotion Fund also provides funding for a range of health education projects. This Government is committed to the concept of health for the whole environment. The provision of non-acute and non-hospital services is as important as the provision of top quality public hospital services.
Over the next three years Labor will consolidate its performance since taking office in June last year, as the Chief Minister said. Since then, Labor has implemented crucial reforms that have improved the management and delivery of health services in the ACT, to which my earlier answer drew particular note. Major reforms have been achieved in the financial management sector. Senior management has been streamlined with the appointment of a new chief executive of ACT Health and a new general manager at Woden Valley Hospital, and a new position of general manager, resources, has been created and an appointment recently made.
A computerised accounting system, Fiscal, is now being progressively used to manage and account for funds received and expended. Business rules now set out agreements reached with Treasury on items of revenue and expenditure that can be the subject of subsequent negotiation after the budget allocation, rules not
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