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MINISTER FOR HEALTH
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO 1238
Health Department Premises - Compliance with-
Occupational Health and Safety and
Environmental Standards
Mrs Carnell - asked the Minister for Health - In relation to premises in which ACT Health operates, or which act on behalf of ACT Health, eg Calvary Hospital.
(1) What monitoring mechanisms exist to ensure that toxins, noxious discharges and
other wastes do not exceed established environmental and occupational health and
safety standards.
(2) On how many occasions in the last three years have there been instances where
discharges exceeded the standards.
(3) What were the circumstances of the excess discharges, to what degree did they
exceed the standards, particularly those which posed a health risk to staff, the
public or the environment
(4) What was the risk to members of the public or staff from these incidents.
(5) What was the extent of injury or disability arising from these incidents and what
expenditure has been made (a) to compensate employees and (b) to compensate
members of the public.
(6) What action has been taken to rectify the failure of systems, equipment or human
error that gave rise to these incidents.
(7) What action has been taken to ensure the full compliance with all relevant
occupational health and safety and environmental standards.
(8) What was the cost of remedial and clean-up work.
(9) What expenditure will be necessary to ensure full compliance with occupational
health and safety and environmental standards.
Mr Connolly - the answer to the Member's question is as follows:
Calvary Hospital does not act on behalf of the Department of Health but is an independent organisation which provides a range of health services under an Agreement between the ACT Government and Calvary Hospital ACT Inc. It has a legally constituted Board of Management which directs the governance of the hospital and has done so since 1979.
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