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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 4 Hansard (8 May) . . Page.. 1128 ..

MR BERRY (continuing):

(a) current provision of both public and private beds in the ACT and the appropriate ratio of public/private beds as well as the overall requirement for beds in the ACT and surrounding region;

(b) the possible inter-relationship of the proposed new private hospital with the Canberra Hospital;

(c) the impact of any new beds in the private sector on:

(i) the current public hospitals in the ACT;

(ii) the current private hospitals in the ACT;

(d) the current and projected requirements of different types/categories of beds in the ACT including different levels of acute care beds and day care bed requirements as well as other possible combinations;

(e) the financial arrangements associated with the proposed new private hospital - including land allocations and proposed working and transfer arrangements;

(f) the impact on the citizens of the ACT in the climate where the number of private beds are rising at the same time as private health insurance is falling;

(g) any other related matters;

(2) no further contracts be entered into for the establishment of a private hospital until the report of the Committee has been considered by the Assembly;

(3) the Committee shall be composed of 3 Members - 1 Member nominated by the Government, 1 Member nominated by the Opposition and 1 other member from either the Independents or the ACT Greens. The nominations shall be notified to the Speaker in writing by 4.00 p.m. 13 May 1997;

(4) if the Assembly is not sitting when the Assembly has completed its inquiry, the Committee shall send its report to the Speaker or, in the absence of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker, who is authorised to give directions for its printing, circulation and publication;

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