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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 7 Hansard (29 June) . . Page.. 2259 ..
Health Regulation (Maternal Health Information) Act-Quarterly reports from approved facilities-January to March 2000 quarter.
Calvary Public Hospital-Information Bulletin-Patient Activity Data-April 2000.
The Canberra Hospital-Information Bulletin-Patient Activity Data-April 2000.
Health Services-Activity report comprising The Canberra Hospital, Calvary Public Hospital and ACT Community Care-Third quarter 1999-2000.
MR MOORE (Minister for Health and Community Care) (3.45): Mr Speaker, I present the following papers:
Department of Health and Community Care-2000-01 ACT Budget-Government Payments for outputs for output classes 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3, June 2000.
The Canberra Hospital-Quarterly performance indicators-Copy of letter from Chief Executive, The Canberra Hospital to Minister for Health and Community Care, dated 29 June 2000, enclosing a report on quality indicators for The Canberra Hospital drawn from statistics provided by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards.
Nursing Workforce Report-Department of Health and Community Care, dated 29 June 2000.
Steering Committee on Financial Management Reform Opportunities for The Canberra Hospital-Final Report prepared by Stephen Anderson Consulting Pty Ltd, dated 6 June 2000.
The Canberra Hospital-Public Funding for the Canberra Hospital-Department of Health and Community Care-2000-01.
I move:
That the Assembly takes note of the papers.
My purpose in tabling these papers is to begin to address what I see as an unfortunately low level of debate regarding the safety of the hospital. It is plainly an excellent hospital despite the destructive entertainment which some in this place and in the media take at the hospital's expense. The success stories largely outweigh the problem cases.
The performance indicator document relates to a number of important quality indicators which were measured during the course of the Canberra Hospital being accredited by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards. This accreditation took place recently, using data from the July to December 1999 period. Mr Speaker, I referred to a number of those during question time. Do these indicators show, as Mr Stanhope has asserted, a hospital in crisis? Of course they do not. They show a high-quality hospital.
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