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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 2000 Week 11 Hansard (30 November) . . Page.. 3502 ..

Question put:

Ayes, 3  		Noes, 14

Mr Osborne  		Mr Berry
Mr Rugendyke  		Ms Carnell
Ms Tucker  		Mr Corbell
			Mr Cornwell
			Mr Hargreaves
			Mr Hird
			Mr Humphries
			Mr Kaine
			Mr Moore
			Mr Quinlan
			Mr Smyth
			Mr Stanhope
			Mr Stefaniak
			Mr Wood

Question so resolved in the negative.

MR STANHOPE: My question is directed to the Minister for Health, Housing and Community Care. Are the Canberra and Calvary hospitals in negotiations with VMOs on their payments for work in those hospitals, and have any VMOs indicated an intention to change their current arrangements and undertake public sector work at Calvary Hospital only? If so, what impact would these negotiations have on Canberra Hospital's budget or its ability to retain VMOs for public sector work at the Canberra Hospital?

MR MOORE: Yes, yes, and of course it will have an impact on the way those VMOs work. Yes, there are negotiations going on with VMOs because there are always negotiations going on with VMOs. They are individual contractors and the hospitals negotiate individually with those contractors. There are a number of VMOs who determined they would only work at one hospital or another. That is their choice. One of those, for example, a very public one, is Dr Phil Jeans. You may recall that he was dissatisfied with the way surgery was operating at Canberra Hospital. My understanding is that he determined that he would only work with public patients at the Calvary Hospital. That does have an impact.

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