Page 2641 - Week 09 - Wednesday, 7 August 2013
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presentations. So let us just make that clear. The document Mr Hanson relies on for his argument is a working document at a very low level officials group within the hospital that did not make—
Mr Hanson: The Chief Executive of ACT Health. Not particularly low, is it?
MS GALLAGHER: Sorry, I thought you were referring to one you had done previously that certainly did not form a formal brief—
Mr Hanson: Canberra Hospital performance, yes. From Mark Cormack. Remember him?
MS GALLAGHER: Well, as I recall it, it did not form a formal brief to the minister.
Mr Hanson: Remember Mark Cormack?
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER (Mr Doszpot): Mr Hanson, you were listened to by the Chief Minister before.
MS GALLAGHER: Perhaps, Mr Hanson, can clarify that.
Mr Hanson: I remember Mark Cormack.
MS GALLAGHER: Yes, well, I am sure he remembers you, Mr Hanson; that is partly why he does not work for ACT Health anymore.
Mr Coe: A big call.
MS GALLAGHER: Well, I do not think there is any secret about the way Mr Hanson behaved—
MR ASSISTANT SPEAKER: Chief Minister, please do not engage in discussions.
MS GALLAGHER: in relation to the treatment of a senior and valued official in the ACT public service, as he has done from time to time.
But in terms of the claim that there is an increased demand on the emergency department, let us just go through the figures. Prior to the walk-in centre opening, demand for emergency department services had grown by five per cent in the ACT, up six per cent at Canberra Hospital and three per cent at Calvary hospital. A similar growth pattern has continued since the opening of the walk-in centre. Canberra Hospital has seen a six per cent growth in presentations each year for the first two years of the operation of the walk-in centre. But, at the same time, despite the walk-in centre being located on the other side of town, Calvary has also seen an increase in presentations to the emergency department of four per cent in 2010-11 and five per cent in 2011-12. So despite Calvary not having a walk-in centre, presentations have grown in line with those at Canberra Hospital.
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