Page 4563 - Week 12 - Thursday, 26 October 2017

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4. The iDose Ivek pumps are calibrated daily to ensure that it is dispensing the correct amount. The pumps are serviced every 2 years and an equipment loan pump is supplied to cover the original one when being serviced.

Mental health—patient readmission
(Question No 605)

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Mental Health, upon notice, on 15 September 2017:

Further to the answer to QON No E17-561, part 2a, concerning discharge figures provided for each year, (a) how many discharged patients returned to a public health inpatient unit and (b) what was the average time between discharge and re-admission.

Mr Rattenbury: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

ACT Health benchmarks both seven day follow up (as provided in response to QON 561) and 28 day readmissions (planned and unplanned) through a national submission to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. For patients who had a planned or unplanned readmission (a) the number of patients and (b) the average number of days are summarised in the following table:

Patients discharged and readmitted to a Mental Health Inpatient Unit

Financial Year

Patients readmitted within 28 days

Average time between discharge and readmission

2014-15

144

8.5 Days

2015-16

163

10.7 Days

2016-17

213

11.3 Days

ACT Health—cystic fibrosis treatment services
(Question No 606)

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, upon notice, on 15 September 2017:

(1) Further to the answer to QON No E17-521, when does ACT Health expect it will receive the report and recommendations of Cystic Fibrosis Australia’s peer review group in relation to its review of ACT Health’s cystic fibrosis treatment services.

(2) Will ACT Health consult with Cystic Fibrosis ACT before responding to the report and its recommendations; if not, why not.

(3) Will ACT Health invite a response from Cystic Fibrosis ACT to the report and its recommendations and the Government’s response; if not, why not.

(4) Will the Government release publicly the report and recommendations and the Government’s response; if not, why not.


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