Page 5363 - Week 13 - Thursday, 29 November 2018

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Advise COMCEN of the approximate number of students on board and approximate primary and secondary student numbers.

Announce to the students that an alternate bus is on route and will collect them to continue their trip.

Direct students to relocate to a safe area under the driver’s supervision.

Direct the students not to leave the area unless they notify the driver.

Field Transport Officers (FTO) are required to:

Once on location FTO’s will be responsible for students until they are transferred to a replacement bus or collected by a parent.

In addition FTO’s must:

o Maintain passenger safety.

o Identify and confirm student numbers from the bus/buses involved.

o Collect details of students affected by the incident.

o Ask students to remain on the bus/or in the area while safe to do so.

o Release students into the care of an identified parent/carer.

§ Notifying COMCEN when this occurs.

o Assist and monitor the transfer of students to replacement services/field vans.

o Notify COMCEN when student transfer is complete.

Canberra Hospital—emergency waiting times

Ms Fitzharris (in reply to a supplementary question by Miss C Burch on Wednesday, 24 October 2018):

The attached briefs and reports about emergency department waiting times were provided from the Health Directorate during July and August 2017.

Canberra Hospital—emergency waiting times

Ms Fitzharris (in reply to a supplementary question by Mrs Dunne on Wednesday, 24 October 2018):

1. Nursing staff are not rostered to the Emergency Department corridor.

2. See response to Question 1.

Canberra Hospital—radiology department

Ms Fitzharris (in reply to question and a supplementary question by Miss C Burch on Thursday, 25 October 2018):

1. I was briefed by ACT Health on 15 May 2018 that the College was downgrading the accreditation of the training program in the Radiology Department at Canberra Hospital, one day after the College released its preliminary report to the hospital. I continue to be kept informed of the hospital’s progress on this matter.

2. Refer to the answer to Question 1.


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