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(10) At this stage, it is envisaged that the Office of Research will co-ordinate and govern efforts on health and medical research involving ACT Health resources. A partnership model is being developed that will determine responsibilities in the future.
Canberra Hospital—emergency waiting times
(Question No 2049)
Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, upon notice, on 30 November 2018:
(1) In relation to the answer to a question taken on notice on 24 October 2018 relating to The Canberra Hospital, Emergency Waiting Times, Rostered Nurses, if nurses are not rostered to the Emergency Department corridor, how is clinical staffing managed to ensure patients on trolleys in corridors receive timely attention and treatment.
(2) Are staff diverted from other areas of the hospital to attend to patients on trolleys in the Emergency Department corridor; if not, (a) how is staffing allocated to the area and (b) if staff are called in, (i) how much notice are they given and (ii) what is done to ensure called-in staff are not coming in immediately on the back of a completed shift; if so, what is done to backfill the staffing in those other areas.
Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) The Emergency Department operates on a flexible workforce model, which means nurses are allocated to particular areas of the Emergency Department depending on clinical requirements. Staff may be reallocated to corridors if clinically required when necessary in order to ensure the safe provision of services is maintained throughout the Emergency Department.
(2) If the demand within the Emergency Department exceeds the Emergency Department’s operational capacity to provide a safe provision of service within current resources, additional staff will be allocated to the Emergency Department. For example, staff could be allocated from the Canberra Hospital’s relief Nursing and Midwifery Resource Office, which rosters staff to support areas across CHS as required, within the provisions of the ACT Public Service Nursing and Midwifery Enterprise Agreement 2013 – 2017.
Mental health—awards
(Question No 2050)
Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Mental Health, upon notice, on 30 November 2018:
(1) In relation to the answer to question on notice No 1738, which MLAs were invited to attend the mental health awards in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, (c) 2015 (d) 2017 and (e) 2018.
(2) If only some MLAs were invited, why were not all MLAs invited.
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