Page 1825 - Week 05 - Thursday, 16 May 2019
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service, which was a wonderful occasion. To the extent that there are standards and they are not met, I will take advice on that and provide further advice to the Assembly.
MR PARTON: Why is it that the beds in the cardiac care unit do not meet current Australian standards?
MS FITZHARRIS: I will take that question on notice.
MRS DUNNE: Minister, how is it that the government has allowed the situation to arise in the cardiac care unit?
MS FITZHARRIS: I will take that question on notice.
ACT Health—SPIRE project
MRS KIKKERT: Madam Speaker, my question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. Will the government's proposed SPIRE project have enough beds to cater for all the people who undergo surgical procedures there?
MS FITZHARRIS: Yes.
MRS KIKKERT: How many beds will be available in the SPIRE complex when it opens and how many patients will have to go to the tower block after their operation?
MS FITZHARRIS: If I could clarify my previous answer, it will be an integrated development and there will certainly be a number of beds. I look forward to further announcements on the SPIRE project later. It may well be the case that some patients will spend time in building 1 but that will depend on their clinical needs and that will be determined by the clinical teams at Canberra Hospital.
MRS DUNNE: Minister, have you been advised by ACT Health or Canberra Health Services of any shortfall in beds for patients who have procedures in the SPIRE building?
MS FITZHARRIS: I look forward to making further announcements on the SPIRE project, which has been the subject of quite intensive clinical engagement over the past couple of months. I look forward to making further announcements about that shortly.
Justice—wrongful incarceration
MR HANSON: My question is to the Attorney-General and relates to the case of Daniel Jones, who was incarcerated for 4½ months in 2014. Attorney, what update can you give the Jones family and the community on the progress of any investigations into the matters surrounding Mr Jones’s case?
MR RAMSAY: I thank Mr Hanson for his question. The first part is to clarify, not in relation to Mr Hanson’s question but in relation to some of the matters that are in the
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