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ensure our mental health services are person-centric and meet the needs of people;

improve access to mental health services by managing the coordination, integration and targeting of services and facilities through a mental health and wellbeing framework;

focus on coordinating services along the entire continuum of mental health; and

help ensure that people experiencing poor mental health can access the most appropriate services and supports at the right place and at the right time.

c) The Office has developed a Work Plan for 2019-2021. This Work Plan will be available for public release following Cabinet approval.

d) The KPIs will be developed following Cabinet approval of the Work Plan.

(7) The Office Work Plan is on track and the KPI’s will be developed following Cabinet approval of the Work Plan.

(8) Yes, the Office expenditure is running to budget.

(9) The Office will work with lead agencies on issues relating to mental health and wellbeing and will coordinate services along the entire continuum of mental health and alcohol and other drug issues (from health promotion and prevention strategies through early intervention and support through acute service provision to recovery). This work will be determined following the release of the Office Work Plan.

Canberra Hospital—electrical systems
(Question No 2350)

Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, upon notice, on 22 March 2019:

(1) What other ancillary, tangential, or related works were identified as requiring to be completed at The Canberra Hospital (TCH) subsequent to beginning the project to replace the main electrical switchboard in building 12.

(2) What is the (a) budget and (b) timeline, for those other works.

(3) Who has been contracted to undertake those other works.

(4) What other infrastructure works were in progress at TCH, whether for new or existing infrastructure, as at the date on which this question was published in the questions on notice paper.

(5) For each project (a) what is the budget, (b) who is the lead contractor, (c) what areas of the hospital have been closed to allow those works to be completed and (d) what is the completion timeline.

Ms Fitzharris: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

(1) The original scope of work for the Electrical Main Switchboard Board (EMSB) project was to replace ageing Building 2 and 12 switchboards and associated electrical cabling in Building 2 that were identified as high or extreme risk. At the time the


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