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negative headline. The government is acting on the reports that we have commissioned, and the budget is an excellent example of where the advice we receive has been translated into investment and ongoing expansion and upgrades of our health infrastructure.
The opposition know full well that we funded a scoping study for the expansion of hospital services on the north side. We are doing that in partnership with Calvary. I look forward, as I note in my amendment, to providing an update on territory-wide planning for health infrastructure later this year to keep the Assembly and the community informed on progress and, of course, taking questions in the upcoming estimates hearings.
In closing, Labor governments have a very proud and proven track record of delivering health infrastructure for our community needs. In the recent budget we have made significant commitments to deliver not only infrastructure that will meet our needs over the next few years but significant investments in health infrastructure which will future-proof the health needs of our city.
We are investing in our most acute, complex hospital, the Canberra Hospital and investing in our excellent general hospital, the Calvary Hospital. We have had the University of Canberra rehabilitation and subacute hospital open now for a year. We will continue to invest in community health facilities and we will continue to deliver walk-in centres, something that I know the opposition remains vehemently opposed to. But we are very proud of the record of investing in health. There is work to do and that is exactly what the government is getting on and delivering. I move the amendment circulated in my name:
Omit all text after “That this Assembly”, substitute:
“(1) notes:
(a) the ACT Government is investing to futureproof the ACT public health system to meet the health and wellbeing needs of the growing population for our region;
(b) health infrastructure decisions are informed by detailed planning and demand evaluation, as well as stakeholder engagement; and
(c) ACT Health and Canberra Health Services are making strong progress on Territory-wide planning for building and maintaining health infrastructure;
(2) further notes:
(a) that this parliamentary term has seen record investment in public health infrastructure in the ACT, including:
(i) at The Canberra Hospital:
(A) at least $500 million of investment committed to the Surgical Procedures, Interventional Radiology and Emergency Centre at The Canberra Hospital, delivering 114 emergency department (ED) treatment spaces, 60 intensive care unit (ICU) beds and 22 new state-of-the-art operating theatres, including hybrid and interventional radiology suites;
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