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(4) Please see response to question (2).
(5) Like NSW, the ACT, is not a signatory of the PHPRA and have alternative arrangements in place, to ensure ACT public hospital patients have access to medicines listed on the PBS. The ACT’s alternative arrangement ensures that patients’ access to PBS medications is not limited.
(6) No.
(7) Not applicable.
(8) The financial implications of any new offer, including any multi-lateral agreement proposed by the Commonwealth, will be assessed when the offer is made.
(9) There are no health implications for individual Canberrans. Alternative arrangements ensure individual Canberrans have access to medicines under the PBS.
(10) Canberrans, and patients in other states, are prescribed and supplied a course of free medications at discharge. The length of time of the course of discharge medications is determined by clinical need. If required they would then access further PBS medication through community pharmacies, with a prescription from a General Practitioner.
Hospitals—staff stress leave
(Question No 2373)
Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health and Wellbeing, upon notice, on 22 March 2019:
(1) In relation to the answer given on 25 January 2019 to a question without notice taken on notice about staff mental stress at Canberra’s public hospitals, for The Canberra Hospital, how many cases were reported during 2018 of staff suffering mental stress in (a) mental health, justice health, alcohol and drug services, (b) medicine, (c) surgery and oral health and (d) other divisions.
(2) For each division as referred to in part (1), (a) what were primary causes for mental stress, (b) how many cases remained open as at 31 December 2018 and (c) how much stress leave, in FTE hours, was taken by staff during 2018.
(3) How many cases for Calvary Public Hospital were reported during 2018 of staff suffering mental stress in (a) mental health, justice health, alcohol and drug services, (b) medicine, (c) surgery and oral health and (d) other divisions.
(4) For each division as referred to in part (3), (a) what were the primary causes of mental stress, (b) how many cases remained open as at 31 December 2018 and (c) how much stress leave, in FTE hours, was taken by staff during 2018.
(5) What treatment or counselling services are provided to ACT public hospitals staff suffering mental stress.
(6) What is done to back-fill positions and duties when staff are on stress leave.
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