Page 3711 - Week 10 - Thursday, 19 September 2019
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broader community. A new ACT Preventive Health Plan is in development and will provide a framework for the continued implementation and monitoring of Healthy Weight Initiative actions.
(2) The ACT Government healthy living website has been updated.
(3) (a) Healthy Weight Initiative Progress Reports for 2017-18 and 2018-19 will be released in the coming months as a final Healthy Weight Initiative scorecard.
(b) Future reporting on Healthy Weight Initiative interventions will be captured under the new ACT Preventive Health Plan which is in development and will be finalised towards the end of 2019.
ACT Health—fax machines
(Question No 2624)
Ms Le Couteur asked the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 2 August 2019:
(1) Is ACT health considering removing fax machines from the hospital and/or other medical facilities; if so, what is the rationale for this.
(2) Is ACT Health aware that many medical professionals consider fax machines to have a particular utility in medical and health administration, in part because they are considered a more secure form of communication than emailing.
(3) What consultation has ACT Health and/or Canberra Health Services conducted with the medical community about this issue.
Ms Stephen-Smith: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) ACT Health is investigating the development of a plan to look at the possibility of removing fax machines from the hospital and other public health facilities. The rationale is to investigate if there are secure, more transparent and trackable ways of communicating.
(2) Yes. As part of the plan ACT Health Directorate will investigate why people are using faxes and if areas can accept faxes electronically through a fax gateway. A fax gateway would mean that a fax is transmitted securely through the fax gateway and into relevant electronic inboxes without the requirement to deal with paper.
(3) ACT Health has consulted with General Practitioners over multiple years about the use of fax machines and is currently in the process of introducing new technology to improve the current processes for referrals into Canberra Health Services Central Health Intake.
Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders—Boomanulla Oval
(Question No 2627)
Mr Milligan asked the Minister for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs, upon notice, on 2 August 2019 (redirected to the Minister for Sport and Recreation):
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