Page 3734 - Week 10 - Thursday, 19 September 2019
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any given time. These staff were also working on other projects simultaneously, including the centenary hospital project.
It was always intended to establish a project team focused on the delivery of SPIRE once the business case was successful. This team had not yet been established when Major Projects Canberra was announced - meaning there were few people to transfer to a new agency focused solely on delivery of SPIRE.
A team of five health planners and clinical liaison officers transferred into the SPIRE project team under Major Projects Canberra from the ACT Health Directorate.
Health—inter-agency communication
Ms Stephen-Smith (in reply to a question by Mrs Dunne on Tuesday, 13 August 2019):
The decision to create Major Projects Canberra (MPC) and the projects that would transfer, was made by the Chief Minister. The communication with stakeholders regarding the creation of MPC and the transfer of projects was coordinated by the Chief Minister, Treasury and Economic Development Directorate. There were discussions between the Head of Service, the then Minister for Health and Wellbeing, Ms Meegan Fitzharris, Canberra Health Services Chief Executive Officer, and the Director-General of the ACT Health Directorate and relevant Executives regarding the transfer of SPIRE prior to and following the Government announcement.
Children and young people—care and protection
Ms Stephen-Smith (in reply to a question and a supplementary question by Mrs Kikkert on Wednesday, 14 August 2019):
As children come into care, they receive an initial health and wellbeing assessment with an approved health care provider. This information is shared with those caring for the child. Subsequent referrals and appointments are documented in the Health Passport. In addition, when children come into care carers can access information that is uploaded on MyHealth Record. Carers can discuss health issues through information sharing that occurs during declared care team meetings.
Carers continue to address a child’s health concerns with a medical practitioner, preferably the child’s own doctor who will know their medical history, or as referred by the health care provider conducting the initial health and wellbeing assessment.
The purpose of the Health Passport is to assist carers to document relevant medical appointments and therapies for a child while they are in their care. Carers do not require a health passport to seek medical attention for a child, and a health passport does not provide the medical history for a child.
As I stated in my response to the Assembly, the Community Services Directorate is reviewing the use of the Health Passport with the introduction of My Health Record.
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