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(d) The operating result in 2017-18 was due mainly to:
- transfer of Controlled Recurrent Payments (Appropriation) to Territorial revenue for capital grants to Calvary Public Hospital and Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service;
- undrawn appropriation relating to the renegotiation of Enterprise Bargaining Agreements;
- higher operating expenses due to increases in activity levels including overnight stays, emergency presentations and acute mental health services; partially offset by lower than average Long Service Leave expenses due to a decrease in Long Service Leave probability factors (2016-17: 103.4 per cent; 2017-18: 100.9 per cent).
(e)
ACT Health Directorate
The operating result for ACT Health Directorate in 2018-19 was due mainly to higher expenses incurred including:
- long service leave due to a significant increase in long service leave probability factors (2017-18: 100.9 per cent; 2018-19: 110.1 per cent);
- depreciation due to the impact of transfer of ICT assets to the Directorate following the Administrative Arrangements 2018 (No.2) on 1 October 2018; and
- ICT support and maintenance for existing legacy systems, costs relating to multiple non-capital ICT projects and the provision of core ICT services and supports to both ACT Health Directorate and Canberra Health Services.
Canberra Health Services
The operating result for Canberra Health Services in 2018-19 was due mainly to higher expenses incurred including:
- long service leave expenses due mainly to a significant increase in long service leave probability factors (2017-18: 100.9 per cent; 2018-19: 110.1 per cent) and a one-off increase in expenses following a revised estimate of leave balances through long service leave automation process.
- labour and operating expenses due to increases in activity levels including overnight stays, emergency presentations and operations at University of Canberra Hospital which commenced operations in August 2018;
- superannuation due to the recognition of provisions for additional superannuation liabilities based on applicable employment contacts;
- expected credit loss expense relating to trade and other receivables following the implementation of the new accounting standards during the year.
(3) The 2018-19 operating result for Canberra Health Services was an operating deficit of $102.063 million as per page 170 of the Canberra Health Service Annual Report.
(4) (a) ACT Health Directorate operating results will represent nine months period from 1 October 2018 to 30 June 2019.
(b) Canberra Health Services operating results represents 12 months of operations through a combination of the former Health Directorate for the period 1 July 2018 to 30 September 2018, and activities only Canberra Health Services for the period 1 October 2018 to 30 June 2019.
(5) As per response 2 e.
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