Page 364 - Week 01 - Thursday, 13 February 2020
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video
Mr Rattenbury: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1)
(a) The work to upgrade the Keaney Building is nearing completion.
(b) The new Adult Mental Health Unit was formally handed over to Calvary Public Hospital Bruce in December 2019 as planned. To ensure patient safety, comfort and stability across the Christmas period, the transfer of patients was postponed until 8 January 2020. The transfer has now been completed and there were no operational impacts for Calvary associated with the postponement.
(2)
(a) The work was completed within budget.
(b) The work was completed on time.
(3) The project did not impact the capacity of the Adult Mental Health Unit.
(4)
(a) The project expenditure is within the allocated budget.
(b) The project will be completed on time. Designs have been completed for the refurbishment of the 10-bed Extended Care Unit (ECU) at the Brian Hennessy Rehabilitation Centre (BHRC) and early works have commenced on-site Construction is scheduled to be completed in November 2020, subject to operational constraints.
(5) Consideration of gazettal of the Calvary Public Hospital Bruce Emergency Department under the Mental Health Act (2015) will take into account the recommendations of work being undertaken currently to review models of care and service delivery and growth in demand for mental health services in the ACT.
Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders—residential rehabilitation facility
(Question No 2843)
Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 29 November 2019:
(1) What is the progress of the scoping study into Winnunga Nimmityjah developing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Residential Rehabilitation facility.
(2) Why is it that the ACT does not have a residential rehabilitation facility more than a decade after the Assembly appropriated money for such a facility and the Government then spending $12 million building one that cannot be used for its intended purpose.
(3) What is the level of demand in the community to establish a residential rehabilitation facility for the general community.
Mr Stephen-Smith: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
(1) ACT Health Directorate executed a contract on 28 November 2019 with Winnunga Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health and Community Services to draft and undertake
Next page . . . . Previous page . . . . Speeches . . . . Contents . . . . Debates(HTML) . . . . PDF . . . . Video