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o Health Care Consumers Association
o ACT Mental Health Coalition
o People with Disabilities ACT
o Council on the Ageing
o Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body
o Multicultural Advisory Council ACT
o Carers ACT
In accordance with the Territory’s “Consumer, Carer and Community Representative Reimbursement” procedure (as attached), the members of the CRG are reimbursed for their participation in the CRG meetings.
Hospitals—emergency department performance
(Question No 3034)
Mrs Dunne asked the Minister for Health, upon notice, on 5 June 2020:
(1) Why were less than half of all people who presented to an emergency department during the second quarter of 2019-20 seen on time.
(2) Why were less than 20 percent of patients in the urgent category who presented to The Canberra Hospital emergency department during the second quarter of 2019-20 seen on time.
(3) Why has there been a deteriorating trend in the timeliness of emergency departments in the 20 years of the ACT Labor, and, latterly, the ACT Labor/Greens governments.
(4) Noting the quarterly performance report on health services, for the second quarter of 2019-20 was due at the beginning of March 2020, more than two weeks before the public health emergency in the ACT was declared, why did the Minister, on 7 May 2020, in answer to a question without notice, which the Minister took on notice, about why the second quarter report was late, say “during March there were a lot of pressures across our entire health system” and having taken the question on notice, why did the minister repeat this reason in the answer provided on 21 May 2020 when she said “key health services personnel and ACTHD staff were being re-prioritised to manage the COVID-19 public health emergency”.
(5) Why was the report for the first quarter of 2019-20 late.
(6) What reasons did the directorate give to the Minister as to the reasons for the lateness of the performance reports for the (a) first quarter and (b) second quarter of 2019-20.
(7) What action did the Minister take and when did the minister take it, to follow up with the directorate as to why the reports for (a) the first quarter and (b the second quarter of 2019-20 were not submitted on time, by the beginning of December 2019 and March 2020 respectively.
(8) Noting the Minister told the Assembly on 7 May 2020 that she had “no reason to believe that there will be a delay in future reporting, but I will certainly keep an eye on it”, (a) was the report delivered on time; if not, why was it late and when was it delivered and (b) what action did the Minister take, and when did she take it, to monitor and follow-up on its delivery.
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