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1. What was proposedLeanne CastleyLiberal · Opposition
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   That this Assembly: (1) notes: (a) the importance of transparency in government that allows the people of the ACT to scrutinise government decisions and policies; (b) for the public to have trust in their system of government, it requires the Government to regularly publish reports, statistics and other material that demonstrates decisions taken are in the public interest and that resources are being used efficiently; and (c) for the ACT public to have confidence in the provision of health services, it requires the regular publishing of reports highlighting the performance of the hospital and health systems; (2) further notes that the ACT Health Directorate has failed to publish the ACT Public Health Services Quarterly Performance Report since 15 May 2024; and (3) calls on the ACT Government to: (a) require the Minister for Health to make a statement to the Assembly explaining why she has failed to meet her reporting obligations; (b) table the missing reports by the end of this week; (c) commit to publishing future reports in a timely way; (d) stop making excuses and hiding the truth about the state of the health system; and (e) call a Royal Commission into the ACT health system and finally deliver better outcomes for Canberrans, and for our overworked frontline health workers. Debate ensued.

2. Proposed changeShane RattenburyGreens · Crossbench6 February 2025

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   Omit all text after paragraph (2), substitute: “(3) calls on the ACT Government to: (a) continue publishing the monthly Health Service Data Dashboard; (b) continue to deliver improvements to publicly available health system performance reporting, including but not limited to: (i) reporting data on specialist waiting times as an outpatient; (ii) reporting data on waiting times to receive an offer of public dental care appointments and waiting times for the first visit for public dental care; (iii) causes of emergency department presentations, such as those arising from dental issues, and potentially preventable presentations; and (iv) greater reporting on the walk-in centres, including but not limited to, patient redirections; (c) integrate a complete set of retrospective data, where feasible, for the data sets listed in paragraph (3)(b) and previously included in the Public Health Services Quarterly Performance Report into the monthly Health Service Data Dashboard; (d) require the Minister for Health to make a statement to the Assembly explaining why she has failed to meet her reporting obligations; (e) table the missing reports in a timely way; and (f) commit to publishing future reports in a timely way.”. Debate continued.

   Agreed on the voices. No individual votes were recorded. Its wording is in the final text.

3. What the Assembly decidedAgreed

   Decided on the voices: no individual votes were recorded, so this doesn’t show that every MLA agreed.

   Final agreed wording, with changes marked

   That this Assembly: (1) notes: (a) the importance of transparency in government that allows the people of the ACT to scrutinise government decisions and policies; (b) for the public to have trust in their system of government, it requires the Government to regularly publish reports, statistics and other material that demonstrates decisions taken are in the public interest and that resources are being used efficiently; and (c) for the ACT public to have confidence in the provision of health services, it requires the regular publishing of reports highlighting the performance of the hospital and health systems; (2) further notes that the ACT Health Directorate has failed to publish the ACT Public Health Services Quarterly Performance Report since 15 May 2024; and (3) calls on the ACT Government to: (a) continue publishing the monthly Health Service Data Dashboard; (b) continue to deliver improvements to publicly available health system performance reporting, including but not limited to: (i) reporting data on specialist waiting times as an outpatient; (ii) reporting data on waiting times to receive an offer of public dental care appointments and waiting times for the first visit for public dental care; (iii) causes of emergency department presentations, such as those arising from dental issues, and potentially preventable presentations; and (iv) greater reporting on the walk-in centres, including but not limited to, patient redirections; (c) integrate a complete set of retrospective data, where feasible, for the data sets listed in paragraph (3)(b) and previously included in the Public Health Services Quarterly Performance Report into the monthly Health Service Data Dashboard; (d) require the Minister for Health to make a statement to the Assembly explaining why she has failed to meet her reporting obligations; (e) table the missing reports in a timely way; and (f) commit to publishing future reports in a timely wayRattenbury.

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   That this Assembly: (1) notes: (a) the importance of transparency in government that allows the people of the ACT to scrutinise government decisions and policies; (b) for the public to have trust in their system of government, it requires the Government to regularly publish reports, statistics and other material that demonstrates decisions taken are in the public interest and that resources are being used efficiently; and (c) for the ACT public to have confidence in the provision of health services, it requires the regular publishing of reports highlighting the performance of the hospital and health systems; (2) further notes that the ACT Health Directorate has failed to publish the ACT Public Health Services Quarterly Performance Report since 15 May 2024; and (3) calls on the ACT Government to: (a) [put in: continue publishing the monthly Health Service Data Dashboard; (b) continue to deliver improvements to publicly available health system performance reporting, including but not limited to: (i) reporting data on specialist waiting times as an outpatient; (ii) reporting data on waiting times to receive an offer of public dental care appointments and waiting times for the first visit for public dental care; (iii) causes of emergency department presentations, such as those arising from dental issues, and potentially preventable presentations; and (iv) greater reporting on the walk-in centres, including but not limited to, patient redirections; (c) integrate a complete set of retrospective data, where feasible, for the data sets listed in paragraph (3)(b) and previously included in the Public Health Services Quarterly Performance Report into the monthly Health Service Data Dashboard; (d)]require the Minister for Health to make a statement to the Assembly explaining why she has failed to meet her reporting obligations; [taken out: (b)][put in: (e)]table the missing reports [taken out: by the end of this week; (c)][put in: in a timely way; and (f)]commit to publishing future reports in a timely way. [taken out: (d) stop making excuses and hiding the truth about the state of the health system; and (e) call a Royal Commission into the ACT health system and finally deliver better outcomes for Canberrans, and for our overworked frontline health workers. Debate ensued.]

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