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Canberra Hospital stripped of a training accreditation

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ACT Health informs us that the Board of Urology of the Australasian College of Surgeons will be withdrawing accreditation for urology training at Canberra Hospital.

Ian Thompson, Deputy Director-General Canberra Hospital and Health Services, has emphasised that this will not impact clinical service provision and is not a reflection on the quality of urology services at Canberra Hospital.

“While it is disappointing that the Board has made this decision, Canberra Hospital will continue to provide high quality urology services.

“Canberra Hospital management will continue to work with the Urology Unit to address the concerns identified by the Board of Urology. These concerns relate to the training/educational experience of the trainees, as well as inadequate mentoring.

“The Board found that central to the training issues in the urology unit at the Canberra Hospital was a culture of significant disharmony amongst the consultant staff.

“The assessors noted that the lack of respect and mistrust between the consultants created an unsatisfactory training environment.

“It is important to note this decision relates to teaching and not patient care. There is no compromise to patient safety and urology services will continue to be provided.

“I am confident we will be in a position next year to apply to the Board of Urology for reaccreditation of the two urology training posts.”

ACT Health in liaison with the Board of Urology will ensure the two affected medical officers receiving training are provided with appropriate support during this time.

Minister for Health Simon Corbell recently announced a review into the training culture for doctors in specialist training programs at Canberra Hospital.

Mr Thompson said the review will include Urology training as well as training across Canberra Hospital and is expected to make findings that will support changes and improvements that will enable reaccreditation with the Board of Urology.

This review has recently commenced with interim recommendations due to be delivered within a month.

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