THE $327 million Digital Health Record project may still not be able to produce accurate outpatient wait time data by the last sitting week in 2023, according to the Canberra Liberals.

Responding to an answer to a Question on Notice from Health Minister Rachael Stephen-Smith, Liberal health spokesperson Leanne Castley said it was appalling that Canberrans may not have access to this crucial hospital performance data for a full year since DHR went live in November.

“Each year statistics show the abysmal state of the Canberra Hospital’s emergency department and elective surgery wait times, but this data is still not available, despite the minister in February saying it was a ‘month or so’ away and in May that a better dataset would be available ‘before too long’.

“The Auditor-General has written several reports on data issues at Canberra Hospital and I find it astounding that there is still no priority given to public reporting of performance, given the financial and reputational implications.”