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More hospital units with accreditation woes

CANBERRA Hospital’s plastic surgery unit has had its training accreditation revoked, while the Child at Risk Health Unit has been notified there will be a mid-cycle review of its training accreditation.

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The revelations come from Health Minister Rachael Stephen-Smith in response to a question on notice from the Canberra Liberals.

Liberal health spokesperson Leanne Castley said these units were now the third and fourth at Canberra Hospital to have serious issues with training accreditation due to workforce shortages, following similar issues with the Fetal and Maternal and Obstetrics and Gynaecology units.

“This reflects poorly on Canberra Health Services’ reputation as a place for junior doctors to train. This could have an ongoing impact on attraction and retention of staff for these specialties for years,” Ms Castley said.

 

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One Response to More hospital units with accreditation woes

Hamba says: 18 August 2023 at 2:01 pm

But wait, there’s even more! ACT branch president of the AMA today: ‘I’m confident that there are more departments where there are queries about the [training], where the specialty colleges are taking a look … Feedback includes the fact that there is something wrong here’. But selfish voters with no personal investment in public health keep putting these yobbos back in every four years …

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