Un-redacted report reveals Health ‘horror story’
An un-redacted survey of ACT Health’s embattled Digital Solutions Division (DSD) reveals a "horror story", say the Canberra Liberals.
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Acting Liberal leader Jeremy Hanson will move a motion in the Legislative Assembly calling on the Chief Minister to establish a Royal Commission to into the ACT health system.
A man in his 80s is the latest victim of COVID-19 in the ACT, bringing the territory's death toll to 234.
Almost every day there is a new story or crisis in ACT Health says Acting Opposition Leader Jeremy Hanson in calling for a Royal Commission to investigate the "broken" ACT health system.
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ACT Health reports 46 people in hospital with covid
ACT Health have released their weekly report, with 566 cases of COVID-19 reported in the last week.
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Health FOI shows ‘good stuff, redacts the bad’
The ACT Ombudsman has been asked to review a "baffling" decision by ACT Health to heavily redact a Freedom of Information request for a staff survey of its Digital Solutions Division.
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It was the best of times and the worst of times
"It is now 40 years since the introduction of Medicare and the Grattan Institute report recommends changing how doctors work and are paid, replacing a system that rewards doctors for 'quick consultations'," writes MICHAEL MOORE.
THE ACT has reported another big jump in COVID-19 cases this week with more than 1700 new cases recorded.
The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has been approved in Canberra for at-risk children between six-months and five-years-old, with bookings open from today (August 30).
Covid cases in the ACT have dipped to a new low for this year with 148 new cases of the virus reported today (August 29).
The ACT has returned to more than 1000 daily COVID-19 cases, as hospital numbers continue to lower.
The ACT has recorded a small rise in both its daily COVID-19 case numbers and patients in hospitals with COVID-19.
A man in his 70s is the latest victim of COVID-19 in the ACT, with his death today (July 21) marking the 85th death since the start of the pandemic.
There are 160 people in hospitals throughout Canberra with COVID-19 today (July 20), a drop of 10 people from yesterday.
The number of people in hospitals throughout Canberra with COVID-19 is continuing to reach record highs, with 171 people recorded today (July 18).
Canberra has recorded more than 175,000 total COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic (March 2020), equalling more than a third of the ACT's total population.
THE ACT has recorded 1367 new COVID-19 cases today (July 14) – up from 1345 yesterday – detected through 767 PCR tests and 600 RATs.
ACT Health has identified two cases of monkeypox in ACT residents.
Two men, one in his 70s and one in his 80s, have died with COVID-19, marking 84 deaths in the ACT since the start of the pandemic.
