ACT health minister Rachel Stephen-Smith today introduced a controversial bill to compulsorily acquire the site of Calvary Public Hospital in Bruce to build a new $1 billion hospital upon it, and transition operation of the public hospital from Calvary to Canberra Health Services.
Canberra Health Services claims it tried, unsuccessfully, to negotiate with Calvary last year about transferring the Calvary Public Hospital site in Bruce to the ACT Government and setting up a new, modern services agreement.
Canberra Liberals MLA Leanne Castley, Shadow Minister for Health, will today call on Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith to provide more transparency about the loss of training accreditation at the Fetal and Maternal Medicine Unit.
A rooftop topping-out ceremony this morning marked the completion of the tallest point of the Canberra Hospital’s new Critical Services Building: the ninth level helipad, just over 40 metres high.
Canberra Health Services (CHS) has rolled out an app so staff can access mental health and wellbeing resources – but their union, the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Foundation (ANMF) – ACT Branch, says the app will not solve problems with bullying, overwork, and retaining staff. Â
