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Queensland
Health Services Amendment
Bill 2005
Queensland
Health Services Amendment Bill 2005
Contents
Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of pt 2 hdg (Health service districts and district
health councils) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of pt 2, div 1 hdg (Declaration of districts and
establishment of councils) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Insertion of new s 6A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6A Health service areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Insertion of new s 21A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
21A General managers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 22 (Managers for districts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2005
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Health Services Act 1991
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Health Services Amendment Bill 2005
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Clause 1 Short title 2
This Act may be cited as the Health Services Amendment Act 3
2005. 4
Clause 2 Act amended 5
This Act amends the Health Services Act 1991. 6
Clause 3 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) 7
Section 2-- 8
insert-- 9
`health service area means a health service area declared 10
under section 6A.'. 11
Clause 4 Amendment of pt 2 hdg (Health service districts and 12
district health councils) 13
Part 2 heading, after `districts'-- 14
insert-- 15
`and areas'. 16
Clause 5 Amendment of pt 2, div 1 hdg (Declaration of districts and 17
establishment of councils) 18
Part 2, division 1 heading, after `districts'-- 19
insert-- 20
`and areas'. 21
Clause 6 Insertion of new s 6A 22
After section 6-- 23
insert-- 24
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`6A Health service areas 1
`The Governor in Council may, by gazette notice-- 2
(a) declare a health service area comprising 1 or more 3
districts; and 4
(b) assign a name to the health service area.'. 5
Clause 7 Insertion of new s 21A 6
Part 2, division 4, before section 22-- 7
insert-- 8
`21A General managers 9
`(1) There is to be a general manager appointed for each health 10
service area. 11
`(2) The general manager is to be a health service employee. 12
`(3) The general manager's functions are as follows-- 13
(a) to lead the delivery of public sector health services in 14
the general manager's health service area to ensure the 15
provision of quality, cost-effective services to patients; 16
(b) to lead the delivery of particular public sector health 17
services, within and outside the general manager's 18
health service area, as directed by the chief executive; 19
(c) other functions as directed by the chief executive. 20
`(4) In performing the functions, the general manager is subject to 21
the chief executive.'. 22
Clause 8 Amendment of s 22 (Managers for districts) 23
(1) Section 22(3)(a), after `chief executive'-- 24
insert-- 25
`and the relevant general manager'. 26
(2) Section 22-- 27
insert-- 28
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`(5) In this section-- 1
relevant general manager, for a district, means the general 2
manager appointed for the health service area in which the 3
district is included.'. 4
© State of Queensland 2005
AMENDMENTS TO BILL
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Health Services Amendment Bill 2005
Health Services Amendment Bill 2005
Amendments agreed to during Consideration
1 Clause 3--
At page 4, lines 8 to 11--
omit, insert--
`(1) Section 2--
insert--
`elective surgery, for part 4A, see section 38A.
elective surgery waiting list, for part 4A, see section 38A.
health service area means a health service area declared
under section 6A.
prescribed public hospital, for part 4A, see section 38A.
public hospitals performance report, for part 4A, see section
38A.
stated public hospital, for part 4A, see section 38A.
surgical outpatient waiting list, for part 4A, see section
38A.'.
`(2) Section 2, definition, public sector health service facility, `,
for part 7,'--
omit.'.
2 After clause 8--
At page 6, after line 4--
insert--
`9 Insertion of new pt 4A
After section 38--
insert--
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`Part 4A Public hospitals performance
reports
`38A Definitions for pt 4A
`In this part--
elective surgery means surgery that, in the opinion of the
treating doctor, is necessary but for which admission to
hospital can be delayed for at least 24 hours.
elective surgery waiting list means a register kept by a
prescribed public hospital that lists each patient assessed as
needing elective surgery from the time the hospital accepts the
referral of the patient for surgery until--
(a) the surgery is performed; or
(b) the patient's name is sooner removed from the register.
prescribed public hospital means--
(a) a public sector hospital that falls within criteria
prescribed under a regulation; or
Examples of what criteria included in a regulation may be about--
budget, type and volume of services offered, number of patients
treated
(b) the Mater Misericordiae Public Hospitals.
public hospitals performance report see section 38B(1).
stated public hospital means a prescribed public hospital
that--
(a) uses an electronic appointment scheduling system; and
(b) collects data relating to surgery under guidelines
established by the chief executive.
surgical outpatient waiting list means a register kept by a
stated public hospital that lists each patient who requires an
appointment at a surgical outpatient clinic from the time the
hospital accepts the referral of the patient until--
(a) the patient attends the initial appointment; or
(b) the patient's name is sooner removed from the register.
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`38B Chief executive to give Minister annual report about the
performance of public hospitals
`(1) The chief executive must prepare and give the Minister a
report (a public hospitals performance report) each year
about the performance of prescribed public hospitals.
`(2) The report must state the period it covers.
`(3) The first report must be given in 2006.
`38C Matters to be included in report--key indicators
`(1) A public hospitals performance report must include
information for each prescribed public hospital about the
following key indicators--
(a) clinical performance, including the quality of care and
clinical practice;
(b) efficiency, including the cost of services and resource
management;
(c) patient satisfaction, including patients' views on the
quality and outcomes of care and treatment received;
(d) system integration and change, including--
(i) the use of benchmarks and standardised
approaches to clinical management; and
(ii) integration with the local community; and
(iii) quality and use of information; and
(iv) safety and quality of services; and
(v) work force management.
`(2) By using the key indicators, the report must compare each
prescribed public hospital--
(a) with prescribed public hospitals that are of a similar
type; and
(b) generally with all prescribed public hospitals.
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`38D Other information about surgery to be included in report
`(1) A public hospitals performance report must also include the
following information for each stated public hospital--
(a) the number of patients on elective surgery waiting lists
as at a date stated in the report;
(b) the number of patients on surgical outpatient waiting
lists as at a date stated in the report;
(c) the number of patients who received elective surgery for
a period stated in the report;
(d) the number of patients who attended an appointment at a
surgical outpatient clinic for a period stated in the
report.
`(2) A date or period mentioned in subsection (1) need not be in,
or be the same as, the period stated in the report under section
38B(2).
`38E Information relating to Mater Misericordiae Public
Hospitals
`This part is to be construed as requiring the chief executive to
include information relating to the Mater Misericordiae Public
Hospitals in a public hospitals performance report only to the
extent the information is available to the chief executive.
`38F Report may be included in department's annual report
`(1) A public hospitals performance report given to the Minister in
a particular year may be included in the department's annual
report under the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977
given to the Minister in that year.
`(2) If the public hospitals performance report is not included, or
to be included, in the department's annual report, the Minister
must table it in the Legislative Assembly within 7 sitting days
after receiving it.'.'.
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