CHILD AND ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICE — AISHWARYA ASWATH
132. Hon NICK GOIRAN to the minister representing the
Minister for Health:
I refer to section 3, ''Work
Environment/Scheduling'', of the SAC 1 clinical incident
investigation report into the contributing
factors and root causes into Aishwarya Aswath's death. When considering
work environment/scheduling, the report states ''senior
clinicians had escalated substantial concerns around patient safety to senior
management'' in October 2020.
(1) Will the
minister table the presentation or report made by senior clinicians during this
meeting?
(2) If no to (1),
why not?
(3) Have any
systems, procedures or similar steps been put in place since Aishwarya's
death to address the culture that has developed in the hospital that saw
escalation as ''futile and ineffective''?
(4) If yes to (3), what are they
and will the minister table the documents that verify these changes?
(5) If no to (3), why has nothing
been done?
Hon
STEPHEN DAWSON replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question. The following answer is provided on behalf of the
Minister for Health.
(1)–(2) The
Child and Adolescent Health Service is unable to identify a presentation or
report given at a meeting in October 2020.
(3) Yes.
(4) An implementation oversight committee has been
established and will meet weekly to oversee implementation of the SAC 1
recommendations and other initiatives across the hospital. Terms of reference
are currently being finalised. This provides a specific mechanism for
escalation of concerns in addition to routine reporting of safety and quality
metrics through the formal clinical governance committee structure.
(5) Not applicable.