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Increased use of a Territory wide multidisciplinaryteam approach for clients withcancer has improved care and treatmentplans for cancer patients.A DVD featuring Jimmy Little was developedfor Renal Service clients that promotesperitoneal dialysis for people from remotecommunities. Other resources for clientsAdditional InitiativesUpgrade of two minor surgical procedural rooms to fulloperating theatres at Royal Darwin Hospital. The twoand have enabled increased surgical throughput.program which enables clinicians to make their own electronic animated resources.Resources for clients with cancer have been developed and released through the CanNET project. posters and fact sheets on the new Alan Walker Cancer Care Centre.Implemented a Shared Care Management framework between NT Families and Children, Aged andDisability, Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Programs to enhance access to integrated mentalhealth and substance misuse services for highly mobile young people.Client Summary level access has been implemented in the Community Care Information System (CCIS) toand Disability, Mental Health and Alcohol and Other Drugs Programs.Hospital with completion expected in November 2010. These extensions represent the enhanced in-patientcapacity which will accommodate secure care clients. (Children and adults with a mental impairmentexhibiting high risk and challenging behaviours.)Planning and design work for extensions to the Mental Health Unit located in Alice Springs Hospitalis complete. The tender is expected to be awarded by 15 October 2010. Completion is anticipated by March 2011.Collaborated with the Department of Education and Training to build the capacity of the early childhoodsystem to deliver coordinated services.and the emergency department.Mobile Outreach Services, Child Protection Services and Remote Aboriginal Community Workers areproactively supporting families, children and young people living in remote areas.Currently developing practical processes for systematically engaging relevant professions in the monitoringof children in Out of Home Care.Allocated $50 000 one off funding to the Northern Territory Council of Social Service (NTCOSS) to work withthe sector on options for an Alcohol and Other Drug peak body, including its model of operation and fundingsources. NTCOSS will report to the Minister at the conclusion of this project.Commenced the development of a non-government engagement strategy with the formation of a workinggroup. Membership of the working group includes representatives from the non-government and localgovernment sectors. Following the deliberations of the working group the Department has developed adiscussion paper to seek feedback on an engagement strategy from non-government organisations.Contributed to additional services at ‘headspace’, including alcohol and other drug counselling sessions,weekly GP sessions and weekly psychiatrist sessions for case discussion. The aim of these services is toimprove access to mental health and wellbeing services for young people aged 12 to 25 years by bringingtogether local youth mental health, drug and alcohol, primary care and education, training and supportagencies. Each ‘headspace’ service has been established by a consortium of local agencies working inpartnership to facilitate provision of more coordinated, integrated and holistic care for young people.38Department Health and Families
Created four additional positions in Central Australia and Top End Child and Adolescent Mental HealthTeams to expand services to a number of remote communities.Funding was provided to Gove District and Katherine District Hospitals to formalise the roles of AdvancedNurse Practitioner and Nurse Practitioner respectively.Alice Springs Hospital (ASH) established a new partnership with Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospitalwhich provides an Ear Nose Throat (ENT) surgical team one week per month to boost ENT capacity. Thisagreement was renewed in December 2009 and will continue for all of 2010.In January 2010, a new agreement between ASH and Royal Adelaide ENT commenced which also providedan ENT team every four weeks to also boost capacity.In early 2009 an agreement between ASH and Flinders Medical Centre Orthopaedic Department commencedwhich provides experienced Surgeons attending three days per fortnight to boost surgical capacity at AliceSprings and oversee training of overseas trained orthopaedic surgeons.Where we are going in 2010-11Negotiated with Queensland Health to form a collaborative training pathway for Rural Generalists. This willsupport the smaller numbers in the Northern Territory to join others within a similar training cycle. All Rural Workshop will occur in August 2010. Areas available for training include obstetrics, anaesthetics andemergency medicine. Paediatrics, mental health and public health may also be included as areas of interest.The redesign and refurbishment of the day procedure unit at Alice Springs Hospital is due for completionat the end of November 2010. Surgical equipment has been purchased for all Northern Territory hospitalsenabling an increase in surgical capacity.Increased use of the Quality Improvement Planning Program System (QIPPS) across the Northern Territoryis supporting ‘joined-up’ planning and implementation of health promotion activities in remote communities.Redevelop Katherine and Royal Darwin Hospital Emergency Departments.Trialling software to improve Patient Management and Clinical Information Technology capabilities in RoyalDarwin and Alice Springs Hospital Emergency Departments.Construction of the Palmerston GP Super Clinic is expected to be complete on time in the second half of2010. The Department of Health and Families has negotiated a partnership between the Northern TerritoryGovernment and Flinders and Charles Darwin Universities to deliver a range of training and workforceopportunities within an integrated multi-disciplinary healthcare environment at the Super Clinic.Secure Care Stabilisation and Assessment services will be delivered from Mental Health Inpatients Units atRoyal Darwin and Alice Springs Hospitals to enable the stabilisation and assessment of young people andcognitively impaired adults whose behaviours place them at a high to extreme risk of harm.Secure Care group homes will havecapacity for 24 hours care for up to eightyoung people and eight adults with highrisk behaviours. There will be one facility inDarwin and one in Alice Springs.Department Health and Families 39
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Page 12 and 13: Dr Barbara PatersonCorporate Plan P
Page 14 and 15: Peter BeirneCorporate Plan Priority
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Page 21: Corporate Plan 2009 - 2012Vision, M
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Page 27 and 28: PRIORITY ACTION AREA 2Healthy Child
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Page 31 and 32: PRIORITY ACTION AREA 3Targeting Smo
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Page 47 and 48: Established an Indigenous Nursing a
Page 49 and 50: Implement the Professional Practice
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Page 53 and 54: Radiation Oncology Services
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Page 57 and 58: NT HEALTH FACILITIESDEPARTMENT OF H
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Page 63 and 64: Across the TerritoryDigital Regions
Page 65 and 66: Our PeopleDepartment Health and Fam
Page 67 and 68: Snapshot of our peopleFigure 1 show
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Page 73 and 74: Managing AggressionAggression Manag
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Sentinel Eventsdeath or serious har
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Human Research Ethics CommitteeThe
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Table 16: Budget by Output groups20
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NT Families and ChildrenDepartment
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Key Achievementsfurther increases i
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Key AchievementsAdditional funds of
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The Youth Triage Team was formed in
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Youth ServicesThe Northern Territor
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Performance Measure2008-09Actual200
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Acute CareDepartment Health and Fam
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1. “Due to remoteness, the disper
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Figure 5 - Weighted Separations by
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There are three types of treatment
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HospitalsAlice Springs HospitalTota
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Patients requiring services that ar
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Health and Wellbeing ServicesDepart
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in remote communities. Children are
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Key AchievementsMore than 70 facili
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Healthy Pregnancy Healthy Baby info
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The core clinical and health promot
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School Screening Services (SSS)The
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increased access to after-hours med
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Key AchievementsImplemented the NT
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Community Support Services for Frai
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Commenced development and implement
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Public Health ServicesEnvironmental
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Key AchievementsNo Germs on MeThe
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Figure 13: NT Schedule 8 drug presc
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1. SHBBV 2009-10 data may not be co
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of on-shore detections of exotic Ae
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In July 2009 a National Coordinatio
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Tuberculosis and Leprosy Unitwith a
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1 The Alcohol and Other Drugs Progr
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other drugs nursing position is bas
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Father Flynn FellowshipThe Father F
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Sales of Goods &Services4%Other Rev
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Grants and Subsidies
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CERTIFICATION OF THE FINANCIAL STAT
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Balance SheetNOTE 2010$'0002009$'00
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Cash Flow StatementNOTE2010$’0002
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1. Objectives and fundingThe Depart
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c) Agency and Territory Itemsand eq
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Revenue in respect of Appropriation
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o) ReceivablesReceivables include a
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t) Employee Benefitsmeasured at pre
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3. Comrehensive operating statement
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2010$'0002009$'000Note 6 (cont)Unal
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10 PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (C
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11c HERITAGE AND CULTURAL ASSETS201
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2010$’0002009$’00017. NOTES TO
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18. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (continue
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18. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (continue
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20. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND CONT
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24. SCHEDULE OF TERRITORY ITEMSThe
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Appendix IFunding to External Provi
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Appendix II2009-10 Capital and Mino
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New Works 2009-10Alice Springs Hosp
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Appendix IIILegislation Responsibil
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Appendix IVCouncils, Committees and
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7. Raise community awareness of the
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Northern Territory Family and Child
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Key areas from terms of reference:T
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Australian Manufacturing Workers’
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Members of the Council who left in2
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Meetings:The Committee met in July
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Appendix VEmployment InstructionsDe
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Employment Instruction No.5Medical
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Appendix VIAcronymsAASAustralian Ac
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DHFDepartment of Health andFamilies
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MHSMental Health ServicesMJDMachado
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TBCTBCHTuberculosis CommunityHealth
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