Cabinet decision summary for the week of 29 August 2022

Cabinet date: 29 August 2022

Canberra Hospital Expansion (CHE) Project Progress Update to 30 June 2022

Minute Number: 22/117/CAB

Cabinet agreed to future progress reporting processes for the Canberra Hospital Expansion Project.

Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Wellbeing Impact Assessment was required for this item.

Report No. 5 of the Health and Community Wellbeing Standing Committee – Review of ACT Health Programs – Children & young people & responses to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum – Government Response

Minute Number: 22/366/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Government Response to the Review of ACT Health Programs – Children and young people and responses to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) being tabled in the ACT Legislative Assembly.

The Government Response to the Review of ACT Health Programs – Children and young people and responses to FASD addresses the wellbeing domain of health. Implementing the recommendations from the Review will positively impact children and their families in the ACT, including people with disability. The ACT Government will support improved health outcomes for young Canberrans through greater investment in mental health, focus on the health needs of children and young people in Commissioning of Health Services in the Community, and improvements in integrated care. Better integrated care will benefit children, young people and their families, and will include a co-designed Patient Navigation Service within Canberra Health Services and the consideration of the feasibility of establishing a multidisciplinary paediatric developmental service.

Government Submission – Standing Committee’s Inquiry on Urban Forest Bill 2022

Minute Number: 22/558/CAB

Cabinet agreed the Government Submission to the Standing Committee’s Inquiry on the Urban Forest Bill be provided to the Standing Committee on Planning, Transport and City Services.

Under the requirements of the ACT Government Cabinet Handbook, no Wellbeing Impact Assessment was required for this item.