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Objectives

ACT Community Care aims to provide quality community based health and disability services so that the people of the ACT maintain the best health and quality of life in Australia. These services are provided for all sections of the community, individuals, families and groups with special needs and include caring for people with an illness or problem, promoting health or preventing illness and maintaining or improving quality of life.

As a service provider, ACT Community Care has a number of contracts to provide services. ACT Community Care’s primary contract is with the Department of Health and Community Care.

1999-2000 Highlights

Strategic and operational issues to be pursued in 1999-2000 include:

• continuing to improve services by:
• further developing community based treatment in conjunction with General Practitioners;
• implementing the high risk foot clinical pathway;
• trialing four newly developed clinical pathways;
• implementing new assessment and treatment services as a result of the Drug and Alcohol Program reform strategy;
• finalising the upgrade of breastscreening and dental facilities in Moore Street;
• upgrading residential detoxification and methadone facilities;
• modernising information technology systems;
• maintaining nationally recognised accreditation; and
• developing health outcome measures.
• providing value for money by:
• further developing activity based costing throughout the organisation to enhance understanding and management of costs;
• reducing management overheads; and
• developing strategies to further improve productivity using participative job redesign processes.
• maximising customers’ independence, well being and health by:
• reducing adult dental waiting lists and waiting times for restorative treatment and dentures;
• providing enhanced health services to residents of Quamby Detention Centre and Belconnen Remand Centre;
• establishing a comprehensive and integrated diabetes service;
• improving the delivery of mobile dental assessment services to primary schools;
• establishing a new integrated program involving the allied health staff based at The Canberra Hospital;
• establishing a community based rehabilitation service; and
• implementing primary care reforms to further improve services to children and their families.
• achieving staff excellence by:
• offering 23 traineeships in development and disability studies under the Australian Vocational Training system; and
• introducing articulated leadership training for managers and team leaders.

ACT Community Care
Operating Statement

ACT Community Care
Statement Of Financial Position

ACT Community Care
Cashflow Statement

Notes to the Budget Statements

Operating Statement

The major change in 1999-2000 affecting the Operating Statement is the transfer of allied health services from The Canberra Hospital to ACT Community Care, as set out in the Minister’s direction statement ‘Setting the Agenda’. This transfer has the effect of increasing total revenue by $12.004m and total expenses by $12.206m.

Significant variations are as follows:

• user charges - ACT Government: the increase in 1999-2000 of $9.762m is largely due to the transfer of allied health services ($7.236m), funding for the establishment of an integrated diabetes service ($0.769m), the provision of enhanced health services to residents of Quamby Detention Centre and Belconnen Remand Centre ($0.389m), the provision of respite services at Fisher ($0.337m) and risk insurance ($0.416m) and a range of other adjustments agreed with the Department of Health and Community Care ($0.337m). It also includes expected payments from The Canberra Hospital for the provision of allied health services to inpatients ($3.726m). The increase is partially offset by adjustments for one-off funding in 1998-99 under the purchase contract with the Department of Health and Community Care ($3.313m);
• resources received free of charge: these primarily relate to facilities management and other services provided to allied health services operating within The Canberra Hospital ($0.933m);
• employee and superannuation expenses: the increase of $9.312m in 1999-2000 reflects the transfer of allied health services ($9.259m), costs associated with the integrated diabetes service ($0.720m), health service to residents of Quamby Detention Centre and Belconnen Remand Centre ($0.146m), respite services at Fisher ($0.302m), the implementation of the Community Health Information System ($0.110m), expected one-off payment associated with a new enterprise bargaining agreement ($0.200m), and other adjustments agreed with the Department of Health and Community Care ($0.166m). This is partially offset by one-off expenses in 1998-99 ($1.613m);
• administrative expenses: the increase in 1999-2000 of $2.869m reflects the transfer of allied health services ($2.932m), costs associated with the integrated diabetes service ($0.058m), health service to residents of Quamby Detention Centre and Belconnen Remand Centre ($0.243m), respite services at Fisher ($0.077m), the implementation of the community health information system ($0.732m), risk insurance ($0.416m) and minor refurbishment expenses ($0.220m). This is partially offset by one-off expenses in 1998-99 ($1.789m);
• depreciation: the increase in 1999-2000 reflects the completion of the refurbishment of Phillip Health Centre and the ground floor of Moore Street, and assets transferred with allied health services;
• decrease in net assets from administrative restructuring: the decrease of $2.072m reflects the transfer of the provision for employee entitlements for allied health staff transferred from The Canberra Hospital and the transfer of associated assets; and
• capital injections: for 1999-2000 comprise $0.830m for the implementation of the Community Health Information System, $0.221m for minor new works and $0.025m for the completion of the Phillip Health Centre refurbishment.

Statement of Financial Position

Significant variations are as follows:

• total assets: the decrease in 1999-2000 is primarily due to a reduction in cash mainly to meet minor refurbishment costs, expected one-off payment associated with a new enterprise bargaining agreement and some payment for employee entitlements. Non-current assets will also decrease due to the depreciation of buildings, leasehold improvements and plant and equipment;
• total liabilities: the increase in 1999-2000 is primarily as a result of the transfer of the provision for current and non-current employee entitlements for staff associated with the transfer of allied health services from The Canberra Hospital; and
• movements in accumulated funds: are mainly due to a reduction in Capital Injections in 1999-2000 ($3.473m) and an increase in liabilities for current and non-current employee entitlements associated with the transfer of allied health services ($2.151m).

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