Mater Public Health Services Act 2008
sec.4Guiding principles
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sec.4 Guiding principles
The principles intended to guide the achievement of this Act’s main object include the following— the department and the Mater should use their best endeavours to ensure that public patient health services are funded and delivered in a way that serves the best interests of patients receiving the services; the department and the Mater should be committed to maintaining and enhancing a special relationship for giving effect to the arrangements; the philosophy underpinning the delivery of health services by the Mater hospitals should be acknowledged; the delivery of public patient health services by the Mater hospitals should be funded by the State in a way that is consistent with the funding of public sector health services; the Mater, and not the department, is responsible for the delivery of public patient health services by the Mater hospitals; the department and the Mater should cooperate in the development of the department’s plan and key initiatives relating to the delivery of public patient health services by the Mater hospitals.
- (a) the department and the Mater should use their best endeavours to ensure that public patient health services are funded and delivered in a way that serves the best interests of patients receiving the services;
- (b) the department and the Mater should be committed to maintaining and enhancing a special relationship for giving effect to the arrangements;
- (c) the philosophy underpinning the delivery of health services by the Mater hospitals should be acknowledged;
- (d) the delivery of public patient health services by the Mater hospitals should be funded by the State in a way that is consistent with the funding of public sector health services;
- (e) the Mater, and not the department, is responsible for the delivery of public patient health services by the Mater hospitals;
- (f) the department and the Mater should cooperate in the development of the department’s plan and key initiatives relating to the delivery of public patient health services by the Mater hospitals.