185Annual report to include information about palliative care spending

185 Annual report to include information about palliative care spending

185 Annual report to include information about palliative care spending

(1) The Health Secretary must ensure that the annual report prepared under the Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985 for the Ministry of Health for a financial year (a reporting year) includes the following information—

(a) the total amount spent by the Ministry on palliative care during the financial year preceding the reporting year,

(b) the aggregated amounts spent by the Ministry on palliative care during the 5 financial years preceding the reporting year,

(c) the total of the following for the reporting year—

(i) the number of persons to whom palliative care was provided during an admission to a public hospital,

(ii) the number of persons to whom palliative care was provided by the public health system other than during an admission to a public hospital.

(2) The information included in the annual report under subsection (1) must be provided—

(a) for the State generally, and

(b) for each local health district.

(3) In this section—

financial year has the same meaning as in the Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985.

local health district has the same meaning as in the Health Services Act 1997, section 8.

public health system has the same meaning as in the Health Services Act 1997, section 6.

public hospital has the same meaning as in the Health Services Act 1997, section 15.