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Secretary must ensure that the annual report prepared under the [Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985](/view/html/repealed/current/act-1985-156) for the Ministry of Health for a financial year (a reporting year) includes the following information— 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 financial year has the same meaning as in the [Annual Reports (Departments) Act 1985](/view/html/repealed/current/act-1985-156). > > > > local health district has the same meaning as in the [Health Services Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-154), section 8. > > > > public health system has the same meaning as in the [Health Services Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-154), section 6. > > > > public hospital has the same meaning as in the [Health Services Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-154), section 15.