Nick Xenophon (SA, Nick Xenophon Team) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend business of the Senate notice of motion No. 5, standing in my name and the names of Senator Griff and Senator Kakoschke-Moore for today proposing a reference to the Community Affairs References Committee, by omitting '7 December 2017' and substituting '18 February 2018' and also by substituting paragraph (d) of the motion with the words: 'the adequacy of medication handling practices and drug administration methods specific to aged care delivered at Oakden'.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That, in response to the neglect and abuse in aged care exposed by the Makk and McLeay Aged Mental Health Care Service at Oakden in South Australia, which has led to its closure, the following matters be referred to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 18 February 2018:

(a) the effectiveness of the Aged Care Quality Assessment and accreditation framework for protecting residents from abuse and poor practices, and ensuring proper clinical and medical care standards are maintained and practised;

(b) the adequacy and effectiveness of complaints handling processes at a state and federal level, including consumer awareness and appropriate use of the available complaints mechanisms;

(c) concerns regarding standards of care reported to aged care providers and government agencies by staff and contract workers, medical officers, volunteers, family members and other healthcare or aged care providers receiving transferred patients, and the adequacy of responses and feedback arrangements;

(d) the adequacy of medication handling practices and drug administration methods specific to aged care delivered at Oakden;

(e) the adequacy of injury prevention, monitoring and reporting mechanisms and the need for mandatory reporting and data collection for serious injury and mortality incidents;

(f) the division of responsibility and accountability between residents (and their families), agency and permanent staff, aged care providers, and the state and the federal governments for reporting on and acting on adverse incidents; and

(g) any related matters.

Question agreed to.