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upgrading the existing hospital. However, following public consultation and extensive negotiations with LCMHC in 2010, the proposal failed to eventuate and the existing operational agreements were maintained. The government projects medium-term demand for another 400 hospital beds across
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Following the release of the inquiry's recommendations, in May 2023 the ACT Government announced that it planned to take over the hospital land and assets and to redevelop the site as part of a $ 1 billion healthcare campus for
Canberra's northern districts. The planned acquisition followed attempts
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Infrastructure Enabling Bill 2023 was introduced to the ACT Legislative Assembly, proposing to remove the public hospital land from the existing Crown lease and terminate the Calvary Network Agreement "on just terms", with provision for compensation. This legislation was
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procedure at the hospital as this treatment can also be used for abortions. The hospital rejected this claim, saying it could not confirm that the woman presented for treatment, and that the government report misrepresented gynecological services and advice provided at
Calvary. It sought to have
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were also critical of the decision, upset about a lack of consultation by the government. These groups called on the enabling legislation to be delayed, providing certainty and stability for medical staff and guarantees that services would not suffer as a result. The opposition
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districts in
Canberra, to be located on a site in the new suburb of Bruce. The new hospital commenced operations in May 1979, with the ownership and operation of the hospital remaining largely unchanged following the transition to self-government of the territory in 1988.
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Workers began removing a large exterior cross and other
Catholic iconography from the site on 2 July. The operations of Calvary Hospital were transited to Canberra Health Services the next day, and the facility is now known as North Canberra Hospital.
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as evidence of previous incompetence in delivering health services. While the government announced that all staff would be retained as part of the takeover, senior doctors on staff at the hospital and the ACT branch of the
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