Claire Moore (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is also to Senator Santoro, the Minister for Ageing. My question relates to the response of the minister yesterday in relation to the Immanuel Gardens Nursing Home on the Sunshine Coast. Can the minister now explain why sanctions were only imposed in February 2006 when an inspection found serious breaches of care standards in August 2005? Minister, why that six-month delay? Why wasn’t the provider forced to appoint a nursing adviser in August 2005 when there was clear evidence that residents were not receiving proper care. Didn’t the agency’s report of that time note that the facility has ‘a record of persistent failure to comply with the Accreditation Standards over the last three years’? Why weren’t the residents at this place properly protected?