An independent auditor is brought in over concerns specialist equipment may have been removed from the Royal Hobart Hospital's hyperbaric unit, but determines there's no way to know if — or what — items were taken.
An independent audit of the Royal Hobart Hospital's $11m hyperbaric unit uncovers inconsistencies in processes that exposed it to "a risk of reputational and financial loss"The health department says no-one was sanctioned but deficiencies in payroll systems will be addressed by a new software system
Documents acquired under right-to-information laws revealed there was an audit — which made eight recommendations to improve the unit's asset management, procurement and leave policies — but they do not specifically outline the allegations that prompted it. The diving and hyperbaric medicine unit opened in the hospital's K-Block in 2020, with the health department describing it as a "state-of-the-art" unit designed by Australian experts.
The Deloitte report found there was no record kept of "portable assets" — such as regulators — which were valued at less than $10,000, including some items that could be removed from and used outside the hyperbaric unit. "Under the Royal Hobart Hospital procurement policies, three quotes should have been obtained to support the purchase of this asset or justification as to why a direct procurement was necessary," the report said.
The department says no one was sanctioned, and it did not refer the matter to police or other investigative bodies.
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