With health slated as one of the key focus areas for the ACT Government leading up to the October election, ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope and Health Minister Katy Gallagher stressed their commitment to the sector including more than $300million in this year's budget to fund new infrastructure.

Both ministers highlighted what they thought had been the biggest achievements in the sector, including increases in bed numbers and elective surgery, and strong investment in the mental health sector.

Mr Stanhope said health and education were ''the bedrock of Labor''.

''... It's why between them they consume more than half of my Government's annual budget.''

Most of the resolutions put forward were carried including the commitment to having the birth centre at the new hospital.

The Health Services Union's call for the Government to return the contracted cleaning service at Canberra Hospital to an in-house operation was carried, as was the union's call for more investment in the training of health workers.

Other resolutions carried included a call for the ACT Government to invest in higher education for health workers and developing early intervention and prevention strategies relating to body image and eating disorders caused by the increased sexualisation of young women in the media.

A topic which generated debate was whether the ACT Government should seek measures to reduce the impact of snowfield injuries on the ACT hospital system.

Opposing the idea, Ms Gallagher questioned if it was a job for the ACT Government to provide safety advice on how to ski in NSW snowfields. The motion was lost.

Ms Gallagher also assured delegates that the ACT health system could cope with the territory's aging population.

''To our opponents the challenge is this what are you going to do in the face of surging demand for health services?''