❓ Hon Giz Watson inquires about dialysis needs in Leonora and funding for a dialysis machine at Leonora Hospital. The response details patient numbers, current dialysis arrangements, and the Department's willingness to provide a machine, while highlighting past challenges and ongoing prevention efforts.
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(1) How many people within the catchment area for Leonora Hospital either need or imminently need dialysis?
(2) Of these, how many people are not reasonably able or are unwilling to access necessary or imminently necessary dialysis from Kalgoorlie or Perth?
(3) Will the Department fund the provision of a dialysis machine, water filters and operator at Leonora Hospital?
(4) If yes to (3), when?
(5) If no to (3), why not?
(6) In 2007-2008, what contribution did the Department make to projects aimed at prevention of kidney disease in the Goldfields?
(2) Of these, how many people are not reasonably able or are unwilling to access necessary or imminently necessary dialysis from Kalgoorlie or Perth?
(3) Will the Department fund the provision of a dialysis machine, water filters and operator at Leonora Hospital?
(4) If yes to (3), when?
(5) If no to (3), why not?
(6) In 2007-2008, what contribution did the Department make to projects aimed at prevention of kidney disease in the Goldfields?
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Answered
9 March 2009
Responded by
Minister for Transport representing the Minister for Health
Response time
118 days
(1) There are eight patients originally from Leonora who are receiving dialysis at Kalgoorlie Hospital, and one patient from Leonora receiving dialysis in Perth awaiting placement at Kalgoorlie.
There are seven patients currently in Leonora who will require dialysis treatment within the next 12 months.
(2) There is one patient in Leonora who has declined to relocate to Kalgoorlie for dialysis.
(3 - 4) The Department of Health, through the WA Country Health Service (WACHS), would be prepared to provide a dialysis machine at Leonora Hospital. The provision of a dialysis machine in Leonora could enable the provision of a home dialysis type service to be available in the hospital setting and supported by hospital services. This has previously been offered at Leonora but has proven unsuccessful due to unwillingness or inability of family members to assume responsibility for assisting with treatment. The WACHS will continue to work with patients, their families, and the local community to develop options for dialysis patients in the Leonora area.
(5) Not applicable.
(6) WACHS-Goldfields, in collaboration with the Rural Clinical School of Western Australia (
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia)
supports the
Western Desert Kidney Health Project (2008-2011
) being undertaken by Dr Christine Jefferies?Stokes, Ms Annette Stokes and Mr Lockie McDonald.
WACHS-Goldfields has allocated 1.0 FTE Dietician and 0.5 FTE Health Promotion Officer regionally, to promote programs which indirectly reduce the risk of renal disease. These include: preventing skin infections in children, including scabies; noting streptococcal infections can lead to renal disease; and promoting healthy lifestyle programs to prevent hypertension, of which renal disease is a common complication.
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There are seven patients currently in Leonora who will require dialysis treatment within the next 12 months.
(2) There is one patient in Leonora who has declined to relocate to Kalgoorlie for dialysis.
(3 - 4) The Department of Health, through the WA Country Health Service (WACHS), would be prepared to provide a dialysis machine at Leonora Hospital. The provision of a dialysis machine in Leonora could enable the provision of a home dialysis type service to be available in the hospital setting and supported by hospital services. This has previously been offered at Leonora but has proven unsuccessful due to unwillingness or inability of family members to assume responsibility for assisting with treatment. The WACHS will continue to work with patients, their families, and the local community to develop options for dialysis patients in the Leonora area.
(5) Not applicable.
(6) WACHS-Goldfields, in collaboration with the Rural Clinical School of Western Australia (
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Western Australia)
supports the
Western Desert Kidney Health Project (2008-2011
) being undertaken by Dr Christine Jefferies?Stokes, Ms Annette Stokes and Mr Lockie McDonald.
WACHS-Goldfields has allocated 1.0 FTE Dietician and 0.5 FTE Health Promotion Officer regionally, to promote programs which indirectly reduce the risk of renal disease. These include: preventing skin infections in children, including scabies; noting streptococcal infections can lead to renal disease; and promoting healthy lifestyle programs to prevent hypertension, of which renal disease is a common complication.
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