❓ Ms. Mettam questions the Minister for Health about the specific amount of funding allocated to the winter surge plan requested by HSPs. The Minister's response avoids providing a specific figure, detailing various funding mechanisms instead.
AnsweredQoN 354Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
Health—Winter surge planning
354. Ms Libby Mettam to
the Minister for Health:
I have a
supplementary question.
It was not a hard
question to answer. How much did the state government provide for the winter
surge plan that was requested by our HSPs?
354. Ms Libby Mettam to
the Minister for Health:
I have a
supplementary question.
It was not a hard
question to answer. How much did the state government provide for the winter
surge plan that was requested by our HSPs?
AnswerView source ↗
The plan is funded in a range of ways. People who are
familiar with health funding will understand that one of the important ways
we meet demand in our system is through activity-based funding through our
agreement with the Commonwealth. Funding on a range of initiatives happens in a
range of different ways.
Ms Libby Mettam interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Vasse.
Ms Meredith Hammat: I have spoken before in this place
about our strategies, which are focused on our—
Point of order
Mr Lachlan Hunter: The supplementary question from the
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was specifically about an amount that the
minister requested and she is yet to answer either the initial question or the
supplementary question.
The Speaker: Thank you, member. I shall not uphold
that point of order. The minister can respond in the way that she chooses.
Questions without notice resumed
Ms Meredith Hammat: Thank you. What I am explaining is
that the winter demand plan has a range of initiatives and those initiatives
are funded in a range of a different ways. For example, the free flu
vaccination program is something we have talked about a lot in this house, and
it has been funded specifically—the RSV vaccination program. Many of
the activities undertaken by HSPs are funded through activity-based funding; it
is through a different model of funding.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members!
Ms Meredith Hammat: Things like our Time to Think beds,
we fund through specific initiatives in the budget. They are a very important
part of the plan to discharge older Western Australians into the community. There
is a range of initiatives and a range of different ways that they are funded,
but what I said—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members! The minister is responding to
the question.
Ms Meredith Hammat: There is a range of initiatives in
the winter demand plan and they are funded in a range of different ways. We
will always look at what more we can do to meet the demand in our system.
familiar with health funding will understand that one of the important ways
we meet demand in our system is through activity-based funding through our
agreement with the Commonwealth. Funding on a range of initiatives happens in a
range of different ways.
Ms Libby Mettam interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Vasse.
Ms Meredith Hammat: I have spoken before in this place
about our strategies, which are focused on our—
Point of order
Mr Lachlan Hunter: The supplementary question from the
Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party was specifically about an amount that the
minister requested and she is yet to answer either the initial question or the
supplementary question.
The Speaker: Thank you, member. I shall not uphold
that point of order. The minister can respond in the way that she chooses.
Questions without notice resumed
Ms Meredith Hammat: Thank you. What I am explaining is
that the winter demand plan has a range of initiatives and those initiatives
are funded in a range of a different ways. For example, the free flu
vaccination program is something we have talked about a lot in this house, and
it has been funded specifically—the RSV vaccination program. Many of
the activities undertaken by HSPs are funded through activity-based funding; it
is through a different model of funding.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members!
Ms Meredith Hammat: Things like our Time to Think beds,
we fund through specific initiatives in the budget. They are a very important
part of the plan to discharge older Western Australians into the community. There
is a range of initiatives and a range of different ways that they are funded,
but what I said—
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members! The minister is responding to
the question.
Ms Meredith Hammat: There is a range of initiatives in
the winter demand plan and they are funded in a range of different ways. We
will always look at what more we can do to meet the demand in our system.
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