❓ Ms MacTiernan questions the Minister for Health regarding a State Government grant or loan provided to Amaroo Nursing Home for capital works in the early 1990s. The Minister confirms a $1 million grant was provided under the HDWA Capital Works Program for 1994, linked to the transfer of bed licences from Mt Henry.
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87. Ms MacTIERNAN to the Minister for Health:
(1) Was Amaroo Nursing Home given any State Government grant or loan for capital works around 1993-1994 or at any time in the last decade?
(2) If yes, what was the sum given?
(3) Under what program was this funding provided?
(4) What circumstances were taken into account in the provision of this grant?
(1) Was Amaroo Nursing Home given any State Government grant or loan for capital works around 1993-1994 or at any time in the last decade?
(2) If yes, what was the sum given?
(3) Under what program was this funding provided?
(4) What circumstances were taken into account in the provision of this grant?
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Answered
10 October 2000
Response time
62 days
The Minister Replied:
(1) Yes
(2) $1 000 000
(3) HDWA Capital Works Program for 1994.
(4) 40 State Government Nursing Home bed licences were transferred from Mt Henry to Amaroo, as Gosnells was a relatively under-bedded area according to Commonwealth planning data. The Commonwealth approved the transfer of the bed licences and contributed $1M towards the capital cost.
The State also contributed capital to the construction and fitting out of a 40-bed nursing home in Gosnells, subject to the following conditions:
- The capital grant was to be no more than $1M and would include costs towards the furnishings of the nursing home;
- Amaroo was to accept up to 40 Mt Henry Nursing Home residents who wished to transfer to Amaroo;
- In selecting staff for the nursing home Amaroo had to give prior consideration to staff displaced from Mt Henry Hospital as a consequence of the transfer of the 40 nursing home beds to Amaroo Nursing Home;
- Amaroo had to spend not less than $500 000 out of its own funds for the erection, construction and establishment of the nursing home.
(1) Yes
(2) $1 000 000
(3) HDWA Capital Works Program for 1994.
(4) 40 State Government Nursing Home bed licences were transferred from Mt Henry to Amaroo, as Gosnells was a relatively under-bedded area according to Commonwealth planning data. The Commonwealth approved the transfer of the bed licences and contributed $1M towards the capital cost.
The State also contributed capital to the construction and fitting out of a 40-bed nursing home in Gosnells, subject to the following conditions:
- The capital grant was to be no more than $1M and would include costs towards the furnishings of the nursing home;
- Amaroo was to accept up to 40 Mt Henry Nursing Home residents who wished to transfer to Amaroo;
- In selecting staff for the nursing home Amaroo had to give prior consideration to staff displaced from Mt Henry Hospital as a consequence of the transfer of the 40 nursing home beds to Amaroo Nursing Home;
- Amaroo had to spend not less than $500 000 out of its own funds for the erection, construction and establishment of the nursing home.
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