❓ Hon. Barry House questions the South West Area Health Service's refusal to negotiate a weekend roster for obstetric services in Margaret River, raising concerns about potential impacts on local healthcare access and regional development. The Minister requests the question be placed on notice, indicating a need for further investigation.
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(1) Why is the South West Area Health Service refusing to negotiate a weekend roster of local doctors in Margaret River to deliver obstetric services? (2) Is the minister aware or concerned that of the four doctors in Margaret River currently delivering babies, two have already announced that they will stop obstetrics if this decision is pursued? (3) Is the minister also aware or concerned that this will force women to give birth in Bunbury or some other distant locality? (4) Why is this decision being pursued in a vibrant, growing regional town, especially in light of the fact that the long awaited $3 million hospital upgrade, which is under way, will provide a brand-new obstetrics unit? (5) How will this decision enhance regional development in Western Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister requests that this question be placed on notice.
(2) Is the minister aware or concerned that of the four doctors in Margaret River currently delivering babies, two have already announced that they will stop obstetrics if this decision is pursued? (3) Is the minister also aware or concerned that this will force women to give birth in Bunbury or some other distant locality? (4) Why is this decision being pursued in a vibrant, growing regional town, especially in light of the fact that the long awaited $3 million hospital upgrade, which is under way, will provide a brand-new obstetrics unit? (5) How will this decision enhance regional development in Western Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister requests that this question be placed on notice.
(3) Is the minister also aware or concerned that this will force women to give birth in Bunbury or some other distant locality? (4) Why is this decision being pursued in a vibrant, growing regional town, especially in light of the fact that the long awaited $3 million hospital upgrade, which is under way, will provide a brand-new obstetrics unit? (5) How will this decision enhance regional development in Western Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister requests that this question be placed on notice.
(4) Why is this decision being pursued in a vibrant, growing regional town, especially in light of the fact that the long awaited $3 million hospital upgrade, which is under way, will provide a brand-new obstetrics unit? (5) How will this decision enhance regional development in Western Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister requests that this question be placed on notice.
(5) How will this decision enhance regional development in Western Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister requests that this question be placed on notice.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister requests that this question be placed on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister requests that this question be placed on notice.
(2) Is the minister aware or concerned that of the four doctors in Margaret River currently delivering babies, two have already announced that they will stop obstetrics if this decision is pursued? (3) Is the minister also aware or concerned that this will force women to give birth in Bunbury or some other distant locality? (4) Why is this decision being pursued in a vibrant, growing regional town, especially in light of the fact that the long awaited $3 million hospital upgrade, which is under way, will provide a brand-new obstetrics unit? (5) How will this decision enhance regional development in Western Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister requests that this question be placed on notice.
(3) Is the minister also aware or concerned that this will force women to give birth in Bunbury or some other distant locality? (4) Why is this decision being pursued in a vibrant, growing regional town, especially in light of the fact that the long awaited $3 million hospital upgrade, which is under way, will provide a brand-new obstetrics unit? (5) How will this decision enhance regional development in Western Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister requests that this question be placed on notice.
(4) Why is this decision being pursued in a vibrant, growing regional town, especially in light of the fact that the long awaited $3 million hospital upgrade, which is under way, will provide a brand-new obstetrics unit? (5) How will this decision enhance regional development in Western Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister requests that this question be placed on notice.
(5) How will this decision enhance regional development in Western Australia? Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister requests that this question be placed on notice.
Hon SUE ELLERY replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister requests that this question be placed on notice.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. The minister requests that this question be placed on notice.
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