❓ Mr. Ainsworth questions the Health Department about Perth hospitals over budget and a previous $48 million bailout. Mr. Kucera identifies the hospitals and clarifies the $48 million was for funding shortfalls and outpatient system reform.
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HOSPITALS, OVER BUDGET
I refer to the article in The West Australian of 25 June 2001 that reported a $20 million bailout for the Health Department, and ask - (1) Which Perth hospitals are over budget? (2) Which, if any, of these received some of the previous Government’s $48 million bailout in December 2000? Mr KUCERA
I refer to the article in The West Australian of 25 June 2001 that reported a $20 million bailout for the Health Department, and ask - (1) Which Perth hospitals are over budget? (2) Which, if any, of these received some of the previous Government’s $48 million bailout in December 2000? Mr KUCERA
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(1) The Perth hospitals that are over budget are: the Fremantle Hospital, the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, the Royal Perth Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, the Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital and the Kalamunda District Community Hospital. (2) The previous $48 million was not a bailout: it related to two separate issues concerning the Metropolitan Health Service. In August 2000 the cabinet budget standing committee approved an additional $32 million as a recognised funding shortfall for the Metropolitan Health Service for the approved budget for 2000-01. In December 2000, following other submissions, the CBSC agreed to provide a further $15 million for reform arrangements for the outpatient system. That funding would have been received by some of the hospitals to which I referred.
(1) Which Perth hospitals are over budget? (2) Which, if any, of these received some of the previous Government’s $48 million bailout in December 2000? Mr KUCERA replied: (1) The Perth hospitals that are over budget are: the Fremantle Hospital, the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, the Royal Perth Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, the Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital and the Kalamunda District Community Hospital. (2) The previous $48 million was not a bailout: it related to two separate issues concerning the Metropolitan Health Service. In August 2000 the cabinet budget standing committee approved an additional $32 million as a recognised funding shortfall for the Metropolitan Health Service for the approved budget for 2000-01. In December 2000, following other submissions, the CBSC agreed to provide a further $15 million for reform arrangements for the outpatient system. That funding would have been received by some of the hospitals to which I referred.
(2) Which, if any, of these received some of the previous Government’s $48 million bailout in December 2000? Mr KUCERA replied: (1) The Perth hospitals that are over budget are: the Fremantle Hospital, the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, the Royal Perth Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, the Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital and the Kalamunda District Community Hospital. (2) The previous $48 million was not a bailout: it related to two separate issues concerning the Metropolitan Health Service. In August 2000 the cabinet budget standing committee approved an additional $32 million as a recognised funding shortfall for the Metropolitan Health Service for the approved budget for 2000-01. In December 2000, following other submissions, the CBSC agreed to provide a further $15 million for reform arrangements for the outpatient system. That funding would have been received by some of the hospitals to which I referred.
Mr KUCERA replied: (1) The Perth hospitals that are over budget are: the Fremantle Hospital, the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, the Royal Perth Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, the Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital and the Kalamunda District Community Hospital. (2) The previous $48 million was not a bailout: it related to two separate issues concerning the Metropolitan Health Service. In August 2000 the cabinet budget standing committee approved an additional $32 million as a recognised funding shortfall for the Metropolitan Health Service for the approved budget for 2000-01. In December 2000, following other submissions, the CBSC agreed to provide a further $15 million for reform arrangements for the outpatient system. That funding would have been received by some of the hospitals to which I referred.
(1) The Perth hospitals that are over budget are: the Fremantle Hospital, the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, the Royal Perth Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, the Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital and the Kalamunda District Community Hospital. (2) The previous $48 million was not a bailout: it related to two separate issues concerning the Metropolitan Health Service. In August 2000 the cabinet budget standing committee approved an additional $32 million as a recognised funding shortfall for the Metropolitan Health Service for the approved budget for 2000-01. In December 2000, following other submissions, the CBSC agreed to provide a further $15 million for reform arrangements for the outpatient system. That funding would have been received by some of the hospitals to which I referred.
(2) The previous $48 million was not a bailout: it related to two separate issues concerning the Metropolitan Health Service. In August 2000 the cabinet budget standing committee approved an additional $32 million as a recognised funding shortfall for the Metropolitan Health Service for the approved budget for 2000-01. In December 2000, following other submissions, the CBSC agreed to provide a further $15 million for reform arrangements for the outpatient system. That funding would have been received by some of the hospitals to which I referred.
(1) Which Perth hospitals are over budget? (2) Which, if any, of these received some of the previous Government’s $48 million bailout in December 2000? Mr KUCERA replied: (1) The Perth hospitals that are over budget are: the Fremantle Hospital, the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, the Royal Perth Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, the Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital and the Kalamunda District Community Hospital. (2) The previous $48 million was not a bailout: it related to two separate issues concerning the Metropolitan Health Service. In August 2000 the cabinet budget standing committee approved an additional $32 million as a recognised funding shortfall for the Metropolitan Health Service for the approved budget for 2000-01. In December 2000, following other submissions, the CBSC agreed to provide a further $15 million for reform arrangements for the outpatient system. That funding would have been received by some of the hospitals to which I referred.
(2) Which, if any, of these received some of the previous Government’s $48 million bailout in December 2000? Mr KUCERA replied: (1) The Perth hospitals that are over budget are: the Fremantle Hospital, the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, the Royal Perth Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, the Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital and the Kalamunda District Community Hospital. (2) The previous $48 million was not a bailout: it related to two separate issues concerning the Metropolitan Health Service. In August 2000 the cabinet budget standing committee approved an additional $32 million as a recognised funding shortfall for the Metropolitan Health Service for the approved budget for 2000-01. In December 2000, following other submissions, the CBSC agreed to provide a further $15 million for reform arrangements for the outpatient system. That funding would have been received by some of the hospitals to which I referred.
Mr KUCERA replied: (1) The Perth hospitals that are over budget are: the Fremantle Hospital, the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, the Royal Perth Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, the Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital and the Kalamunda District Community Hospital. (2) The previous $48 million was not a bailout: it related to two separate issues concerning the Metropolitan Health Service. In August 2000 the cabinet budget standing committee approved an additional $32 million as a recognised funding shortfall for the Metropolitan Health Service for the approved budget for 2000-01. In December 2000, following other submissions, the CBSC agreed to provide a further $15 million for reform arrangements for the outpatient system. That funding would have been received by some of the hospitals to which I referred.
(1) The Perth hospitals that are over budget are: the Fremantle Hospital, the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children, the King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women, the Royal Perth Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, the Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital and the Kalamunda District Community Hospital. (2) The previous $48 million was not a bailout: it related to two separate issues concerning the Metropolitan Health Service. In August 2000 the cabinet budget standing committee approved an additional $32 million as a recognised funding shortfall for the Metropolitan Health Service for the approved budget for 2000-01. In December 2000, following other submissions, the CBSC agreed to provide a further $15 million for reform arrangements for the outpatient system. That funding would have been received by some of the hospitals to which I referred.
(2) The previous $48 million was not a bailout: it related to two separate issues concerning the Metropolitan Health Service. In August 2000 the cabinet budget standing committee approved an additional $32 million as a recognised funding shortfall for the Metropolitan Health Service for the approved budget for 2000-01. In December 2000, following other submissions, the CBSC agreed to provide a further $15 million for reform arrangements for the outpatient system. That funding would have been received by some of the hospitals to which I referred.
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