❓ A WA parliamentary question seeks information on patient travel assistance and new specialist services at regional hospitals. The response details funding allocations and service expansions, aiming to reduce patient travel to Perth.
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(b) Denmark District; (c) Mt Barker District; (d) Manjimup Warren District; and (e) Bunbury Regional?
(c) Mt Barker District; (d) Manjimup Warren District; and (e) Bunbury Regional?
(d) Manjimup Warren District; and (e) Bunbury Regional?
(e) Bunbury Regional?
(3) How much has been allocated to the Patients Assisted Travel Scheme for each of the hospitals listed in (1) above for 2000-2001? (4) What new specialist services were offered at those hospitals and how many patients accessed those services at that hospital rather than travelling to Perth? Answered on 18 October 2000 The Minister
(c) Mt Barker District; (d) Manjimup Warren District; and (e) Bunbury Regional?
(d) Manjimup Warren District; and (e) Bunbury Regional?
(e) Bunbury Regional?
(3) How much has been allocated to the Patients Assisted Travel Scheme for each of the hospitals listed in (1) above for 2000-2001? (4) What new specialist services were offered at those hospitals and how many patients accessed those services at that hospital rather than travelling to Perth? Answered on 18 October 2000 The Minister
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18 October 2000
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1 (a) Albany Regional - 2 143 (b) Denmark District 310 (c) Plantagenet District 326 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service 1 352 (e) Bunbury Regional 2 309 2 (a) Albany Regional - $401 887 (b) Denmark District $ 44 650 (c) Plantagenet District $ 46 531 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service $103 547 (e) Bunbury $196 967 3 The base allocations are:- (a) Albany Regional - $322 011 (b) Denmark District $ 35 776 (c) Plantagenet District $ 37 283 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service $103 000 (e) Bunbury Regional $115 060 (4a) In Albany a specialist lung function testing and diagnostic service was introduced during the year. A total of 60 people used the service (from 1/10/99) who otherwise would have had to travel to Perth. (4b) Warren Blackwood Health Service Chemotherapy is now available at Bunbury - at least 3 patients travel to Bunbury for followup treatment, and this number will steadily increase. These patients would previously be required to travel to Perth. (4c-d) No new services have commenced. (4e) Bunbury Health Service Orthopaedic surgeon Expansion of existing services - impact still to be determined. Urologist Expansion of existing services - impact still to be determined. Renal dialysis 20 patients - 683 sessions.
(4) What new specialist services were offered at those hospitals and how many patients accessed those services at that hospital rather than travelling to Perth? Answered on 18 October 2000 The Minister Replied: 1 (a) Albany Regional - 2 143 (b) Denmark District 310 (c) Plantagenet District 326 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service 1 352 (e) Bunbury Regional 2 309 2 (a) Albany Regional - $401 887 (b) Denmark District $ 44 650 (c) Plantagenet District $ 46 531 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service $103 547 (e) Bunbury $196 967 3 The base allocations are:- (a) Albany Regional - $322 011 (b) Denmark District $ 35 776 (c) Plantagenet District $ 37 283 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service $103 000 (e) Bunbury Regional $115 060 (4a) In Albany a specialist lung function testing and diagnostic service was introduced during the year. A total of 60 people used the service (from 1/10/99) who otherwise would have had to travel to Perth. (4b) Warren Blackwood Health Service Chemotherapy is now available at Bunbury - at least 3 patients travel to Bunbury for followup treatment, and this number will steadily increase. These patients would previously be required to travel to Perth. (4c-d) No new services have commenced. (4e) Bunbury Health Service Orthopaedic surgeon Expansion of existing services - impact still to be determined. Urologist Expansion of existing services - impact still to be determined. Renal dialysis 20 patients - 683 sessions.
Answered on 18 October 2000 The Minister Replied: 1 (a) Albany Regional - 2 143 (b) Denmark District 310 (c) Plantagenet District 326 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service 1 352 (e) Bunbury Regional 2 309 2 (a) Albany Regional - $401 887 (b) Denmark District $ 44 650 (c) Plantagenet District $ 46 531 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service $103 547 (e) Bunbury $196 967 3 The base allocations are:- (a) Albany Regional - $322 011 (b) Denmark District $ 35 776 (c) Plantagenet District $ 37 283 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service $103 000 (e) Bunbury Regional $115 060 (4a) In Albany a specialist lung function testing and diagnostic service was introduced during the year. A total of 60 people used the service (from 1/10/99) who otherwise would have had to travel to Perth. (4b) Warren Blackwood Health Service Chemotherapy is now available at Bunbury - at least 3 patients travel to Bunbury for followup treatment, and this number will steadily increase. These patients would previously be required to travel to Perth. (4c-d) No new services have commenced. (4e) Bunbury Health Service Orthopaedic surgeon Expansion of existing services - impact still to be determined. Urologist Expansion of existing services - impact still to be determined. Renal dialysis 20 patients - 683 sessions.
(4) What new specialist services were offered at those hospitals and how many patients accessed those services at that hospital rather than travelling to Perth? Answered on 18 October 2000 The Minister Replied: 1 (a) Albany Regional - 2 143 (b) Denmark District 310 (c) Plantagenet District 326 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service 1 352 (e) Bunbury Regional 2 309 2 (a) Albany Regional - $401 887 (b) Denmark District $ 44 650 (c) Plantagenet District $ 46 531 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service $103 547 (e) Bunbury $196 967 3 The base allocations are:- (a) Albany Regional - $322 011 (b) Denmark District $ 35 776 (c) Plantagenet District $ 37 283 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service $103 000 (e) Bunbury Regional $115 060 (4a) In Albany a specialist lung function testing and diagnostic service was introduced during the year. A total of 60 people used the service (from 1/10/99) who otherwise would have had to travel to Perth. (4b) Warren Blackwood Health Service Chemotherapy is now available at Bunbury - at least 3 patients travel to Bunbury for followup treatment, and this number will steadily increase. These patients would previously be required to travel to Perth. (4c-d) No new services have commenced. (4e) Bunbury Health Service Orthopaedic surgeon Expansion of existing services - impact still to be determined. Urologist Expansion of existing services - impact still to be determined. Renal dialysis 20 patients - 683 sessions.
Answered on 18 October 2000 The Minister Replied: 1 (a) Albany Regional - 2 143 (b) Denmark District 310 (c) Plantagenet District 326 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service 1 352 (e) Bunbury Regional 2 309 2 (a) Albany Regional - $401 887 (b) Denmark District $ 44 650 (c) Plantagenet District $ 46 531 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service $103 547 (e) Bunbury $196 967 3 The base allocations are:- (a) Albany Regional - $322 011 (b) Denmark District $ 35 776 (c) Plantagenet District $ 37 283 (d) Warren Blackwood Health Service $103 000 (e) Bunbury Regional $115 060 (4a) In Albany a specialist lung function testing and diagnostic service was introduced during the year. A total of 60 people used the service (from 1/10/99) who otherwise would have had to travel to Perth. (4b) Warren Blackwood Health Service Chemotherapy is now available at Bunbury - at least 3 patients travel to Bunbury for followup treatment, and this number will steadily increase. These patients would previously be required to travel to Perth. (4c-d) No new services have commenced. (4e) Bunbury Health Service Orthopaedic surgeon Expansion of existing services - impact still to be determined. Urologist Expansion of existing services - impact still to be determined. Renal dialysis 20 patients - 683 sessions.
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