❓ Hon. Samantha Rowe questions the Minister for Health regarding the transfer of maternity services from Swan District Hospital to Osborne Park Hospital, focusing on patient options, continuity of care, travel assistance, and resource allocation. The Minister's response addresses these concerns, indicating existing resources are sufficient.
AnsweredQoN 484Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
SWAN
DISTRICT HOSPITAL — MATERNITY SERVICES CATCHMENT AREA
484. Hon SAMANTHA ROWE to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to patients in the Swan District Hospital—SDH—maternity
services' catchment area, whose care has been transferred to Osborne
Park Hospital.
(1) Are women
who are already beyond 19 weeks' pregnant being given the option of
continuing their antenatal care and delivery at SDH, given their due date will
be before to the closure of SDH?
(2) What measures
are being taken to ensure continuity of care for existing maternity patients
whose care is being transferred to Osborne Park Hospital?
(3) Will any
maternity patients in the Swan District Hospital catchment area be offered fuel
vouchers or similar travel assistance in recognition that some parts of the
catchment area are well in excess of an hour's travel time from Osborne
Park Hospital?
(4) What
additional resources and staffing, if any, is being provided to Osborne Park
Hospital to cope with the extra demand on their maternity services caused by
referrals from SDH?
DISTRICT HOSPITAL — MATERNITY SERVICES CATCHMENT AREA
484. Hon SAMANTHA ROWE to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to patients in the Swan District Hospital—SDH—maternity
services' catchment area, whose care has been transferred to Osborne
Park Hospital.
(1) Are women
who are already beyond 19 weeks' pregnant being given the option of
continuing their antenatal care and delivery at SDH, given their due date will
be before to the closure of SDH?
(2) What measures
are being taken to ensure continuity of care for existing maternity patients
whose care is being transferred to Osborne Park Hospital?
(3) Will any
maternity patients in the Swan District Hospital catchment area be offered fuel
vouchers or similar travel assistance in recognition that some parts of the
catchment area are well in excess of an hour's travel time from Osborne
Park Hospital?
(4) What
additional resources and staffing, if any, is being provided to Osborne Park
Hospital to cope with the extra demand on their maternity services caused by
referrals from SDH?
AnswerView source ↗
On behalf of the parliamentary
secretary representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some
notice of this question.
The following information has been
provided by the Minister for Health.
(1) Yes; whilst capacity allows and
safe clinical service can be guaranteed.
(2) Detailed
handover information has been provided by Swan District Hospital to Osborne
Park Hospital for any patients who had commenced antenatal care at Swan
District Hospital prior to transfer.
(3) Applications
for travel assistance will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Patients referred
to Osborne Park Hospital from Swan District Hospital who reside in the Swan
District Hospital catchment are from suburbs approximately 20 minutes'
drive to Osborne Park Hospital.
(4) Osborne Park
Hospital has been able to facilitate the transfer of patients from Swan
District Hospital within existing resources.
secretary representing the Minister for Health, I thank the member for some
notice of this question.
The following information has been
provided by the Minister for Health.
(1) Yes; whilst capacity allows and
safe clinical service can be guaranteed.
(2) Detailed
handover information has been provided by Swan District Hospital to Osborne
Park Hospital for any patients who had commenced antenatal care at Swan
District Hospital prior to transfer.
(3) Applications
for travel assistance will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Patients referred
to Osborne Park Hospital from Swan District Hospital who reside in the Swan
District Hospital catchment are from suburbs approximately 20 minutes'
drive to Osborne Park Hospital.
(4) Osborne Park
Hospital has been able to facilitate the transfer of patients from Swan
District Hospital within existing resources.
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