❓ The Minister for Health details the expected increase in activity for the Metropolitan Health Service Board in 2000-2001, outlining specific service areas and associated funding increases.
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272. Ms McHALE to the Minister for Health:
What increase in activity does the Health Department of Western Australia expect the Metropolitan Health Service Board to achieve during the financial year 2000-2001?
What increase in activity does the Health Department of Western Australia expect the Metropolitan Health Service Board to achieve during the financial year 2000-2001?
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Answered
14 November 2000
Response time
97 days
The Minister Replied:
The Metropolitan Health Services Board allocation in 2000/01 has been increased by $21M over what is reported in the Treasury Budget Statements. Additional services and activity have been purchased with these additional funds.
Significant additional services and activity include:
- Community Health (within Prevention and Promotion) gains 25 500 occasions of service and $1M. These include additional speech and language clinics, child assessment and rating evaluation, and specialist services for families and children.
- Public Health (also within Prevention and Promotion) is allocated an additional 20 000 occasions of service and $1M for establishment of a South Metropolitan Public Health Unit and operation of the North Metropolitan Public Health Unit, the activity and dollars being shared equally.
- Fremantle and North Metropolitan are both designated as Parkinson's Disease Centres of Excellence and each allocated an additional 175 Scaled Central Episodes (SCE's) in the Rehabilitation Program of Diagnosis and Treatment Funds, with new funds totalling $0.624M.
- Cardiac Rehabilitation is allocated an additional 1 200 clinic occasions of service, as well as 585 Paediatric Cardiac SCEs. Additional funds exceed $1.5M.
- The Critical Care Program in Diagnosis and Treatment gains an additional 80 SCEs and $0.166M
- The Oral Health Program at King Edward/Princess Margaret Hospital (KEPM) will have 117 SCEs. Additional funds total $0.242.
- Emergency Departments at Rockingham, RPH and Swan are allocated an additional $9.5M (including Teaching, Training, Development and Research elements).
- Outpatient Services in Diagnosis and Treatment have an additional 18 600 occasions of service. Total additional funds exceed $3.335M. These include Home Chemotherapy based at RPH as well as specified activity in obesity, diabetes and neonatal screening services spread over all the Metropolitan Health Services and Familial Cancer Screening at KEPM.
- Other Non-admitted Patient occasions of service (Early Discharge Programs at Fremantle, SCGH, KEPM, Kalamunda and North Metropolitan) totalling $1.854M.
- Continuing Care non-admitted services (over most of the Metropolitan area) gain an additional 1 750 occasions of service with an additional allocation of $0.405M. These services include Post Acute Referrals, Botulinum Toxin Clinics, Dementia and Falls Clinics.
- Teaching, Training, Development and Research gains an additional $0.780M to cover new intern positions.
The Metropolitan Health Services Board allocation in 2000/01 has been increased by $21M over what is reported in the Treasury Budget Statements. Additional services and activity have been purchased with these additional funds.
Significant additional services and activity include:
- Community Health (within Prevention and Promotion) gains 25 500 occasions of service and $1M. These include additional speech and language clinics, child assessment and rating evaluation, and specialist services for families and children.
- Public Health (also within Prevention and Promotion) is allocated an additional 20 000 occasions of service and $1M for establishment of a South Metropolitan Public Health Unit and operation of the North Metropolitan Public Health Unit, the activity and dollars being shared equally.
- Fremantle and North Metropolitan are both designated as Parkinson's Disease Centres of Excellence and each allocated an additional 175 Scaled Central Episodes (SCE's) in the Rehabilitation Program of Diagnosis and Treatment Funds, with new funds totalling $0.624M.
- Cardiac Rehabilitation is allocated an additional 1 200 clinic occasions of service, as well as 585 Paediatric Cardiac SCEs. Additional funds exceed $1.5M.
- The Critical Care Program in Diagnosis and Treatment gains an additional 80 SCEs and $0.166M
- The Oral Health Program at King Edward/Princess Margaret Hospital (KEPM) will have 117 SCEs. Additional funds total $0.242.
- Emergency Departments at Rockingham, RPH and Swan are allocated an additional $9.5M (including Teaching, Training, Development and Research elements).
- Outpatient Services in Diagnosis and Treatment have an additional 18 600 occasions of service. Total additional funds exceed $3.335M. These include Home Chemotherapy based at RPH as well as specified activity in obesity, diabetes and neonatal screening services spread over all the Metropolitan Health Services and Familial Cancer Screening at KEPM.
- Other Non-admitted Patient occasions of service (Early Discharge Programs at Fremantle, SCGH, KEPM, Kalamunda and North Metropolitan) totalling $1.854M.
- Continuing Care non-admitted services (over most of the Metropolitan area) gain an additional 1 750 occasions of service with an additional allocation of $0.405M. These services include Post Acute Referrals, Botulinum Toxin Clinics, Dementia and Falls Clinics.
- Teaching, Training, Development and Research gains an additional $0.780M to cover new intern positions.
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