❓ Mr L'Estrange questions the Premier about alleged health budget cuts and asks when the Premier will act on medical professionals' advice to properly resource hospitals. The Premier denies budget cuts, stating the health budget is increasing.
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123. Mr S.K. L'ESTRANGE to the Premier:
I refer to comments from the WA
president of the Australian Medical Association who, through social media,
offered the Premier and the Minister for Health the following advice. He said
that they should listen and respond to senior doctors if they tell them that
lives are at risk, the system is under stress, and that it is not just the
staff who suffer. He asked them to ''Help us help our patients''.
As the Premier of Western Australia, when will the member for Rockingham act on
the advice of medical professionals and reverse cuts to the health budget to
make sure our hospitals are properly resourced?
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123. Mr S.K. L'ESTRANGE to the Premier:
I refer to comments from the WA
president of the Australian Medical Association who, through social media,
offered the Premier and the Minister for Health the following advice. He said
that they should listen and respond to senior doctors if they tell them that
lives are at risk, the system is under stress, and that it is not just the
staff who suffer. He asked them to ''Help us help our patients''.
As the Premier of Western Australia, when will the member for Rockingham act on
the advice of medical professionals and reverse cuts to the health budget to
make sure our hospitals are properly resourced?
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The premise of the question is
incorrect. There are no cuts to the health budget in Western Australia; in
fact, it is going up significantly across the forward estimates. As I understand
it, there was some reference to the emergency department at Sir Charles
Gairdner Hospital. Activity there has increased and clinical staffing at the
emergency department has increased to meet the demand.
incorrect. There are no cuts to the health budget in Western Australia; in
fact, it is going up significantly across the forward estimates. As I understand
it, there was some reference to the emergency department at Sir Charles
Gairdner Hospital. Activity there has increased and clinical staffing at the
emergency department has increased to meet the demand.
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