❓ Alanna Clohesy questions the Minister for Health regarding changes to ophthalmology services at Peel Health Campus, particularly concerning waitlists and catchment areas. The Minister clarifies the current status of services and catchment policies.
AnsweredQoN 382Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
PEEL HEALTH CAMPUS — OPHTHALMOLOGY AND EYE
SURGERY
382. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the minister
representing the Minister for Health:
(1) Has the
government ceased all ophthalmology and eye surgery for public patients
waitlisted at Peel Health Campus?
(2) If no to (1),
has it ceased these services to patients on the waitlist at Peel Health Campus
who are outside the Peel postcode catchment area?
(3) If yes to (1) or (2), when will these
services cease for these patients?
(4) Will the
minister guarantee that those Peel Health Campus eye patients forced to
transfer to Fremantle will not have longer wait times and their waitlist date
will be backdated to when they first listed at Peel Health Campus?
(5) Has a decision
been made regarding Royal Perth Hospital Eye Clinic and Rockingham hospital
ophthalmology services moving to Fremantle, given the minister's
undertaking to review the move; and, if so, what is the decision?
SURGERY
382. Hon ALANNA CLOHESY to the minister
representing the Minister for Health:
(1) Has the
government ceased all ophthalmology and eye surgery for public patients
waitlisted at Peel Health Campus?
(2) If no to (1),
has it ceased these services to patients on the waitlist at Peel Health Campus
who are outside the Peel postcode catchment area?
(3) If yes to (1) or (2), when will these
services cease for these patients?
(4) Will the
minister guarantee that those Peel Health Campus eye patients forced to
transfer to Fremantle will not have longer wait times and their waitlist date
will be backdated to when they first listed at Peel Health Campus?
(5) Has a decision
been made regarding Royal Perth Hospital Eye Clinic and Rockingham hospital
ophthalmology services moving to Fremantle, given the minister's
undertaking to review the move; and, if so, what is the decision?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice
of the question.
(1) � No. Peel Health Campus continues to provide
elective ophthalmic surgery.
(2) � There are currently no patients outside the
catchment area who are waitlisted at Peel Health Campus for ophthalmic surgery.
(3) � Services have not ceased. From February 2016,
Peel Health Campus has put strategies in place to provide services primarily to
patients within the Peel catchment, and as such these patients will continue to
have access to elective surgery.
(4) � Not applicable.
(5) � No decision has been made in relation to Royal
Perth Hospital Eye Clinic. Ophthalmology services at Rockingham General
Hospital were consolidated to Fremantle Hospital in February 2016.
of the question.
(1) � No. Peel Health Campus continues to provide
elective ophthalmic surgery.
(2) � There are currently no patients outside the
catchment area who are waitlisted at Peel Health Campus for ophthalmic surgery.
(3) � Services have not ceased. From February 2016,
Peel Health Campus has put strategies in place to provide services primarily to
patients within the Peel catchment, and as such these patients will continue to
have access to elective surgery.
(4) � Not applicable.
(5) � No decision has been made in relation to Royal
Perth Hospital Eye Clinic. Ophthalmology services at Rockingham General
Hospital were consolidated to Fremantle Hospital in February 2016.
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