❓ Question on Notice regarding the Auditor General's report on the management of the health reform program in WA. The Minister acknowledges the report, defends the government's progress, and highlights successes while downplaying criticisms.
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AUDITOR GENERAL’S REPORT - HEALTH REFORM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
I refer to today’s Auditor General’s report into the management of the health reform program. (1) Is the minister aware that the Auditor General said - . . . documentation provided is silent on how the reform program will be managed to deliver agreed outcomes on-time and on-budget (ie there is no project management framework). (2) Given the Auditor General’s lack of confidence in progress made so far, does the minister concede that mismanagement has played a large role in some key projects being up to a year behind schedule after only 18 months? (3) What sort of spin is the minister going to put on this to make a damaging report sound positive? Mr J.A. McGINTY
I refer to today’s Auditor General’s report into the management of the health reform program. (1) Is the minister aware that the Auditor General said - . . . documentation provided is silent on how the reform program will be managed to deliver agreed outcomes on-time and on-budget (ie there is no project management framework). (2) Given the Auditor General’s lack of confidence in progress made so far, does the minister concede that mismanagement has played a large role in some key projects being up to a year behind schedule after only 18 months? (3) What sort of spin is the minister going to put on this to make a damaging report sound positive? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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(1)-(3) I have read the report of the Auditor General, as the member would expect. The scale of reform being undertaken in the Western Australian health system is breathtaking in its complexity and magnitude. The government has embarked upon the biggest ever rebuilding of our health system; it is certainly beyond the comprehension of members opposite, and I would expect many members of the public as well. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
(1) Is the minister aware that the Auditor General said - . . . documentation provided is silent on how the reform program will be managed to deliver agreed outcomes on-time and on-budget (ie there is no project management framework). (2) Given the Auditor General’s lack of confidence in progress made so far, does the minister concede that mismanagement has played a large role in some key projects being up to a year behind schedule after only 18 months? (3) What sort of spin is the minister going to put on this to make a damaging report sound positive? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I have read the report of the Auditor General, as the member would expect. The scale of reform being undertaken in the Western Australian health system is breathtaking in its complexity and magnitude. The government has embarked upon the biggest ever rebuilding of our health system; it is certainly beyond the comprehension of members opposite, and I would expect many members of the public as well. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
. . . documentation provided is silent on how the reform program will be managed to deliver agreed outcomes on-time and on-budget (ie there is no project management framework). (2) Given the Auditor General’s lack of confidence in progress made so far, does the minister concede that mismanagement has played a large role in some key projects being up to a year behind schedule after only 18 months? (3) What sort of spin is the minister going to put on this to make a damaging report sound positive? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I have read the report of the Auditor General, as the member would expect. The scale of reform being undertaken in the Western Australian health system is breathtaking in its complexity and magnitude. The government has embarked upon the biggest ever rebuilding of our health system; it is certainly beyond the comprehension of members opposite, and I would expect many members of the public as well. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
(2) Given the Auditor General’s lack of confidence in progress made so far, does the minister concede that mismanagement has played a large role in some key projects being up to a year behind schedule after only 18 months? (3) What sort of spin is the minister going to put on this to make a damaging report sound positive? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I have read the report of the Auditor General, as the member would expect. The scale of reform being undertaken in the Western Australian health system is breathtaking in its complexity and magnitude. The government has embarked upon the biggest ever rebuilding of our health system; it is certainly beyond the comprehension of members opposite, and I would expect many members of the public as well. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
(3) What sort of spin is the minister going to put on this to make a damaging report sound positive? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I have read the report of the Auditor General, as the member would expect. The scale of reform being undertaken in the Western Australian health system is breathtaking in its complexity and magnitude. The government has embarked upon the biggest ever rebuilding of our health system; it is certainly beyond the comprehension of members opposite, and I would expect many members of the public as well. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I have read the report of the Auditor General, as the member would expect. The scale of reform being undertaken in the Western Australian health system is breathtaking in its complexity and magnitude. The government has embarked upon the biggest ever rebuilding of our health system; it is certainly beyond the comprehension of members opposite, and I would expect many members of the public as well. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
(1)-(3) I have read the report of the Auditor General, as the member would expect. The scale of reform being undertaken in the Western Australian health system is breathtaking in its complexity and magnitude. The government has embarked upon the biggest ever rebuilding of our health system; it is certainly beyond the comprehension of members opposite, and I would expect many members of the public as well. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
(1) Is the minister aware that the Auditor General said - . . . documentation provided is silent on how the reform program will be managed to deliver agreed outcomes on-time and on-budget (ie there is no project management framework). (2) Given the Auditor General’s lack of confidence in progress made so far, does the minister concede that mismanagement has played a large role in some key projects being up to a year behind schedule after only 18 months? (3) What sort of spin is the minister going to put on this to make a damaging report sound positive? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I have read the report of the Auditor General, as the member would expect. The scale of reform being undertaken in the Western Australian health system is breathtaking in its complexity and magnitude. The government has embarked upon the biggest ever rebuilding of our health system; it is certainly beyond the comprehension of members opposite, and I would expect many members of the public as well. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
. . . documentation provided is silent on how the reform program will be managed to deliver agreed outcomes on-time and on-budget (ie there is no project management framework). (2) Given the Auditor General’s lack of confidence in progress made so far, does the minister concede that mismanagement has played a large role in some key projects being up to a year behind schedule after only 18 months? (3) What sort of spin is the minister going to put on this to make a damaging report sound positive? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I have read the report of the Auditor General, as the member would expect. The scale of reform being undertaken in the Western Australian health system is breathtaking in its complexity and magnitude. The government has embarked upon the biggest ever rebuilding of our health system; it is certainly beyond the comprehension of members opposite, and I would expect many members of the public as well. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
(2) Given the Auditor General’s lack of confidence in progress made so far, does the minister concede that mismanagement has played a large role in some key projects being up to a year behind schedule after only 18 months? (3) What sort of spin is the minister going to put on this to make a damaging report sound positive? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I have read the report of the Auditor General, as the member would expect. The scale of reform being undertaken in the Western Australian health system is breathtaking in its complexity and magnitude. The government has embarked upon the biggest ever rebuilding of our health system; it is certainly beyond the comprehension of members opposite, and I would expect many members of the public as well. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
(3) What sort of spin is the minister going to put on this to make a damaging report sound positive? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I have read the report of the Auditor General, as the member would expect. The scale of reform being undertaken in the Western Australian health system is breathtaking in its complexity and magnitude. The government has embarked upon the biggest ever rebuilding of our health system; it is certainly beyond the comprehension of members opposite, and I would expect many members of the public as well. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) I have read the report of the Auditor General, as the member would expect. The scale of reform being undertaken in the Western Australian health system is breathtaking in its complexity and magnitude. The government has embarked upon the biggest ever rebuilding of our health system; it is certainly beyond the comprehension of members opposite, and I would expect many members of the public as well. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
(1)-(3) I have read the report of the Auditor General, as the member would expect. The scale of reform being undertaken in the Western Australian health system is breathtaking in its complexity and magnitude. The government has embarked upon the biggest ever rebuilding of our health system; it is certainly beyond the comprehension of members opposite, and I would expect many members of the public as well. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : I extend a compliment to the member for Vasse: I think Dean Alston has him down to a T; his was the only one of the caricatures that I could recognise on the front page of the paper on Monday morning. Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Several members interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : We have recently lost from public life the only person I know who was called Porky; we might now have a replacement! Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Several members interjected. Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Dr K.D. Hames : We’ll call you “Mullet McGinty”! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Yes, I should have a haircut! We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
We have 99 reform programs being undertaken at the moment within the Department of Health. The report I tabled in Parliament earlier today showed that 90 of those 99 projects are either completed or are on target to be completed within the very tight time frames we have set. Ninety per cent of all projects are being delivered in that context. One example identified by the Auditor General as being behind schedule was the establishment of general practitioner after-hours clinics in association with emergency departments. We set out to build four; we then upgraded that commitment. It was such a success, we wanted to build more, and we upgraded it to six, five of which are up and operational. They are running and extending health care to thousands of Western Australians who would otherwise be using our emergency departments. The sixth one was delayed a little because of the overheated construction market and work being undertaken on Swan District Hospital. It will be completed within the next month or so. That is what the Auditor General identified as a project that has failed to be delivered on time. To my mind, that is a remarkable success story. The Auditor General’s report did not deal with the $3.6 billion that the government will inject into capital works in our public hospital system over the next few years. There was no reference to the Fiona Stanley project, the Rockingham project, the new hospital in Midland, the new children’s hospital, the new women’s hospital, or the rebuilding of the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, all of which are running very well and on time. That is the substantive infrastructure that will underpin health reform. The Auditor General did identify some information processes and reporting that could be improved. The government welcomes the Auditor General’s comments on that because they will make a great health reform process even greater.
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