❓ Ms. Winton asks about the Joondalup Health Campus expansion and the new Yanchep health centre. The Minister for Health details the expansion plans, costs, and collaboration with the Commonwealth government and Edith Cowan University.
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JOONDALUP HEALTH CAMPUS EXPANSION
39. Ms S.E. WINTON to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's investment in quality health services throughout the
northern suburbs, including the extra $100 million it has now committed to
Joondalup Health Campus —
Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Dawesville, I call you to order for the first time.
Ms S.E. WINTON : — as
well as a new health centre in Yanchep.
(1) Can the
minister please update the house on the work underway to not only expand Joondalup
Health Campus, but also develop a new health centre in Yanchep?
(2) Can the minister advise the house on how these
projects will ease pressure on both emergency departments and health
services throughout the northern suburbs?
39. Ms S.E. WINTON to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the McGowan Labor
government's investment in quality health services throughout the
northern suburbs, including the extra $100 million it has now committed to
Joondalup Health Campus —
Mr Z.R.F. Kirkup interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Dawesville, I call you to order for the first time.
Ms S.E. WINTON : — as
well as a new health centre in Yanchep.
(1) Can the
minister please update the house on the work underway to not only expand Joondalup
Health Campus, but also develop a new health centre in Yanchep?
(2) Can the minister advise the house on how these
projects will ease pressure on both emergency departments and health
services throughout the northern suburbs?
AnswerView source ↗
(1)–(2) I
thank the member for the question. Indeed, in December last year, I was joined
by the members for Wanneroo, Joondalup and
Girrawheen and other great representatives of the northern suburbs to announce that the government was committing a further $96 million to progress the
Joondalup Health Campus expansion. This will
be a fantastic boost for health services in the northern suburbs, which
continue to grow and put pressure on our emergency departments.
Architectural design for the expansion has commenced and construction is due to
begin midyear. The entire build is expected to be completed sometime in 2025.
This is a major redevelopment of the Joondalup Health Campus, none of which had
been started since the last time we had a Labor government. It includes 30 new
mental health inpatient beds that the then McGowan opposition campaigned for
strongly in 2013. It is great to see that injection take place. There will be
12 additional emergency department bays, member. That means we will have that
expanded capacity in the ED at Joondalup, which we all know is very busy. There
will be an urgent care clinic; 90 inpatient beds; six new critical care beds;
362 new parking bays, which I am sure will come as a huge relief to members of
the public and staff who work at that hospital; and two new theatres for that
campus. The estimated total cost of this expansion is set at around $256.7 million,
of which $158 million has been provided by our good friends and partners the
commonwealth government. We are working together with the commonwealth
government to make sure that we boost health services in the northern suburbs.
But
we go further; we are very proud to announce that we are committing $8 million
to join with the commonwealth government and Edith Cowan University to begin
the expansion of health services in Yanchep. In partnership with the Yanchep
Beach joint venture, we will be initiating a new integrated health facility at
Yanchep. Not only integrated between primary, secondary and outpatient care
with community health services, but also with our transport system. It will be
a short walk from the Metronet service that will be extended to Yanchep. This
is the future for health care in the northern suburbs. It is based upon strong
investment, good planning and making sure we have a government that does the
hard yards to ensure that we have the resources necessary to make it happen.
This will put patients first in the northern suburbs of Perth. We can do it
because we have great members, such as the members for Wanneroo, Girrawheen and
Joondalup, who are making sure that people in the northern suburbs get the
health care that they deserve.
thank the member for the question. Indeed, in December last year, I was joined
by the members for Wanneroo, Joondalup and
Girrawheen and other great representatives of the northern suburbs to announce that the government was committing a further $96 million to progress the
Joondalup Health Campus expansion. This will
be a fantastic boost for health services in the northern suburbs, which
continue to grow and put pressure on our emergency departments.
Architectural design for the expansion has commenced and construction is due to
begin midyear. The entire build is expected to be completed sometime in 2025.
This is a major redevelopment of the Joondalup Health Campus, none of which had
been started since the last time we had a Labor government. It includes 30 new
mental health inpatient beds that the then McGowan opposition campaigned for
strongly in 2013. It is great to see that injection take place. There will be
12 additional emergency department bays, member. That means we will have that
expanded capacity in the ED at Joondalup, which we all know is very busy. There
will be an urgent care clinic; 90 inpatient beds; six new critical care beds;
362 new parking bays, which I am sure will come as a huge relief to members of
the public and staff who work at that hospital; and two new theatres for that
campus. The estimated total cost of this expansion is set at around $256.7 million,
of which $158 million has been provided by our good friends and partners the
commonwealth government. We are working together with the commonwealth
government to make sure that we boost health services in the northern suburbs.
But
we go further; we are very proud to announce that we are committing $8 million
to join with the commonwealth government and Edith Cowan University to begin
the expansion of health services in Yanchep. In partnership with the Yanchep
Beach joint venture, we will be initiating a new integrated health facility at
Yanchep. Not only integrated between primary, secondary and outpatient care
with community health services, but also with our transport system. It will be
a short walk from the Metronet service that will be extended to Yanchep. This
is the future for health care in the northern suburbs. It is based upon strong
investment, good planning and making sure we have a government that does the
hard yards to ensure that we have the resources necessary to make it happen.
This will put patients first in the northern suburbs of Perth. We can do it
because we have great members, such as the members for Wanneroo, Girrawheen and
Joondalup, who are making sure that people in the northern suburbs get the
health care that they deserve.
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