❓ Hon Martin Aldridge asks about the location, slice capability, and cost of public CT scanners in WA, and whether the government's surplus has funded new scanners. The Minister provides a detailed list of scanner locations and capabilities, cost estimates, and confirms new scanners have been funded.
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I refer to Computed
Tomography (CT) scanners owned and operated by the Department of Health and its
area health services in Western Australia, and I ask: (a) in what locations are
publicly owned and operated CT scanners operating; (b) of those identified
in (a), will the Minister please list the slice capability of each machine; (c) what is the
approximate cost for a new 64 and 128 slice CT scanner; and (d) given the 6 billion
dollar surplus in 2020-21 has the Government funded any new CT scanners in the
forward estimates?
Tomography (CT) scanners owned and operated by the Department of Health and its
area health services in Western Australia, and I ask: (a) in what locations are
publicly owned and operated CT scanners operating; (b) of those identified
in (a), will the Minister please list the slice capability of each machine; (c) what is the
approximate cost for a new 64 and 128 slice CT scanner; and (d) given the 6 billion
dollar surplus in 2020-21 has the Government funded any new CT scanners in the
forward estimates?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
9 December 2021
Responded by
Minister for Mental Health representing the Minister for Health
Response time
11 days
(a) – (b) Refer to table below:
(a) Locations
(b) Slice Capability
Royal Perth Hospital
1 x 128 slice
2 x Current generation units with high end capacity and performance, not categorised by slices.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
1 x 320 slice
1 x 256 slice
2 x 6 slice
2 x 16 slice
1 x 64 slice
Osborne Park Hospital
1 x 64 slice
Rockingham General Hospital
1 x 256 slice
Fiona Stanley Hospital
2 x 256 slice
2 x Dual Source/energy 128/256 slice
Fremantle Hospital
1 x 256 slice
Perth Children’s Hospital
1 x 256 slice
Broome
1 x 64 slice
Kununurra
1 x 64 slice
Port Hedland
1 x 64 slice
Karratha
1 x 64 slice
Geraldton
1 x 64 slice
Carnarvon
1 x 16 slice (Replaced to 128 slice in Nov 2021)
Kalgoorlie
1 x 64 slice
Esperance
1 x 128 slice
Northam
1 x 64 slice
Narrogin
1 x 128 slice
(c) Approximate costings range from $600,000 (ex GST) for 64 slice, approximate costings range from $450,000 to $800,000 for 128 slice (ex GST).
(d) Yes.
(a) Locations
(b) Slice Capability
Royal Perth Hospital
1 x 128 slice
2 x Current generation units with high end capacity and performance, not categorised by slices.
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
1 x 320 slice
1 x 256 slice
2 x 6 slice
2 x 16 slice
1 x 64 slice
Osborne Park Hospital
1 x 64 slice
Rockingham General Hospital
1 x 256 slice
Fiona Stanley Hospital
2 x 256 slice
2 x Dual Source/energy 128/256 slice
Fremantle Hospital
1 x 256 slice
Perth Children’s Hospital
1 x 256 slice
Broome
1 x 64 slice
Kununurra
1 x 64 slice
Port Hedland
1 x 64 slice
Karratha
1 x 64 slice
Geraldton
1 x 64 slice
Carnarvon
1 x 16 slice (Replaced to 128 slice in Nov 2021)
Kalgoorlie
1 x 64 slice
Esperance
1 x 128 slice
Northam
1 x 64 slice
Narrogin
1 x 128 slice
(c) Approximate costings range from $600,000 (ex GST) for 64 slice, approximate costings range from $450,000 to $800,000 for 128 slice (ex GST).
(d) Yes.
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