Hon Jim Chown asks about the allocation of funds for palliative care services in WA between 2016-19, broken down by region and service provider type. The Parliamentary Secretary provides the requested data, incorporating detailed breakdowns into Hansard.

AnsweredQoN 201Legislative Council
Asked
19 March 2019
Portfolio
Health

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PALLIATIVE CARE
201. Hon JIM CHOWN to the parliamentary secretary
representing the Minister for Health:
I refer to the provision of aged and
continuing care services and community-based palliative care services provided
by the Department of Health.
(1) What was the allocation for
palliative care services for 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19?
(2) For each of
the totals by year in (1), what is the breakdown of funding provided for
services in regional and metropolitan areas?
(3) For each of
the totals by year in (2), what is the breakdown of funding provided for
services delivered by WA Health, and services delivered by community providers?

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I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) The total allocation for palliative care services
in 2016–17 was $38 706 037; in 2017–18 it was $41 353 238; and in 2018–19 it is $41 404 791.
(2) This information is region by
year and amount. I seek leave to have that incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The following material
was incorporated —
(2) Totals
by year breakdown of funding provided for services in Regional and Metro areas:
2016–17 Metro� $32,215,035Regional� $6,491,002**
2017–18 Metro� $34,220,738Regional� $7,132,500
2018–19 Metro� $ 34,660,125Regional� $6,744,666
(3) For the
totals by year breakdown of funding provided for services delivered by WA Health,
and services delivered by community providers, the answer is provided in tabular
form by year, by service type and by regional area and dollar value. I seek
leave to have that information incorporated into Hansard .
Leave granted.
The following material
was incorporated —
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
Services
Provided in Metro area
including:
Services
delivered by WA Health
6,668,512**
7,032,309
7,236,238
Services
delivered by Community providers
25,546,522**
27,188,429
27,423,886

Services
Provided in regional area
including:
Services
delivered by WA Health
3,200,064**
3,627,226
3,219,831
Services
delivered by Community providers
3,290,938**
3,505,274
3,524,835
* Expenditure doesn't capture activity provided under ABF
** Expenditure modelled based on 2017–18 and 2018–19
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