❓ Mr. Ainsworth questions the Health Minister about the scope of surgical services a GP in Lake Grace can provide compared to a fly-in, fly-out service. The Minister deflects, stating he's not a medical practitioner but claims a GP can provide equivalent services based on departmental advice.
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RURAL SURGICAL SERVICE, LAKE GRACE
I have a supplementary question. The minister said that the specialist services in Lake Grace would be provided by a general practitioner. Will the minister indicate the type of surgical and specialist services that a general practitioner in a town like Lake Grace would be able to provide compared with the services that the fly in, fly out service provided? Mr KUCERA
I have a supplementary question. The minister said that the specialist services in Lake Grace would be provided by a general practitioner. Will the minister indicate the type of surgical and specialist services that a general practitioner in a town like Lake Grace would be able to provide compared with the services that the fly in, fly out service provided? Mr KUCERA
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The simple answer is that I am not a medical practitioner. I cannot answer those issues. However, if the member wants specific details, I am sure - Mr Barnett: You raised it. Mr KUCERA: The answer was given to the question, Leader of the Opposition; it is as simple as that. If the member wishes answers to specific issues on notice I am more than happy to get them for him. However, I am not a medical practitioner and I cannot give those answers now. The advice I have been given from the Department of Health is that the services that were supplied by the visiting medical services can now be supplied by a general practitioner in that area. That is the advice I have been given and that is the advice given to the member on a question without notice.
Mr KUCERA replied: The simple answer is that I am not a medical practitioner. I cannot answer those issues. However, if the member wants specific details, I am sure - Mr Barnett: You raised it. Mr KUCERA: The answer was given to the question, Leader of the Opposition; it is as simple as that. If the member wishes answers to specific issues on notice I am more than happy to get them for him. However, I am not a medical practitioner and I cannot give those answers now. The advice I have been given from the Department of Health is that the services that were supplied by the visiting medical services can now be supplied by a general practitioner in that area. That is the advice I have been given and that is the advice given to the member on a question without notice.
The simple answer is that I am not a medical practitioner. I cannot answer those issues. However, if the member wants specific details, I am sure - Mr Barnett: You raised it. Mr KUCERA: The answer was given to the question, Leader of the Opposition; it is as simple as that. If the member wishes answers to specific issues on notice I am more than happy to get them for him. However, I am not a medical practitioner and I cannot give those answers now. The advice I have been given from the Department of Health is that the services that were supplied by the visiting medical services can now be supplied by a general practitioner in that area. That is the advice I have been given and that is the advice given to the member on a question without notice.
Mr Barnett: You raised it. Mr KUCERA: The answer was given to the question, Leader of the Opposition; it is as simple as that. If the member wishes answers to specific issues on notice I am more than happy to get them for him. However, I am not a medical practitioner and I cannot give those answers now. The advice I have been given from the Department of Health is that the services that were supplied by the visiting medical services can now be supplied by a general practitioner in that area. That is the advice I have been given and that is the advice given to the member on a question without notice.
Mr KUCERA: The answer was given to the question, Leader of the Opposition; it is as simple as that. If the member wishes answers to specific issues on notice I am more than happy to get them for him. However, I am not a medical practitioner and I cannot give those answers now. The advice I have been given from the Department of Health is that the services that were supplied by the visiting medical services can now be supplied by a general practitioner in that area. That is the advice I have been given and that is the advice given to the member on a question without notice.
Mr KUCERA replied: The simple answer is that I am not a medical practitioner. I cannot answer those issues. However, if the member wants specific details, I am sure - Mr Barnett: You raised it. Mr KUCERA: The answer was given to the question, Leader of the Opposition; it is as simple as that. If the member wishes answers to specific issues on notice I am more than happy to get them for him. However, I am not a medical practitioner and I cannot give those answers now. The advice I have been given from the Department of Health is that the services that were supplied by the visiting medical services can now be supplied by a general practitioner in that area. That is the advice I have been given and that is the advice given to the member on a question without notice.
The simple answer is that I am not a medical practitioner. I cannot answer those issues. However, if the member wants specific details, I am sure - Mr Barnett: You raised it. Mr KUCERA: The answer was given to the question, Leader of the Opposition; it is as simple as that. If the member wishes answers to specific issues on notice I am more than happy to get them for him. However, I am not a medical practitioner and I cannot give those answers now. The advice I have been given from the Department of Health is that the services that were supplied by the visiting medical services can now be supplied by a general practitioner in that area. That is the advice I have been given and that is the advice given to the member on a question without notice.
Mr Barnett: You raised it. Mr KUCERA: The answer was given to the question, Leader of the Opposition; it is as simple as that. If the member wishes answers to specific issues on notice I am more than happy to get them for him. However, I am not a medical practitioner and I cannot give those answers now. The advice I have been given from the Department of Health is that the services that were supplied by the visiting medical services can now be supplied by a general practitioner in that area. That is the advice I have been given and that is the advice given to the member on a question without notice.
Mr KUCERA: The answer was given to the question, Leader of the Opposition; it is as simple as that. If the member wishes answers to specific issues on notice I am more than happy to get them for him. However, I am not a medical practitioner and I cannot give those answers now. The advice I have been given from the Department of Health is that the services that were supplied by the visiting medical services can now be supplied by a general practitioner in that area. That is the advice I have been given and that is the advice given to the member on a question without notice.
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