❓ Ms. Hanns asks about the Collie Health Service redevelopment and regional hospital upgrades. The Minister details completed upgrades at Collie and ongoing projects in other regional areas, highlighting improved access to healthcare closer to home.
AnsweredQoN 165Legislative Assembly
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HEALTH SERVICES — REGIONS
165. Ms J.L. HANNS to the Minister for Health:
I
refer to the McGowan Labor government's commitment to provide regional Western
Australians with world-class health care.
(1) Can the
minister update the house on the $14.7 million redevelopment of the Collie
Health Service, including a new operating theatre?
(2) Can the minister advise how upgrades to regional
hospitals across the state mean more Western Australians can access
quality health care closer to home?
165. Ms J.L. HANNS to the Minister for Health:
I
refer to the McGowan Labor government's commitment to provide regional Western
Australians with world-class health care.
(1) Can the
minister update the house on the $14.7 million redevelopment of the Collie
Health Service, including a new operating theatre?
(2) Can the minister advise how upgrades to regional
hospitals across the state mean more Western Australians can access
quality health care closer to home?
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I thank the member for Collie–Preston
for her question, and for her advocacy and leadership in her community. Collie–Preston
is incredibly important to the state's economy.
(1)–(2) I want to inform the house that having committed
to a $14.7 million investment in the Collie Health S ervice, the upgrades
have now reached practical completion, and that includes upgrades to the
operating theatre complex. This ensures that this local community will have
access to a world-class health facility close to home. As well as a new operating theatre, the main works include
upgrades to the theatre waiting room and reception, the addition of a new consulting room and the installation of
state-of-the-art telehealth technology to allow that important support
when seriously ill people walk through the door. There were also upgrades to the heating, cooling and ventilation systems;
the replacement of hot-water facilities; upgrades to electrical systems;
and upgrades to car park lighting.
This is just one of numerous
regional health projects that we have underway across Western Australia, and in
the south west in particular. Elsewhere, at Bunbury Hospital at South West
Health Campus, the state government is
expanding maternity, birthing and neonatal services. The $277.9 million
redevelopment will also include an expanded emergency department,
increased operating theatre capacity, more beds and new clinical equipment. The
birthing suites will be expanded to include three additional delivery rooms. We know that things are booming in the
south west. People are moving down there in droves, either taking their families or starting families.
Importantly, the hospital will also be equipped to manage moderate to high-risk emergencies. That will reduce the
need to transfer patients to Fiona Stanley Hospital or another metropolitan hospital. There will also be an upgrade to the hospital's
neonatal unit. It will be the biggest health campus in regional WA, with modern
state-of-the-art equipment and, importantly, facilities to train staff, which
will be really good in attracting clinical staff.
Down
at Busselton Health Campus, the government funded a paediatric dental surgery.
Under the leadership of Perth Children's Hospital, patients
needing assessment and surgery can, on referral from their local dental care
provider, now be seen locally in Busselton. Believe it or not, the local
member, the member for Vasse, wrote to me complaining that we were opening this
service. She did not like the service. It was a two-page letter complaining
about the service. But I know that the families and children whom she
represents will be well supported by this service.
In Albany, the radiation oncology
facility is on the home stretch. The specialised linear accelerator suite,
which uses X-rays to destroy cancer cells whilst sparing the surrounding
tissue, was installed last year. I know the member for Albany will be very
interested in this. Once complete, the facility will offer the potential for
life-saving cancer treatment in the great southern close to home for people in
surrounding areas, because we know they are
required to make multiple trips for multiple treatments. We also know we get the best outcomes when people get health care close to home. This builds on
the WA Country Health Service's cancer strategy, which is aimed at
improving and expanding our delivery of cancer services across WA.
We know the opposition does
nothing but criticise. We know that the member for Vasse criticised a paediatric
dental service starting in her own region, but we also know that with nearly a quarter
of government members as regional members it is this government, the McGowan
government, that is delivering for regional WA.
The SPEAKER : The Leader of the Opposition with the
last question.
for her question, and for her advocacy and leadership in her community. Collie–Preston
is incredibly important to the state's economy.
(1)–(2) I want to inform the house that having committed
to a $14.7 million investment in the Collie Health S ervice, the upgrades
have now reached practical completion, and that includes upgrades to the
operating theatre complex. This ensures that this local community will have
access to a world-class health facility close to home. As well as a new operating theatre, the main works include
upgrades to the theatre waiting room and reception, the addition of a new consulting room and the installation of
state-of-the-art telehealth technology to allow that important support
when seriously ill people walk through the door. There were also upgrades to the heating, cooling and ventilation systems;
the replacement of hot-water facilities; upgrades to electrical systems;
and upgrades to car park lighting.
This is just one of numerous
regional health projects that we have underway across Western Australia, and in
the south west in particular. Elsewhere, at Bunbury Hospital at South West
Health Campus, the state government is
expanding maternity, birthing and neonatal services. The $277.9 million
redevelopment will also include an expanded emergency department,
increased operating theatre capacity, more beds and new clinical equipment. The
birthing suites will be expanded to include three additional delivery rooms. We know that things are booming in the
south west. People are moving down there in droves, either taking their families or starting families.
Importantly, the hospital will also be equipped to manage moderate to high-risk emergencies. That will reduce the
need to transfer patients to Fiona Stanley Hospital or another metropolitan hospital. There will also be an upgrade to the hospital's
neonatal unit. It will be the biggest health campus in regional WA, with modern
state-of-the-art equipment and, importantly, facilities to train staff, which
will be really good in attracting clinical staff.
Down
at Busselton Health Campus, the government funded a paediatric dental surgery.
Under the leadership of Perth Children's Hospital, patients
needing assessment and surgery can, on referral from their local dental care
provider, now be seen locally in Busselton. Believe it or not, the local
member, the member for Vasse, wrote to me complaining that we were opening this
service. She did not like the service. It was a two-page letter complaining
about the service. But I know that the families and children whom she
represents will be well supported by this service.
In Albany, the radiation oncology
facility is on the home stretch. The specialised linear accelerator suite,
which uses X-rays to destroy cancer cells whilst sparing the surrounding
tissue, was installed last year. I know the member for Albany will be very
interested in this. Once complete, the facility will offer the potential for
life-saving cancer treatment in the great southern close to home for people in
surrounding areas, because we know they are
required to make multiple trips for multiple treatments. We also know we get the best outcomes when people get health care close to home. This builds on
the WA Country Health Service's cancer strategy, which is aimed at
improving and expanding our delivery of cancer services across WA.
We know the opposition does
nothing but criticise. We know that the member for Vasse criticised a paediatric
dental service starting in her own region, but we also know that with nearly a quarter
of government members as regional members it is this government, the McGowan
government, that is delivering for regional WA.
The SPEAKER : The Leader of the Opposition with the
last question.
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