❓ Dr. Woollard questions the Minister about including a heart surgery unit in a proposed hospital south of the river and ensuring Fremantle Hospital's unit remains open until then. The Minister avoids a direct answer, citing the upcoming Reid review.
AnsweredQoN 11Legislative Assembly
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2 March 2004
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(1) As the minister appears to support the notion of building a major teaching hospital south of the river, will he agree that such a hospital should include a heart surgery unit? (2) If so, will the minister now assure the thousands of potential patients awaiting heart surgery living in centres as far south as Rockingham, Mandurah and Pinjarra that the heart surgery unit at Fremantle Hospital will remain open until a new hospital is established? (3) If no to (2), why not? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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(1)-(3) The final report of the Reid review will be published later this month, and I am sure it will be of great interest to all members of the House. For the first time in a very long time it will provide us in Western Australia with a very clear plan for the future and a very bold vision that will meet the real health care needs of the people of this State, which is one aspect that has been sadly missing from the health system. One reason that Professor Reid issued a series of discussion papers was to encourage maximum input from the community into what it saw as being important for its health care needs in the future. I am extremely confident that the people south of the river, including those in my electorate of Fremantle, will see a significant enhancement in the health care services that are provided to them as a result of the Reid review.
(2) If so, will the minister now assure the thousands of potential patients awaiting heart surgery living in centres as far south as Rockingham, Mandurah and Pinjarra that the heart surgery unit at Fremantle Hospital will remain open until a new hospital is established? (3) If no to (2), why not? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The final report of the Reid review will be published later this month, and I am sure it will be of great interest to all members of the House. For the first time in a very long time it will provide us in Western Australia with a very clear plan for the future and a very bold vision that will meet the real health care needs of the people of this State, which is one aspect that has been sadly missing from the health system. One reason that Professor Reid issued a series of discussion papers was to encourage maximum input from the community into what it saw as being important for its health care needs in the future. I am extremely confident that the people south of the river, including those in my electorate of Fremantle, will see a significant enhancement in the health care services that are provided to them as a result of the Reid review.
(3) If no to (2), why not? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The final report of the Reid review will be published later this month, and I am sure it will be of great interest to all members of the House. For the first time in a very long time it will provide us in Western Australia with a very clear plan for the future and a very bold vision that will meet the real health care needs of the people of this State, which is one aspect that has been sadly missing from the health system. One reason that Professor Reid issued a series of discussion papers was to encourage maximum input from the community into what it saw as being important for its health care needs in the future. I am extremely confident that the people south of the river, including those in my electorate of Fremantle, will see a significant enhancement in the health care services that are provided to them as a result of the Reid review.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The final report of the Reid review will be published later this month, and I am sure it will be of great interest to all members of the House. For the first time in a very long time it will provide us in Western Australia with a very clear plan for the future and a very bold vision that will meet the real health care needs of the people of this State, which is one aspect that has been sadly missing from the health system. One reason that Professor Reid issued a series of discussion papers was to encourage maximum input from the community into what it saw as being important for its health care needs in the future. I am extremely confident that the people south of the river, including those in my electorate of Fremantle, will see a significant enhancement in the health care services that are provided to them as a result of the Reid review.
(1)-(3) The final report of the Reid review will be published later this month, and I am sure it will be of great interest to all members of the House. For the first time in a very long time it will provide us in Western Australia with a very clear plan for the future and a very bold vision that will meet the real health care needs of the people of this State, which is one aspect that has been sadly missing from the health system. One reason that Professor Reid issued a series of discussion papers was to encourage maximum input from the community into what it saw as being important for its health care needs in the future. I am extremely confident that the people south of the river, including those in my electorate of Fremantle, will see a significant enhancement in the health care services that are provided to them as a result of the Reid review.
(2) If so, will the minister now assure the thousands of potential patients awaiting heart surgery living in centres as far south as Rockingham, Mandurah and Pinjarra that the heart surgery unit at Fremantle Hospital will remain open until a new hospital is established? (3) If no to (2), why not? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The final report of the Reid review will be published later this month, and I am sure it will be of great interest to all members of the House. For the first time in a very long time it will provide us in Western Australia with a very clear plan for the future and a very bold vision that will meet the real health care needs of the people of this State, which is one aspect that has been sadly missing from the health system. One reason that Professor Reid issued a series of discussion papers was to encourage maximum input from the community into what it saw as being important for its health care needs in the future. I am extremely confident that the people south of the river, including those in my electorate of Fremantle, will see a significant enhancement in the health care services that are provided to them as a result of the Reid review.
(3) If no to (2), why not? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The final report of the Reid review will be published later this month, and I am sure it will be of great interest to all members of the House. For the first time in a very long time it will provide us in Western Australia with a very clear plan for the future and a very bold vision that will meet the real health care needs of the people of this State, which is one aspect that has been sadly missing from the health system. One reason that Professor Reid issued a series of discussion papers was to encourage maximum input from the community into what it saw as being important for its health care needs in the future. I am extremely confident that the people south of the river, including those in my electorate of Fremantle, will see a significant enhancement in the health care services that are provided to them as a result of the Reid review.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(3) The final report of the Reid review will be published later this month, and I am sure it will be of great interest to all members of the House. For the first time in a very long time it will provide us in Western Australia with a very clear plan for the future and a very bold vision that will meet the real health care needs of the people of this State, which is one aspect that has been sadly missing from the health system. One reason that Professor Reid issued a series of discussion papers was to encourage maximum input from the community into what it saw as being important for its health care needs in the future. I am extremely confident that the people south of the river, including those in my electorate of Fremantle, will see a significant enhancement in the health care services that are provided to them as a result of the Reid review.
(1)-(3) The final report of the Reid review will be published later this month, and I am sure it will be of great interest to all members of the House. For the first time in a very long time it will provide us in Western Australia with a very clear plan for the future and a very bold vision that will meet the real health care needs of the people of this State, which is one aspect that has been sadly missing from the health system. One reason that Professor Reid issued a series of discussion papers was to encourage maximum input from the community into what it saw as being important for its health care needs in the future. I am extremely confident that the people south of the river, including those in my electorate of Fremantle, will see a significant enhancement in the health care services that are provided to them as a result of the Reid review.
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