❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the lack of an MRI scanner at Fremantle Hospital, despite the Minister accepting responsibility for funding teaching hospitals. The Minister cites cost as the primary barrier and outlines efforts to reallocate funds from non-essential areas.
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Does the minister accept responsibility for funding Perth’s teaching hospitals? If so, why does the Fremantle Hospital not have a magnetic resonance imaging scanner? Is it because the minister wants to cost shift the care of hospital patients to the Commonwealth? Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Answer that one. Mr J.A. McGINTY
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Indeed. The answer to the first part of the member’s question is yes. Mr P.D. Omodei: The answer to the second part is yes, too. Mr J.A. McGINTY: The second part of the question was, why does the Fremantle hospital not have an MRI machine? The provision of an MRI machine would cost approximately $3 million in capital funds, and it would have an annual operating cost between $600 000 and $1 million per year. I accept that it is a very important diagnostic tool in modern medicine. As such, it is a priority to the extent that any money can be freed for new works. That is essentially what we have been trying to do. We are taking money from the non-core, non-priority areas so that the things that are essential to patient care can be adequately provided. I am looking at different ways in which we might be able to fund the provision of what I regard as core services. We are looking at health care to determine what is not essential expenditure and taking the political pain of saying to certain people that what they are doing is not essential for health service delivery. As a follow-on from the question asked by the member for Murdoch, it is very difficult to identify a single patient health care service that is currently offered that will not be offered as a result of the cuts. We hope to redirect funds from those cuts into the sorts of areas the member is now advocating. Those cuts will be in non-patient care and non-essential areas.
Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Answer that one. Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Indeed. The answer to the first part of the member’s question is yes. Mr P.D. Omodei: The answer to the second part is yes, too. Mr J.A. McGINTY: The second part of the question was, why does the Fremantle hospital not have an MRI machine? The provision of an MRI machine would cost approximately $3 million in capital funds, and it would have an annual operating cost between $600 000 and $1 million per year. I accept that it is a very important diagnostic tool in modern medicine. As such, it is a priority to the extent that any money can be freed for new works. That is essentially what we have been trying to do. We are taking money from the non-core, non-priority areas so that the things that are essential to patient care can be adequately provided. I am looking at different ways in which we might be able to fund the provision of what I regard as core services. We are looking at health care to determine what is not essential expenditure and taking the political pain of saying to certain people that what they are doing is not essential for health service delivery. As a follow-on from the question asked by the member for Murdoch, it is very difficult to identify a single patient health care service that is currently offered that will not be offered as a result of the cuts. We hope to redirect funds from those cuts into the sorts of areas the member is now advocating. Those cuts will be in non-patient care and non-essential areas.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Indeed. The answer to the first part of the member’s question is yes. Mr P.D. Omodei: The answer to the second part is yes, too. Mr J.A. McGINTY: The second part of the question was, why does the Fremantle hospital not have an MRI machine? The provision of an MRI machine would cost approximately $3 million in capital funds, and it would have an annual operating cost between $600 000 and $1 million per year. I accept that it is a very important diagnostic tool in modern medicine. As such, it is a priority to the extent that any money can be freed for new works. That is essentially what we have been trying to do. We are taking money from the non-core, non-priority areas so that the things that are essential to patient care can be adequately provided. I am looking at different ways in which we might be able to fund the provision of what I regard as core services. We are looking at health care to determine what is not essential expenditure and taking the political pain of saying to certain people that what they are doing is not essential for health service delivery. As a follow-on from the question asked by the member for Murdoch, it is very difficult to identify a single patient health care service that is currently offered that will not be offered as a result of the cuts. We hope to redirect funds from those cuts into the sorts of areas the member is now advocating. Those cuts will be in non-patient care and non-essential areas.
Indeed. The answer to the first part of the member’s question is yes. Mr P.D. Omodei: The answer to the second part is yes, too. Mr J.A. McGINTY: The second part of the question was, why does the Fremantle hospital not have an MRI machine? The provision of an MRI machine would cost approximately $3 million in capital funds, and it would have an annual operating cost between $600 000 and $1 million per year. I accept that it is a very important diagnostic tool in modern medicine. As such, it is a priority to the extent that any money can be freed for new works. That is essentially what we have been trying to do. We are taking money from the non-core, non-priority areas so that the things that are essential to patient care can be adequately provided. I am looking at different ways in which we might be able to fund the provision of what I regard as core services. We are looking at health care to determine what is not essential expenditure and taking the political pain of saying to certain people that what they are doing is not essential for health service delivery. As a follow-on from the question asked by the member for Murdoch, it is very difficult to identify a single patient health care service that is currently offered that will not be offered as a result of the cuts. We hope to redirect funds from those cuts into the sorts of areas the member is now advocating. Those cuts will be in non-patient care and non-essential areas.
Mr P.D. Omodei: The answer to the second part is yes, too. Mr J.A. McGINTY: The second part of the question was, why does the Fremantle hospital not have an MRI machine? The provision of an MRI machine would cost approximately $3 million in capital funds, and it would have an annual operating cost between $600 000 and $1 million per year. I accept that it is a very important diagnostic tool in modern medicine. As such, it is a priority to the extent that any money can be freed for new works. That is essentially what we have been trying to do. We are taking money from the non-core, non-priority areas so that the things that are essential to patient care can be adequately provided. I am looking at different ways in which we might be able to fund the provision of what I regard as core services. We are looking at health care to determine what is not essential expenditure and taking the political pain of saying to certain people that what they are doing is not essential for health service delivery. As a follow-on from the question asked by the member for Murdoch, it is very difficult to identify a single patient health care service that is currently offered that will not be offered as a result of the cuts. We hope to redirect funds from those cuts into the sorts of areas the member is now advocating. Those cuts will be in non-patient care and non-essential areas.
Mr J.A. McGINTY: The second part of the question was, why does the Fremantle hospital not have an MRI machine? The provision of an MRI machine would cost approximately $3 million in capital funds, and it would have an annual operating cost between $600 000 and $1 million per year. I accept that it is a very important diagnostic tool in modern medicine. As such, it is a priority to the extent that any money can be freed for new works. That is essentially what we have been trying to do. We are taking money from the non-core, non-priority areas so that the things that are essential to patient care can be adequately provided. I am looking at different ways in which we might be able to fund the provision of what I regard as core services. We are looking at health care to determine what is not essential expenditure and taking the political pain of saying to certain people that what they are doing is not essential for health service delivery. As a follow-on from the question asked by the member for Murdoch, it is very difficult to identify a single patient health care service that is currently offered that will not be offered as a result of the cuts. We hope to redirect funds from those cuts into the sorts of areas the member is now advocating. Those cuts will be in non-patient care and non-essential areas.
As a follow-on from the question asked by the member for Murdoch, it is very difficult to identify a single patient health care service that is currently offered that will not be offered as a result of the cuts. We hope to redirect funds from those cuts into the sorts of areas the member is now advocating. Those cuts will be in non-patient care and non-essential areas.
Mrs C.L. Edwardes: Answer that one. Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Indeed. The answer to the first part of the member’s question is yes. Mr P.D. Omodei: The answer to the second part is yes, too. Mr J.A. McGINTY: The second part of the question was, why does the Fremantle hospital not have an MRI machine? The provision of an MRI machine would cost approximately $3 million in capital funds, and it would have an annual operating cost between $600 000 and $1 million per year. I accept that it is a very important diagnostic tool in modern medicine. As such, it is a priority to the extent that any money can be freed for new works. That is essentially what we have been trying to do. We are taking money from the non-core, non-priority areas so that the things that are essential to patient care can be adequately provided. I am looking at different ways in which we might be able to fund the provision of what I regard as core services. We are looking at health care to determine what is not essential expenditure and taking the political pain of saying to certain people that what they are doing is not essential for health service delivery. As a follow-on from the question asked by the member for Murdoch, it is very difficult to identify a single patient health care service that is currently offered that will not be offered as a result of the cuts. We hope to redirect funds from those cuts into the sorts of areas the member is now advocating. Those cuts will be in non-patient care and non-essential areas.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: Indeed. The answer to the first part of the member’s question is yes. Mr P.D. Omodei: The answer to the second part is yes, too. Mr J.A. McGINTY: The second part of the question was, why does the Fremantle hospital not have an MRI machine? The provision of an MRI machine would cost approximately $3 million in capital funds, and it would have an annual operating cost between $600 000 and $1 million per year. I accept that it is a very important diagnostic tool in modern medicine. As such, it is a priority to the extent that any money can be freed for new works. That is essentially what we have been trying to do. We are taking money from the non-core, non-priority areas so that the things that are essential to patient care can be adequately provided. I am looking at different ways in which we might be able to fund the provision of what I regard as core services. We are looking at health care to determine what is not essential expenditure and taking the political pain of saying to certain people that what they are doing is not essential for health service delivery. As a follow-on from the question asked by the member for Murdoch, it is very difficult to identify a single patient health care service that is currently offered that will not be offered as a result of the cuts. We hope to redirect funds from those cuts into the sorts of areas the member is now advocating. Those cuts will be in non-patient care and non-essential areas.
Indeed. The answer to the first part of the member’s question is yes. Mr P.D. Omodei: The answer to the second part is yes, too. Mr J.A. McGINTY: The second part of the question was, why does the Fremantle hospital not have an MRI machine? The provision of an MRI machine would cost approximately $3 million in capital funds, and it would have an annual operating cost between $600 000 and $1 million per year. I accept that it is a very important diagnostic tool in modern medicine. As such, it is a priority to the extent that any money can be freed for new works. That is essentially what we have been trying to do. We are taking money from the non-core, non-priority areas so that the things that are essential to patient care can be adequately provided. I am looking at different ways in which we might be able to fund the provision of what I regard as core services. We are looking at health care to determine what is not essential expenditure and taking the political pain of saying to certain people that what they are doing is not essential for health service delivery. As a follow-on from the question asked by the member for Murdoch, it is very difficult to identify a single patient health care service that is currently offered that will not be offered as a result of the cuts. We hope to redirect funds from those cuts into the sorts of areas the member is now advocating. Those cuts will be in non-patient care and non-essential areas.
Mr P.D. Omodei: The answer to the second part is yes, too. Mr J.A. McGINTY: The second part of the question was, why does the Fremantle hospital not have an MRI machine? The provision of an MRI machine would cost approximately $3 million in capital funds, and it would have an annual operating cost between $600 000 and $1 million per year. I accept that it is a very important diagnostic tool in modern medicine. As such, it is a priority to the extent that any money can be freed for new works. That is essentially what we have been trying to do. We are taking money from the non-core, non-priority areas so that the things that are essential to patient care can be adequately provided. I am looking at different ways in which we might be able to fund the provision of what I regard as core services. We are looking at health care to determine what is not essential expenditure and taking the political pain of saying to certain people that what they are doing is not essential for health service delivery. As a follow-on from the question asked by the member for Murdoch, it is very difficult to identify a single patient health care service that is currently offered that will not be offered as a result of the cuts. We hope to redirect funds from those cuts into the sorts of areas the member is now advocating. Those cuts will be in non-patient care and non-essential areas.
Mr J.A. McGINTY: The second part of the question was, why does the Fremantle hospital not have an MRI machine? The provision of an MRI machine would cost approximately $3 million in capital funds, and it would have an annual operating cost between $600 000 and $1 million per year. I accept that it is a very important diagnostic tool in modern medicine. As such, it is a priority to the extent that any money can be freed for new works. That is essentially what we have been trying to do. We are taking money from the non-core, non-priority areas so that the things that are essential to patient care can be adequately provided. I am looking at different ways in which we might be able to fund the provision of what I regard as core services. We are looking at health care to determine what is not essential expenditure and taking the political pain of saying to certain people that what they are doing is not essential for health service delivery. As a follow-on from the question asked by the member for Murdoch, it is very difficult to identify a single patient health care service that is currently offered that will not be offered as a result of the cuts. We hope to redirect funds from those cuts into the sorts of areas the member is now advocating. Those cuts will be in non-patient care and non-essential areas.
As a follow-on from the question asked by the member for Murdoch, it is very difficult to identify a single patient health care service that is currently offered that will not be offered as a result of the cuts. We hope to redirect funds from those cuts into the sorts of areas the member is now advocating. Those cuts will be in non-patient care and non-essential areas.
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