Mr. L'Estrange questions the Minister for Health about increasing resources to address ambulance ramping and hospital demand. The Minister responds by stating their commitment to providing resources and monitoring the situation daily.

AnsweredQoN 190Legislative Assembly
Asked
21 March 2019
Portfolio
Health

QuestionView source ↗

HEALTH SERVICES —
AMBULANCE RAMPING
190. Mr S.K. L'ESTRANGE to the Minister for Health:
I
have a supplementary question. Noting that WEAT targets will improve if people
cannot get into emergency departments, the minister said that the buck stops
with him. Will the minister immediately set about increasing the resources,
ward bed spaces and staff that are required for our hospital sector to deal
with this obvious increase in demand?

AnswerView source ↗

We
will certainly provide the resources as needed. I work with the Department of
Health on an almost daily basis to —
Mr A. Krsticevic interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member for
Carine, I call you to order for the first time. You were quiet yesterday; you
are making up for it today.
Mr R.H. COOK : I work with the
Department of Health on a daily basis, monitoring these numbers, looking at
these statistics, and working with our hospital leadership to ensure that they
have the resources and support they need to continue providing world-class
health care.

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