❓ Mr. Cowper asks about the commencement of radiation oncology facilities at the South West Health Campus. Dr. Hames responds, detailing the project's funding, benefits for patients in the South West, treatment capacity, and timeline for construction, highlighting the use of a local contractor.
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SOUTH WEST HEALTH CAMPUS — RADIATION ONCOLOGY FACILITIES
The Liberal–National government is providing unprecedented support for health services in regional Western Australia. I understand the building contract for radiation oncology facilities at the South West Health Campus has been awarded, which is of great interest to my constituents, particularly in Australind. Can the minister update the house on when the project is likely to commence? Dr K.D. HAMES
The Liberal–National government is providing unprecedented support for health services in regional Western Australia. I understand the building contract for radiation oncology facilities at the South West Health Campus has been awarded, which is of great interest to my constituents, particularly in Australind. Can the minister update the house on when the project is likely to commence? Dr K.D. HAMES
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It was a very exciting time to kick off this project. I was not able to be there so “Mr Bunbury” himself, the Minister for Local Government, turned the sod on my behalf. He did a very good sod-turning job. This is a great project. It is worth $15.2 million—about $9 million from the state and $6 million from the commonwealth—as part of the package to get a new radiation oncology service in the south west; in fact, it is the first outside the metropolitan area in Western Australia. The member for Murray–Wellington and I know the extreme difficulties patients face, as will many country members in this chamber, when they need to come to Perth to have radiation therapy for a range of different cancers. Radiation therapy is a very difficult thing to undertake. It often causes extreme illness. After treatment, patients from the south west have to travel back to wherever they came from. This machine will allow about 70 per cent of the south west patients who currently have to travel to Perth to instead have their treatment in Bunbury. This will include treatments for cancers such as breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer, and palliative treatments for symptom control of other sorts of cancers. The initial workload is expected to be 6 800 treatments per year. The machine will treat about 400 patients in the first year, increasing to 670 patients by 2021. It is extremely good that we have been able to get that started. The machine is located at the South West Health Campus. A company has been approved to undertake the work, and I am sure that the local member is pleased to see that a Bunbury-based contractor, Perkins (WA) Pty Ltd, has been awarded the contract. Construction will commence in the near future and will be completed in about a year’s time. It is really great news for the people of not only Bunbury, but also the whole south west, particularly for the member for Murray–Wellington’s constituents at Australind who will now be able to have their treatment locally instead of having to come all the way to Perth.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: It was a very exciting time to kick off this project. I was not able to be there so “Mr Bunbury” himself, the Minister for Local Government, turned the sod on my behalf. He did a very good sod-turning job. This is a great project. It is worth $15.2 million—about $9 million from the state and $6 million from the commonwealth—as part of the package to get a new radiation oncology service in the south west; in fact, it is the first outside the metropolitan area in Western Australia. The member for Murray–Wellington and I know the extreme difficulties patients face, as will many country members in this chamber, when they need to come to Perth to have radiation therapy for a range of different cancers. Radiation therapy is a very difficult thing to undertake. It often causes extreme illness. After treatment, patients from the south west have to travel back to wherever they came from. This machine will allow about 70 per cent of the south west patients who currently have to travel to Perth to instead have their treatment in Bunbury. This will include treatments for cancers such as breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer, and palliative treatments for symptom control of other sorts of cancers. The initial workload is expected to be 6 800 treatments per year. The machine will treat about 400 patients in the first year, increasing to 670 patients by 2021. It is extremely good that we have been able to get that started. The machine is located at the South West Health Campus. A company has been approved to undertake the work, and I am sure that the local member is pleased to see that a Bunbury-based contractor, Perkins (WA) Pty Ltd, has been awarded the contract. Construction will commence in the near future and will be completed in about a year’s time. It is really great news for the people of not only Bunbury, but also the whole south west, particularly for the member for Murray–Wellington’s constituents at Australind who will now be able to have their treatment locally instead of having to come all the way to Perth.
It was a very exciting time to kick off this project. I was not able to be there so “Mr Bunbury” himself, the Minister for Local Government, turned the sod on my behalf. He did a very good sod-turning job. This is a great project. It is worth $15.2 million—about $9 million from the state and $6 million from the commonwealth—as part of the package to get a new radiation oncology service in the south west; in fact, it is the first outside the metropolitan area in Western Australia. The member for Murray–Wellington and I know the extreme difficulties patients face, as will many country members in this chamber, when they need to come to Perth to have radiation therapy for a range of different cancers. Radiation therapy is a very difficult thing to undertake. It often causes extreme illness. After treatment, patients from the south west have to travel back to wherever they came from. This machine will allow about 70 per cent of the south west patients who currently have to travel to Perth to instead have their treatment in Bunbury. This will include treatments for cancers such as breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer, and palliative treatments for symptom control of other sorts of cancers. The initial workload is expected to be 6 800 treatments per year. The machine will treat about 400 patients in the first year, increasing to 670 patients by 2021. It is extremely good that we have been able to get that started. The machine is located at the South West Health Campus. A company has been approved to undertake the work, and I am sure that the local member is pleased to see that a Bunbury-based contractor, Perkins (WA) Pty Ltd, has been awarded the contract. Construction will commence in the near future and will be completed in about a year’s time. It is really great news for the people of not only Bunbury, but also the whole south west, particularly for the member for Murray–Wellington’s constituents at Australind who will now be able to have their treatment locally instead of having to come all the way to Perth.
The machine is located at the South West Health Campus. A company has been approved to undertake the work, and I am sure that the local member is pleased to see that a Bunbury-based contractor, Perkins (WA) Pty Ltd, has been awarded the contract. Construction will commence in the near future and will be completed in about a year’s time. It is really great news for the people of not only Bunbury, but also the whole south west, particularly for the member for Murray–Wellington’s constituents at Australind who will now be able to have their treatment locally instead of having to come all the way to Perth.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: It was a very exciting time to kick off this project. I was not able to be there so “Mr Bunbury” himself, the Minister for Local Government, turned the sod on my behalf. He did a very good sod-turning job. This is a great project. It is worth $15.2 million—about $9 million from the state and $6 million from the commonwealth—as part of the package to get a new radiation oncology service in the south west; in fact, it is the first outside the metropolitan area in Western Australia. The member for Murray–Wellington and I know the extreme difficulties patients face, as will many country members in this chamber, when they need to come to Perth to have radiation therapy for a range of different cancers. Radiation therapy is a very difficult thing to undertake. It often causes extreme illness. After treatment, patients from the south west have to travel back to wherever they came from. This machine will allow about 70 per cent of the south west patients who currently have to travel to Perth to instead have their treatment in Bunbury. This will include treatments for cancers such as breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer, and palliative treatments for symptom control of other sorts of cancers. The initial workload is expected to be 6 800 treatments per year. The machine will treat about 400 patients in the first year, increasing to 670 patients by 2021. It is extremely good that we have been able to get that started. The machine is located at the South West Health Campus. A company has been approved to undertake the work, and I am sure that the local member is pleased to see that a Bunbury-based contractor, Perkins (WA) Pty Ltd, has been awarded the contract. Construction will commence in the near future and will be completed in about a year’s time. It is really great news for the people of not only Bunbury, but also the whole south west, particularly for the member for Murray–Wellington’s constituents at Australind who will now be able to have their treatment locally instead of having to come all the way to Perth.
It was a very exciting time to kick off this project. I was not able to be there so “Mr Bunbury” himself, the Minister for Local Government, turned the sod on my behalf. He did a very good sod-turning job. This is a great project. It is worth $15.2 million—about $9 million from the state and $6 million from the commonwealth—as part of the package to get a new radiation oncology service in the south west; in fact, it is the first outside the metropolitan area in Western Australia. The member for Murray–Wellington and I know the extreme difficulties patients face, as will many country members in this chamber, when they need to come to Perth to have radiation therapy for a range of different cancers. Radiation therapy is a very difficult thing to undertake. It often causes extreme illness. After treatment, patients from the south west have to travel back to wherever they came from. This machine will allow about 70 per cent of the south west patients who currently have to travel to Perth to instead have their treatment in Bunbury. This will include treatments for cancers such as breast cancer, colon cancer, lung cancer and prostate cancer, and palliative treatments for symptom control of other sorts of cancers. The initial workload is expected to be 6 800 treatments per year. The machine will treat about 400 patients in the first year, increasing to 670 patients by 2021. It is extremely good that we have been able to get that started. The machine is located at the South West Health Campus. A company has been approved to undertake the work, and I am sure that the local member is pleased to see that a Bunbury-based contractor, Perkins (WA) Pty Ltd, has been awarded the contract. Construction will commence in the near future and will be completed in about a year’s time. It is really great news for the people of not only Bunbury, but also the whole south west, particularly for the member for Murray–Wellington’s constituents at Australind who will now be able to have their treatment locally instead of having to come all the way to Perth.
The machine is located at the South West Health Campus. A company has been approved to undertake the work, and I am sure that the local member is pleased to see that a Bunbury-based contractor, Perkins (WA) Pty Ltd, has been awarded the contract. Construction will commence in the near future and will be completed in about a year’s time. It is really great news for the people of not only Bunbury, but also the whole south west, particularly for the member for Murray–Wellington’s constituents at Australind who will now be able to have their treatment locally instead of having to come all the way to Perth.
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