❓ Hon Adele Farina asks about increased funding for the Bunbury BreastScreen Clinic. The Minister explains the increase is due to relocation to a new cancer centre and the commencement of a breast assessment service, requiring additional staff and resources.
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I refer to Budget Paper No. 2, Volume 1 at page 130 "Spending Changes", line item "Bunbury BreastScreen Clinic", and ask the Minister to detail the reason for the increase in funding and how that funding will be spent?
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4 December 2013
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Health
Response time
34 days
The Bunbury BreastScreen Clinic commenced a temporary mammography screening service only in 2011 consisting of a trailer in the Bunbury Health Campus car park. In April 2013, the service relocated to the new Comprehensive Cancer Centre in the Bunbury Health Campus and commenced breast assessment from September 2013. Additional costs were incurred with the commencement of the assessment clinic, requiring the recruitment of a multidisciplinary specialist medical and nursing team, including surgeon, radiologist, breast care nurse, breast physician, clinical nurse counsellor, and pathologist. The breast assessment service has meant that women with mammographic screen detected lesions can have their imaging and biopsy workup undertaken in Bunbury rather than having to travel to Perth to attend an assessment clinic.
The 2012-13 actual expenditure was $471k. This comprises $275,000 (Bunbury - Stage 2) outlined above plus $196,000 residual funds from Bunbury - Stage 1.
The figures for 2013-14 ($890,000) and 2014-15 ($900,000) are the projected cost of a fully operational service.
The 2012-13 actual expenditure was $471k. This comprises $275,000 (Bunbury - Stage 2) outlined above plus $196,000 residual funds from Bunbury - Stage 1.
The figures for 2013-14 ($890,000) and 2014-15 ($900,000) are the projected cost of a fully operational service.
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