❓ The Minister for Health defends the government's plan to close Royal Perth Hospital and develop suburban hospitals, arguing against ad hoc decisions and advocating for a comprehensive, statewide approach to healthcare.
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I refer the minister to the proposed closure of Royal Perth Hospital and ask - (1) Is the minister aware that most members of the Royal Perth Hospital Clinical Staff Association are strongly opposed to the closure of the hospital and advocate the construction of a new west wing? (2) Given that it is estimated that a further 800 acute-care beds will be required by 2010, is not the creation of a new Royal Perth Hospital a far better option than the closure of the hospital? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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(1)-(2) Historically, health care in Western Australia has developed as a result of ad hoc decisions that have generally been made by politicians in the heat of an election campaign. If there is a marginal seat, parties will promise to build a hospital in that area. If pressure is building up in an area, a new wing will be built. Such an ad hoc approach is a thing of the past. The Reid report was handed down in March last year. For the first time in the history of this state we were provided with a detailed, comprehensive plan for the future of our health care services, and in particular for the location and nature of services to be provided in our public hospitals. Earlier this week I released the clinical services plan for a public consultation period of two to three months. That plan details exactly what services will be provided at what hospitals, what new hospitals will be built, where demographic trends are expected to develop and the like. There are always hard decisions to be made. To make a decision about the whole of the state and to reallocate health resources from one area in which they have traditionally been delivered to another area will of course evoke a reaction from people who have a vested interest. Very few people in the health industry will take a view of the total population and what is in the public interest. Everyone is in there to fight for his or her own patch. That is unfortunate, but it is the reality of the lobby groups in health services. Specifically with regard to Royal Perth Hospital, the key issue that has emerged in Western Australia over the past couple of decades is that the two teaching hospitals, Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, are almost neighbours; they are in close proximity to one another and wastefully duplicate what occurs at each institution. They are not located where the public live. The government is determined to make sure that those resources are transferred to where the public live, so that people can enjoy health care delivery closer to home in their own communities. The flagship of the new-look health system in Western Australia will be the Fiona Stanley hospital. In 10 years it will be a 1 000-bed hospital. It will be a state-of-the-art hospital that will enable every clinician who decides to work at that facility to provide better health care to their patients, because the facilities will be new and much better. Similarly, all the suburban hospitals will be developed into general hospitals; that is, Joondalup Health Campus, Swan District Hospital, Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital. The government will make sure that better quality health care will be made available and that there will be an increased level of services through the provision of more doctors, more nurses and the like in these larger general hospitals in the community. The government will not be put off by people who want to go back to the past and who want the old ad hoc approach to return. Some say that a west wing should be built at Royal Perth Hospital. That is a discredited plan that was never implemented. Why do we not build a west wing on top of all the other problems that exist at Royal Perth Hospital? I make it abundantly clear to everyone in the community that the government has a plan that will be to the benefit of the community, and that it will stick to it.
(1) Is the minister aware that most members of the Royal Perth Hospital Clinical Staff Association are strongly opposed to the closure of the hospital and advocate the construction of a new west wing? (2) Given that it is estimated that a further 800 acute-care beds will be required by 2010, is not the creation of a new Royal Perth Hospital a far better option than the closure of the hospital? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) Historically, health care in Western Australia has developed as a result of ad hoc decisions that have generally been made by politicians in the heat of an election campaign. If there is a marginal seat, parties will promise to build a hospital in that area. If pressure is building up in an area, a new wing will be built. Such an ad hoc approach is a thing of the past. The Reid report was handed down in March last year. For the first time in the history of this state we were provided with a detailed, comprehensive plan for the future of our health care services, and in particular for the location and nature of services to be provided in our public hospitals. Earlier this week I released the clinical services plan for a public consultation period of two to three months. That plan details exactly what services will be provided at what hospitals, what new hospitals will be built, where demographic trends are expected to develop and the like. There are always hard decisions to be made. To make a decision about the whole of the state and to reallocate health resources from one area in which they have traditionally been delivered to another area will of course evoke a reaction from people who have a vested interest. Very few people in the health industry will take a view of the total population and what is in the public interest. Everyone is in there to fight for his or her own patch. That is unfortunate, but it is the reality of the lobby groups in health services. Specifically with regard to Royal Perth Hospital, the key issue that has emerged in Western Australia over the past couple of decades is that the two teaching hospitals, Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, are almost neighbours; they are in close proximity to one another and wastefully duplicate what occurs at each institution. They are not located where the public live. The government is determined to make sure that those resources are transferred to where the public live, so that people can enjoy health care delivery closer to home in their own communities. The flagship of the new-look health system in Western Australia will be the Fiona Stanley hospital. In 10 years it will be a 1 000-bed hospital. It will be a state-of-the-art hospital that will enable every clinician who decides to work at that facility to provide better health care to their patients, because the facilities will be new and much better. Similarly, all the suburban hospitals will be developed into general hospitals; that is, Joondalup Health Campus, Swan District Hospital, Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital. The government will make sure that better quality health care will be made available and that there will be an increased level of services through the provision of more doctors, more nurses and the like in these larger general hospitals in the community. The government will not be put off by people who want to go back to the past and who want the old ad hoc approach to return. Some say that a west wing should be built at Royal Perth Hospital. That is a discredited plan that was never implemented. Why do we not build a west wing on top of all the other problems that exist at Royal Perth Hospital? I make it abundantly clear to everyone in the community that the government has a plan that will be to the benefit of the community, and that it will stick to it.
(2) Given that it is estimated that a further 800 acute-care beds will be required by 2010, is not the creation of a new Royal Perth Hospital a far better option than the closure of the hospital? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) Historically, health care in Western Australia has developed as a result of ad hoc decisions that have generally been made by politicians in the heat of an election campaign. If there is a marginal seat, parties will promise to build a hospital in that area. If pressure is building up in an area, a new wing will be built. Such an ad hoc approach is a thing of the past. The Reid report was handed down in March last year. For the first time in the history of this state we were provided with a detailed, comprehensive plan for the future of our health care services, and in particular for the location and nature of services to be provided in our public hospitals. Earlier this week I released the clinical services plan for a public consultation period of two to three months. That plan details exactly what services will be provided at what hospitals, what new hospitals will be built, where demographic trends are expected to develop and the like. There are always hard decisions to be made. To make a decision about the whole of the state and to reallocate health resources from one area in which they have traditionally been delivered to another area will of course evoke a reaction from people who have a vested interest. Very few people in the health industry will take a view of the total population and what is in the public interest. Everyone is in there to fight for his or her own patch. That is unfortunate, but it is the reality of the lobby groups in health services. Specifically with regard to Royal Perth Hospital, the key issue that has emerged in Western Australia over the past couple of decades is that the two teaching hospitals, Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, are almost neighbours; they are in close proximity to one another and wastefully duplicate what occurs at each institution. They are not located where the public live. The government is determined to make sure that those resources are transferred to where the public live, so that people can enjoy health care delivery closer to home in their own communities. The flagship of the new-look health system in Western Australia will be the Fiona Stanley hospital. In 10 years it will be a 1 000-bed hospital. It will be a state-of-the-art hospital that will enable every clinician who decides to work at that facility to provide better health care to their patients, because the facilities will be new and much better. Similarly, all the suburban hospitals will be developed into general hospitals; that is, Joondalup Health Campus, Swan District Hospital, Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital. The government will make sure that better quality health care will be made available and that there will be an increased level of services through the provision of more doctors, more nurses and the like in these larger general hospitals in the community. The government will not be put off by people who want to go back to the past and who want the old ad hoc approach to return. Some say that a west wing should be built at Royal Perth Hospital. That is a discredited plan that was never implemented. Why do we not build a west wing on top of all the other problems that exist at Royal Perth Hospital? I make it abundantly clear to everyone in the community that the government has a plan that will be to the benefit of the community, and that it will stick to it.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) Historically, health care in Western Australia has developed as a result of ad hoc decisions that have generally been made by politicians in the heat of an election campaign. If there is a marginal seat, parties will promise to build a hospital in that area. If pressure is building up in an area, a new wing will be built. Such an ad hoc approach is a thing of the past. The Reid report was handed down in March last year. For the first time in the history of this state we were provided with a detailed, comprehensive plan for the future of our health care services, and in particular for the location and nature of services to be provided in our public hospitals. Earlier this week I released the clinical services plan for a public consultation period of two to three months. That plan details exactly what services will be provided at what hospitals, what new hospitals will be built, where demographic trends are expected to develop and the like. There are always hard decisions to be made. To make a decision about the whole of the state and to reallocate health resources from one area in which they have traditionally been delivered to another area will of course evoke a reaction from people who have a vested interest. Very few people in the health industry will take a view of the total population and what is in the public interest. Everyone is in there to fight for his or her own patch. That is unfortunate, but it is the reality of the lobby groups in health services. Specifically with regard to Royal Perth Hospital, the key issue that has emerged in Western Australia over the past couple of decades is that the two teaching hospitals, Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, are almost neighbours; they are in close proximity to one another and wastefully duplicate what occurs at each institution. They are not located where the public live. The government is determined to make sure that those resources are transferred to where the public live, so that people can enjoy health care delivery closer to home in their own communities. The flagship of the new-look health system in Western Australia will be the Fiona Stanley hospital. In 10 years it will be a 1 000-bed hospital. It will be a state-of-the-art hospital that will enable every clinician who decides to work at that facility to provide better health care to their patients, because the facilities will be new and much better. Similarly, all the suburban hospitals will be developed into general hospitals; that is, Joondalup Health Campus, Swan District Hospital, Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital. The government will make sure that better quality health care will be made available and that there will be an increased level of services through the provision of more doctors, more nurses and the like in these larger general hospitals in the community. The government will not be put off by people who want to go back to the past and who want the old ad hoc approach to return. Some say that a west wing should be built at Royal Perth Hospital. That is a discredited plan that was never implemented. Why do we not build a west wing on top of all the other problems that exist at Royal Perth Hospital? I make it abundantly clear to everyone in the community that the government has a plan that will be to the benefit of the community, and that it will stick to it.
(1)-(2) Historically, health care in Western Australia has developed as a result of ad hoc decisions that have generally been made by politicians in the heat of an election campaign. If there is a marginal seat, parties will promise to build a hospital in that area. If pressure is building up in an area, a new wing will be built. Such an ad hoc approach is a thing of the past. The Reid report was handed down in March last year. For the first time in the history of this state we were provided with a detailed, comprehensive plan for the future of our health care services, and in particular for the location and nature of services to be provided in our public hospitals. Earlier this week I released the clinical services plan for a public consultation period of two to three months. That plan details exactly what services will be provided at what hospitals, what new hospitals will be built, where demographic trends are expected to develop and the like. There are always hard decisions to be made. To make a decision about the whole of the state and to reallocate health resources from one area in which they have traditionally been delivered to another area will of course evoke a reaction from people who have a vested interest. Very few people in the health industry will take a view of the total population and what is in the public interest. Everyone is in there to fight for his or her own patch. That is unfortunate, but it is the reality of the lobby groups in health services. Specifically with regard to Royal Perth Hospital, the key issue that has emerged in Western Australia over the past couple of decades is that the two teaching hospitals, Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, are almost neighbours; they are in close proximity to one another and wastefully duplicate what occurs at each institution. They are not located where the public live. The government is determined to make sure that those resources are transferred to where the public live, so that people can enjoy health care delivery closer to home in their own communities. The flagship of the new-look health system in Western Australia will be the Fiona Stanley hospital. In 10 years it will be a 1 000-bed hospital. It will be a state-of-the-art hospital that will enable every clinician who decides to work at that facility to provide better health care to their patients, because the facilities will be new and much better. Similarly, all the suburban hospitals will be developed into general hospitals; that is, Joondalup Health Campus, Swan District Hospital, Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital. The government will make sure that better quality health care will be made available and that there will be an increased level of services through the provision of more doctors, more nurses and the like in these larger general hospitals in the community. The government will not be put off by people who want to go back to the past and who want the old ad hoc approach to return. Some say that a west wing should be built at Royal Perth Hospital. That is a discredited plan that was never implemented. Why do we not build a west wing on top of all the other problems that exist at Royal Perth Hospital? I make it abundantly clear to everyone in the community that the government has a plan that will be to the benefit of the community, and that it will stick to it.
The flagship of the new-look health system in Western Australia will be the Fiona Stanley hospital. In 10 years it will be a 1 000-bed hospital. It will be a state-of-the-art hospital that will enable every clinician who decides to work at that facility to provide better health care to their patients, because the facilities will be new and much better. Similarly, all the suburban hospitals will be developed into general hospitals; that is, Joondalup Health Campus, Swan District Hospital, Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital. The government will make sure that better quality health care will be made available and that there will be an increased level of services through the provision of more doctors, more nurses and the like in these larger general hospitals in the community. The government will not be put off by people who want to go back to the past and who want the old ad hoc approach to return. Some say that a west wing should be built at Royal Perth Hospital. That is a discredited plan that was never implemented. Why do we not build a west wing on top of all the other problems that exist at Royal Perth Hospital? I make it abundantly clear to everyone in the community that the government has a plan that will be to the benefit of the community, and that it will stick to it.
The government will not be put off by people who want to go back to the past and who want the old ad hoc approach to return. Some say that a west wing should be built at Royal Perth Hospital. That is a discredited plan that was never implemented. Why do we not build a west wing on top of all the other problems that exist at Royal Perth Hospital? I make it abundantly clear to everyone in the community that the government has a plan that will be to the benefit of the community, and that it will stick to it.
(1) Is the minister aware that most members of the Royal Perth Hospital Clinical Staff Association are strongly opposed to the closure of the hospital and advocate the construction of a new west wing? (2) Given that it is estimated that a further 800 acute-care beds will be required by 2010, is not the creation of a new Royal Perth Hospital a far better option than the closure of the hospital? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) Historically, health care in Western Australia has developed as a result of ad hoc decisions that have generally been made by politicians in the heat of an election campaign. If there is a marginal seat, parties will promise to build a hospital in that area. If pressure is building up in an area, a new wing will be built. Such an ad hoc approach is a thing of the past. The Reid report was handed down in March last year. For the first time in the history of this state we were provided with a detailed, comprehensive plan for the future of our health care services, and in particular for the location and nature of services to be provided in our public hospitals. Earlier this week I released the clinical services plan for a public consultation period of two to three months. That plan details exactly what services will be provided at what hospitals, what new hospitals will be built, where demographic trends are expected to develop and the like. There are always hard decisions to be made. To make a decision about the whole of the state and to reallocate health resources from one area in which they have traditionally been delivered to another area will of course evoke a reaction from people who have a vested interest. Very few people in the health industry will take a view of the total population and what is in the public interest. Everyone is in there to fight for his or her own patch. That is unfortunate, but it is the reality of the lobby groups in health services. Specifically with regard to Royal Perth Hospital, the key issue that has emerged in Western Australia over the past couple of decades is that the two teaching hospitals, Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, are almost neighbours; they are in close proximity to one another and wastefully duplicate what occurs at each institution. They are not located where the public live. The government is determined to make sure that those resources are transferred to where the public live, so that people can enjoy health care delivery closer to home in their own communities. The flagship of the new-look health system in Western Australia will be the Fiona Stanley hospital. In 10 years it will be a 1 000-bed hospital. It will be a state-of-the-art hospital that will enable every clinician who decides to work at that facility to provide better health care to their patients, because the facilities will be new and much better. Similarly, all the suburban hospitals will be developed into general hospitals; that is, Joondalup Health Campus, Swan District Hospital, Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital. The government will make sure that better quality health care will be made available and that there will be an increased level of services through the provision of more doctors, more nurses and the like in these larger general hospitals in the community. The government will not be put off by people who want to go back to the past and who want the old ad hoc approach to return. Some say that a west wing should be built at Royal Perth Hospital. That is a discredited plan that was never implemented. Why do we not build a west wing on top of all the other problems that exist at Royal Perth Hospital? I make it abundantly clear to everyone in the community that the government has a plan that will be to the benefit of the community, and that it will stick to it.
(2) Given that it is estimated that a further 800 acute-care beds will be required by 2010, is not the creation of a new Royal Perth Hospital a far better option than the closure of the hospital? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) Historically, health care in Western Australia has developed as a result of ad hoc decisions that have generally been made by politicians in the heat of an election campaign. If there is a marginal seat, parties will promise to build a hospital in that area. If pressure is building up in an area, a new wing will be built. Such an ad hoc approach is a thing of the past. The Reid report was handed down in March last year. For the first time in the history of this state we were provided with a detailed, comprehensive plan for the future of our health care services, and in particular for the location and nature of services to be provided in our public hospitals. Earlier this week I released the clinical services plan for a public consultation period of two to three months. That plan details exactly what services will be provided at what hospitals, what new hospitals will be built, where demographic trends are expected to develop and the like. There are always hard decisions to be made. To make a decision about the whole of the state and to reallocate health resources from one area in which they have traditionally been delivered to another area will of course evoke a reaction from people who have a vested interest. Very few people in the health industry will take a view of the total population and what is in the public interest. Everyone is in there to fight for his or her own patch. That is unfortunate, but it is the reality of the lobby groups in health services. Specifically with regard to Royal Perth Hospital, the key issue that has emerged in Western Australia over the past couple of decades is that the two teaching hospitals, Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, are almost neighbours; they are in close proximity to one another and wastefully duplicate what occurs at each institution. They are not located where the public live. The government is determined to make sure that those resources are transferred to where the public live, so that people can enjoy health care delivery closer to home in their own communities. The flagship of the new-look health system in Western Australia will be the Fiona Stanley hospital. In 10 years it will be a 1 000-bed hospital. It will be a state-of-the-art hospital that will enable every clinician who decides to work at that facility to provide better health care to their patients, because the facilities will be new and much better. Similarly, all the suburban hospitals will be developed into general hospitals; that is, Joondalup Health Campus, Swan District Hospital, Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital. The government will make sure that better quality health care will be made available and that there will be an increased level of services through the provision of more doctors, more nurses and the like in these larger general hospitals in the community. The government will not be put off by people who want to go back to the past and who want the old ad hoc approach to return. Some say that a west wing should be built at Royal Perth Hospital. That is a discredited plan that was never implemented. Why do we not build a west wing on top of all the other problems that exist at Royal Perth Hospital? I make it abundantly clear to everyone in the community that the government has a plan that will be to the benefit of the community, and that it will stick to it.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: (1)-(2) Historically, health care in Western Australia has developed as a result of ad hoc decisions that have generally been made by politicians in the heat of an election campaign. If there is a marginal seat, parties will promise to build a hospital in that area. If pressure is building up in an area, a new wing will be built. Such an ad hoc approach is a thing of the past. The Reid report was handed down in March last year. For the first time in the history of this state we were provided with a detailed, comprehensive plan for the future of our health care services, and in particular for the location and nature of services to be provided in our public hospitals. Earlier this week I released the clinical services plan for a public consultation period of two to three months. That plan details exactly what services will be provided at what hospitals, what new hospitals will be built, where demographic trends are expected to develop and the like. There are always hard decisions to be made. To make a decision about the whole of the state and to reallocate health resources from one area in which they have traditionally been delivered to another area will of course evoke a reaction from people who have a vested interest. Very few people in the health industry will take a view of the total population and what is in the public interest. Everyone is in there to fight for his or her own patch. That is unfortunate, but it is the reality of the lobby groups in health services. Specifically with regard to Royal Perth Hospital, the key issue that has emerged in Western Australia over the past couple of decades is that the two teaching hospitals, Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, are almost neighbours; they are in close proximity to one another and wastefully duplicate what occurs at each institution. They are not located where the public live. The government is determined to make sure that those resources are transferred to where the public live, so that people can enjoy health care delivery closer to home in their own communities. The flagship of the new-look health system in Western Australia will be the Fiona Stanley hospital. In 10 years it will be a 1 000-bed hospital. It will be a state-of-the-art hospital that will enable every clinician who decides to work at that facility to provide better health care to their patients, because the facilities will be new and much better. Similarly, all the suburban hospitals will be developed into general hospitals; that is, Joondalup Health Campus, Swan District Hospital, Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital. The government will make sure that better quality health care will be made available and that there will be an increased level of services through the provision of more doctors, more nurses and the like in these larger general hospitals in the community. The government will not be put off by people who want to go back to the past and who want the old ad hoc approach to return. Some say that a west wing should be built at Royal Perth Hospital. That is a discredited plan that was never implemented. Why do we not build a west wing on top of all the other problems that exist at Royal Perth Hospital? I make it abundantly clear to everyone in the community that the government has a plan that will be to the benefit of the community, and that it will stick to it.
(1)-(2) Historically, health care in Western Australia has developed as a result of ad hoc decisions that have generally been made by politicians in the heat of an election campaign. If there is a marginal seat, parties will promise to build a hospital in that area. If pressure is building up in an area, a new wing will be built. Such an ad hoc approach is a thing of the past. The Reid report was handed down in March last year. For the first time in the history of this state we were provided with a detailed, comprehensive plan for the future of our health care services, and in particular for the location and nature of services to be provided in our public hospitals. Earlier this week I released the clinical services plan for a public consultation period of two to three months. That plan details exactly what services will be provided at what hospitals, what new hospitals will be built, where demographic trends are expected to develop and the like. There are always hard decisions to be made. To make a decision about the whole of the state and to reallocate health resources from one area in which they have traditionally been delivered to another area will of course evoke a reaction from people who have a vested interest. Very few people in the health industry will take a view of the total population and what is in the public interest. Everyone is in there to fight for his or her own patch. That is unfortunate, but it is the reality of the lobby groups in health services. Specifically with regard to Royal Perth Hospital, the key issue that has emerged in Western Australia over the past couple of decades is that the two teaching hospitals, Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, are almost neighbours; they are in close proximity to one another and wastefully duplicate what occurs at each institution. They are not located where the public live. The government is determined to make sure that those resources are transferred to where the public live, so that people can enjoy health care delivery closer to home in their own communities. The flagship of the new-look health system in Western Australia will be the Fiona Stanley hospital. In 10 years it will be a 1 000-bed hospital. It will be a state-of-the-art hospital that will enable every clinician who decides to work at that facility to provide better health care to their patients, because the facilities will be new and much better. Similarly, all the suburban hospitals will be developed into general hospitals; that is, Joondalup Health Campus, Swan District Hospital, Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital. The government will make sure that better quality health care will be made available and that there will be an increased level of services through the provision of more doctors, more nurses and the like in these larger general hospitals in the community. The government will not be put off by people who want to go back to the past and who want the old ad hoc approach to return. Some say that a west wing should be built at Royal Perth Hospital. That is a discredited plan that was never implemented. Why do we not build a west wing on top of all the other problems that exist at Royal Perth Hospital? I make it abundantly clear to everyone in the community that the government has a plan that will be to the benefit of the community, and that it will stick to it.
The flagship of the new-look health system in Western Australia will be the Fiona Stanley hospital. In 10 years it will be a 1 000-bed hospital. It will be a state-of-the-art hospital that will enable every clinician who decides to work at that facility to provide better health care to their patients, because the facilities will be new and much better. Similarly, all the suburban hospitals will be developed into general hospitals; that is, Joondalup Health Campus, Swan District Hospital, Armadale-Kelmscott Memorial Hospital and Rockingham-Kwinana District Hospital. The government will make sure that better quality health care will be made available and that there will be an increased level of services through the provision of more doctors, more nurses and the like in these larger general hospitals in the community. The government will not be put off by people who want to go back to the past and who want the old ad hoc approach to return. Some say that a west wing should be built at Royal Perth Hospital. That is a discredited plan that was never implemented. Why do we not build a west wing on top of all the other problems that exist at Royal Perth Hospital? I make it abundantly clear to everyone in the community that the government has a plan that will be to the benefit of the community, and that it will stick to it.
The government will not be put off by people who want to go back to the past and who want the old ad hoc approach to return. Some say that a west wing should be built at Royal Perth Hospital. That is a discredited plan that was never implemented. Why do we not build a west wing on top of all the other problems that exist at Royal Perth Hospital? I make it abundantly clear to everyone in the community that the government has a plan that will be to the benefit of the community, and that it will stick to it.
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