❓ Dr. Hames questions the allocation of Commonwealth funds for elective surgery, noting a discrepancy between the announced amount and the budgeted expenditure. The Minister's response lacks specific details, promising the funds will be spent within the calendar year.
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COMMONWEALTH ELECTIVE SURGERY INITIATIVE 257. Dr K.D. HAMES to the Minister for Health: On behalf of the Leader of the Opposition, I acknowledge Mr Bob Cameron and students from the Cornerstone Christian College in Busselton, who are in the audience. I refer to the minister’s announcement on 14 January 2008 that WA received an extra $15.4 million from the federal government for a blitz on elective surgery and his recent remarks in Parliament when he said — Hopefully, we will now see the full effect of the additional allocation to elective surgery take effect. I now refer to this year’s budget and note that on page 601 there is reference to an estimated expenditure of only $2.1 million for the “Commonwealth Elective Surgery Initiative (Elective Surgery Blitz)” for 2008-09. (1) What has happened to the balance of $13.3 million of the commonwealth money? (2) Is the minister using those funds to bail out other health projects that have blown out because of the minister’s mismanagement of the health system? (3) If not, where in the budget papers is this money allocated? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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(1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
COMMONWEALTH ELECTIVE SURGERY INITIATIVE
On behalf of the Leader of the Opposition, I acknowledge Mr Bob Cameron and students from the Cornerstone Christian College in Busselton, who are in the audience. I refer to the minister’s announcement on 14 January 2008 that WA received an extra $15.4 million from the federal government for a blitz on elective surgery and his recent remarks in Parliament when he said — Hopefully, we will now see the full effect of the additional allocation to elective surgery take effect. I now refer to this year’s budget and note that on page 601 there is reference to an estimated expenditure of only $2.1 million for the “Commonwealth Elective Surgery Initiative (Elective Surgery Blitz)” for 2008-09. (1) What has happened to the balance of $13.3 million of the commonwealth money? (2) Is the minister using those funds to bail out other health projects that have blown out because of the minister’s mismanagement of the health system? (3) If not, where in the budget papers is this money allocated? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied : (1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
I refer to the minister’s announcement on 14 January 2008 that WA received an extra $15.4 million from the federal government for a blitz on elective surgery and his recent remarks in Parliament when he said — Hopefully, we will now see the full effect of the additional allocation to elective surgery take effect. I now refer to this year’s budget and note that on page 601 there is reference to an estimated expenditure of only $2.1 million for the “Commonwealth Elective Surgery Initiative (Elective Surgery Blitz)” for 2008-09. (1) What has happened to the balance of $13.3 million of the commonwealth money? (2) Is the minister using those funds to bail out other health projects that have blown out because of the minister’s mismanagement of the health system? (3) If not, where in the budget papers is this money allocated? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied : (1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
(1) What has happened to the balance of $13.3 million of the commonwealth money? (2) Is the minister using those funds to bail out other health projects that have blown out because of the minister’s mismanagement of the health system? (3) If not, where in the budget papers is this money allocated? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied : (1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
(2) Is the minister using those funds to bail out other health projects that have blown out because of the minister’s mismanagement of the health system? (3) If not, where in the budget papers is this money allocated? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied : (1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
(3) If not, where in the budget papers is this money allocated? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied : (1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied : (1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
(1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
COMMONWEALTH ELECTIVE SURGERY INITIATIVE
On behalf of the Leader of the Opposition, I acknowledge Mr Bob Cameron and students from the Cornerstone Christian College in Busselton, who are in the audience. I refer to the minister’s announcement on 14 January 2008 that WA received an extra $15.4 million from the federal government for a blitz on elective surgery and his recent remarks in Parliament when he said — Hopefully, we will now see the full effect of the additional allocation to elective surgery take effect. I now refer to this year’s budget and note that on page 601 there is reference to an estimated expenditure of only $2.1 million for the “Commonwealth Elective Surgery Initiative (Elective Surgery Blitz)” for 2008-09. (1) What has happened to the balance of $13.3 million of the commonwealth money? (2) Is the minister using those funds to bail out other health projects that have blown out because of the minister’s mismanagement of the health system? (3) If not, where in the budget papers is this money allocated? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied : (1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
I refer to the minister’s announcement on 14 January 2008 that WA received an extra $15.4 million from the federal government for a blitz on elective surgery and his recent remarks in Parliament when he said — Hopefully, we will now see the full effect of the additional allocation to elective surgery take effect. I now refer to this year’s budget and note that on page 601 there is reference to an estimated expenditure of only $2.1 million for the “Commonwealth Elective Surgery Initiative (Elective Surgery Blitz)” for 2008-09. (1) What has happened to the balance of $13.3 million of the commonwealth money? (2) Is the minister using those funds to bail out other health projects that have blown out because of the minister’s mismanagement of the health system? (3) If not, where in the budget papers is this money allocated? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied : (1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
(1) What has happened to the balance of $13.3 million of the commonwealth money? (2) Is the minister using those funds to bail out other health projects that have blown out because of the minister’s mismanagement of the health system? (3) If not, where in the budget papers is this money allocated? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied : (1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
(2) Is the minister using those funds to bail out other health projects that have blown out because of the minister’s mismanagement of the health system? (3) If not, where in the budget papers is this money allocated? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied : (1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
(3) If not, where in the budget papers is this money allocated? Mr J.A. McGINTY replied : (1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied : (1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
(1)-(3) The $15.4 million from the commonwealth government was very welcomed because it is the first time for a decade that extra money has been provided by the commonwealth government to assist us in the work that we are doing on our public health system. The $15.4 million is to be spent during the calendar year 2008, and that is what we will do. Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
Dr K.D. Hames : Where is it in the budget papers; that is what I want to know? Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : I do not have my budget papers with me. From the many hundreds of pages of budget papers, I could no doubt identify it, but it is proposed to be spent during the course of this year.
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