❓ Mr. Cook questions the Minister for Health, Dr. Hames, regarding delays in providing information to a woman who experienced a child death in a country hospital, despite her attempts to seek answers. Dr. Hames deflects direct responsibility, stating the department is responsible and a meeting occurred recently.
AnsweredQoN 8Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
COUNTRY HOSPITALS — CHILD DEATHS
I have a supplementary question. If this is a matter of routine, is the minister not concerned that it took the bravery of this woman to fight to simply have this issue investigated and to get information that she is still, two years after the event, waiting on? Dr K.D. HAMES
I have a supplementary question. If this is a matter of routine, is the minister not concerned that it took the bravery of this woman to fight to simply have this issue investigated and to get information that she is still, two years after the event, waiting on? Dr K.D. HAMES
AnswerView source ↗
The lady in question did go to the media in recent times to try to find out what had occurred. However, she did not come to me. If she had come to me, or if she had in fact gone to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and he had come to me — Mr R.H. Cook : She spoke to you personally. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, but not about this delay, and not in recent weeks and not specifically about finding out what had happened to the answer to her inquiry. It is the health department’s responsibility to provide that information, and my understanding is that it has done so. I believe it had a meeting with her last Friday.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: The lady in question did go to the media in recent times to try to find out what had occurred. However, she did not come to me. If she had come to me, or if she had in fact gone to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and he had come to me — Mr R.H. Cook : She spoke to you personally. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, but not about this delay, and not in recent weeks and not specifically about finding out what had happened to the answer to her inquiry. It is the health department’s responsibility to provide that information, and my understanding is that it has done so. I believe it had a meeting with her last Friday.
The lady in question did go to the media in recent times to try to find out what had occurred. However, she did not come to me. If she had come to me, or if she had in fact gone to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and he had come to me — Mr R.H. Cook : She spoke to you personally. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, but not about this delay, and not in recent weeks and not specifically about finding out what had happened to the answer to her inquiry. It is the health department’s responsibility to provide that information, and my understanding is that it has done so. I believe it had a meeting with her last Friday.
Mr R.H. Cook : She spoke to you personally. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, but not about this delay, and not in recent weeks and not specifically about finding out what had happened to the answer to her inquiry. It is the health department’s responsibility to provide that information, and my understanding is that it has done so. I believe it had a meeting with her last Friday.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, but not about this delay, and not in recent weeks and not specifically about finding out what had happened to the answer to her inquiry. It is the health department’s responsibility to provide that information, and my understanding is that it has done so. I believe it had a meeting with her last Friday.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: The lady in question did go to the media in recent times to try to find out what had occurred. However, she did not come to me. If she had come to me, or if she had in fact gone to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and he had come to me — Mr R.H. Cook : She spoke to you personally. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, but not about this delay, and not in recent weeks and not specifically about finding out what had happened to the answer to her inquiry. It is the health department’s responsibility to provide that information, and my understanding is that it has done so. I believe it had a meeting with her last Friday.
The lady in question did go to the media in recent times to try to find out what had occurred. However, she did not come to me. If she had come to me, or if she had in fact gone to the Deputy Leader of the Opposition and he had come to me — Mr R.H. Cook : She spoke to you personally. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, but not about this delay, and not in recent weeks and not specifically about finding out what had happened to the answer to her inquiry. It is the health department’s responsibility to provide that information, and my understanding is that it has done so. I believe it had a meeting with her last Friday.
Mr R.H. Cook : She spoke to you personally. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, but not about this delay, and not in recent weeks and not specifically about finding out what had happened to the answer to her inquiry. It is the health department’s responsibility to provide that information, and my understanding is that it has done so. I believe it had a meeting with her last Friday.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes, but not about this delay, and not in recent weeks and not specifically about finding out what had happened to the answer to her inquiry. It is the health department’s responsibility to provide that information, and my understanding is that it has done so. I believe it had a meeting with her last Friday.
Explore WA Government Data
Search the full archive in the free dashboard, or query programmatically via API.
Explore more
Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.