❓ Mr. Love inquires about the availability of birthing services within the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) in regional WA. The Minister for Health provides a list of facilities offering services, those with temporary suspensions, and confirms locations for births.
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I refer to the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) and birthing services within regional WA, and I ask: (a) Please provide the list of WACHS facilities that currently offer birthing services; (b) Please provide the list of WACHS facilities where birthing services have been temporarily suspended; and (c) Please provide the list of regional centres/towns in which women can give birth in a WACHS facility?
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Answered
26 November 2024
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Minister for Health
Response time
7 days
(a) Albany Hospital; Bridgetown Hospital; Broome Hospital; Bunbury Hospital; Busselton Hospital; Collie Hospital; Derby Hospital; Esperance Hospital; Geraldton Hospital; Hedland Health Campus; Kalgoorlie Hospital; Karratha Health Campus; Kununurra Hospital; Margaret River Hospital; Narrogin Hospital; Northam Hospital; Warren Hospital.
(b) Carnarvon. The cost of travel for women from Carnarvon travelling to give birth is being met by the State Government while services are temporarily unavailable.
(c) Refer to (a). Women may be able to give birth at other locations should there be an emergency.
(b) Carnarvon. The cost of travel for women from Carnarvon travelling to give birth is being met by the State Government while services are temporarily unavailable.
(c) Refer to (a). Women may be able to give birth at other locations should there be an emergency.
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