❓ Mr. Kirkup questions the Minister for Health on the progress of the Fiona Stanley Hospital medihotel, an election commitment. The Minister responds, highlighting collaboration with a private provider and criticising the opposition's stance.
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MEDIHOTELS
954. Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP to the Minister for Health:
With some indulgence, I recognise
the team from my office and volunteers who assisted me significantly during the
VAD debate. They are Stella Kassiotes; Amanda Burton; Jenny Green, who was
recently made a councillor; Jill Millman; Gaynor Sanders; Olivia Fortune; and
Rob Cooper. They have been a great help to me.
I refer to the minister's
election commitment to build medihotels and his media statement of more than
two years ago titled, ''Work begins on WA's first Medihotel''.
Can the minister confirm that the medihotel at Fiona Stanley Hospital is near
completion or is it true that not a single medihotel bed will be delivered in
this, his first and only, term in government?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members, please!
954. Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP to the Minister for Health:
With some indulgence, I recognise
the team from my office and volunteers who assisted me significantly during the
VAD debate. They are Stella Kassiotes; Amanda Burton; Jenny Green, who was
recently made a councillor; Jill Millman; Gaynor Sanders; Olivia Fortune; and
Rob Cooper. They have been a great help to me.
I refer to the minister's
election commitment to build medihotels and his media statement of more than
two years ago titled, ''Work begins on WA's first Medihotel''.
Can the minister confirm that the medihotel at Fiona Stanley Hospital is near
completion or is it true that not a single medihotel bed will be delivered in
this, his first and only, term in government?
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Members, please!
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I suspect that if the member thinks
that this is the only term of this government, he will need even better staff!
I am glad that he appreciates them, because if he were left on his own, we
would see more pathetic questions like this one coming up again!
As the member knows, before we came
to government, the former government had been in the process of trying to
offload a particular parcel of land at Fiona Stanley Hospital called the
Murdoch Health and Knowledge Precinct. We partnered with one of the private
providers at that site and said, ''While you're there, why don't
you look to incorporate a medihotel? This is
our vision for it. What's yours?'' We have had some really
interesting, fruitful and productive discussions with the private
provider, and it is now going ahead. Having confirmed the development
application, from what I can understand, the private provider is now charging
on. We are actually adding value to the precinct by making sure that the
medihotel is part of it. We are very pleased to have partnered with the private
provider. I am sorry that the opposition has seen fit to attack it.
that this is the only term of this government, he will need even better staff!
I am glad that he appreciates them, because if he were left on his own, we
would see more pathetic questions like this one coming up again!
As the member knows, before we came
to government, the former government had been in the process of trying to
offload a particular parcel of land at Fiona Stanley Hospital called the
Murdoch Health and Knowledge Precinct. We partnered with one of the private
providers at that site and said, ''While you're there, why don't
you look to incorporate a medihotel? This is
our vision for it. What's yours?'' We have had some really
interesting, fruitful and productive discussions with the private
provider, and it is now going ahead. Having confirmed the development
application, from what I can understand, the private provider is now charging
on. We are actually adding value to the precinct by making sure that the
medihotel is part of it. We are very pleased to have partnered with the private
provider. I am sorry that the opposition has seen fit to attack it.
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