❓ Opposition questions the Minister for Health about the lack of tertiary services at Joondalup Health Campus, leading to potential delays and overcrowding. The Minister defends the hospital's service model, differentiating it from a state-wide tertiary referral centre.
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JOONDALUP HEALTH CAMPUS — EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
I have a supplementary question. What responsibility does the minister take for failing to develop Joondalup hospital as a tertiary hospital, meaning that the people in the northern corridor will continue to remain subject to delays and overcrowding? Dr K.D. HAMES
I have a supplementary question. What responsibility does the minister take for failing to develop Joondalup hospital as a tertiary hospital, meaning that the people in the northern corridor will continue to remain subject to delays and overcrowding? Dr K.D. HAMES
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I made it quite clear to the member before. I do not think members opposite understand the difference between a tertiary hospital and the services that will be provided at Joondalup. Joondalup will be providing all the services that are usually provided in a hospital of that size. Like Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Joondalup will be providing all those services except quaternary services—the very top-end services such as cardiac transplants and the like. However, the key difference is that Joondalup will not be a state hospital for the distribution of patients. That means that if a patient in Narrogin gets sick and is transferred to the city, the patient goes to a tertiary hospital such as Royal Perth, Sir Charles Gairdner or Fremantle. Joondalup hospital, therefore, will not have patients transferred to it from all over the state. It means patients will have sole access to a tertiary hospital that provides all those same services that a tertiary hospital provides without having to compete with the rest of the state. Instead of Joondalup hospital having beds taken away by people who might come to the city from outside the metropolitan area, that hospital will be able to concentrate all its services and provide for local residents.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I made it quite clear to the member before. I do not think members opposite understand the difference between a tertiary hospital and the services that will be provided at Joondalup. Joondalup will be providing all the services that are usually provided in a hospital of that size. Like Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Joondalup will be providing all those services except quaternary services—the very top-end services such as cardiac transplants and the like. However, the key difference is that Joondalup will not be a state hospital for the distribution of patients. That means that if a patient in Narrogin gets sick and is transferred to the city, the patient goes to a tertiary hospital such as Royal Perth, Sir Charles Gairdner or Fremantle. Joondalup hospital, therefore, will not have patients transferred to it from all over the state. It means patients will have sole access to a tertiary hospital that provides all those same services that a tertiary hospital provides without having to compete with the rest of the state. Instead of Joondalup hospital having beds taken away by people who might come to the city from outside the metropolitan area, that hospital will be able to concentrate all its services and provide for local residents.
I made it quite clear to the member before. I do not think members opposite understand the difference between a tertiary hospital and the services that will be provided at Joondalup. Joondalup will be providing all the services that are usually provided in a hospital of that size. Like Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Joondalup will be providing all those services except quaternary services—the very top-end services such as cardiac transplants and the like. However, the key difference is that Joondalup will not be a state hospital for the distribution of patients. That means that if a patient in Narrogin gets sick and is transferred to the city, the patient goes to a tertiary hospital such as Royal Perth, Sir Charles Gairdner or Fremantle. Joondalup hospital, therefore, will not have patients transferred to it from all over the state. It means patients will have sole access to a tertiary hospital that provides all those same services that a tertiary hospital provides without having to compete with the rest of the state. Instead of Joondalup hospital having beds taken away by people who might come to the city from outside the metropolitan area, that hospital will be able to concentrate all its services and provide for local residents.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I made it quite clear to the member before. I do not think members opposite understand the difference between a tertiary hospital and the services that will be provided at Joondalup. Joondalup will be providing all the services that are usually provided in a hospital of that size. Like Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Joondalup will be providing all those services except quaternary services—the very top-end services such as cardiac transplants and the like. However, the key difference is that Joondalup will not be a state hospital for the distribution of patients. That means that if a patient in Narrogin gets sick and is transferred to the city, the patient goes to a tertiary hospital such as Royal Perth, Sir Charles Gairdner or Fremantle. Joondalup hospital, therefore, will not have patients transferred to it from all over the state. It means patients will have sole access to a tertiary hospital that provides all those same services that a tertiary hospital provides without having to compete with the rest of the state. Instead of Joondalup hospital having beds taken away by people who might come to the city from outside the metropolitan area, that hospital will be able to concentrate all its services and provide for local residents.
I made it quite clear to the member before. I do not think members opposite understand the difference between a tertiary hospital and the services that will be provided at Joondalup. Joondalup will be providing all the services that are usually provided in a hospital of that size. Like Royal Perth Hospital and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Joondalup will be providing all those services except quaternary services—the very top-end services such as cardiac transplants and the like. However, the key difference is that Joondalup will not be a state hospital for the distribution of patients. That means that if a patient in Narrogin gets sick and is transferred to the city, the patient goes to a tertiary hospital such as Royal Perth, Sir Charles Gairdner or Fremantle. Joondalup hospital, therefore, will not have patients transferred to it from all over the state. It means patients will have sole access to a tertiary hospital that provides all those same services that a tertiary hospital provides without having to compete with the rest of the state. Instead of Joondalup hospital having beds taken away by people who might come to the city from outside the metropolitan area, that hospital will be able to concentrate all its services and provide for local residents.
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