❓ Mr. Waldron asks about the progress of hospital upgrades under the Southern Inland Health Initiative. The Minister for Health provides an update on the allocation of funds and awarded contracts for the first tranche of upgrades in several towns.
AnsweredQoN 386Legislative Assembly
QuestionView source ↗
SOUTHERN INLAND HEALTH INITIATIVE —
HOSPITAL UPGRADES
386. Mr T.K. WALDRON to the Minister for
Health:
I refer to the Liberal–National government's
excellent investment in the Southern Inland Health Initiative, which includes a
major capital investment in upgrading our small country hospitals. Can the
minister please update the house on the progress of these upgrades?
HOSPITAL UPGRADES
386. Mr T.K. WALDRON to the Minister for
Health:
I refer to the Liberal–National government's
excellent investment in the Southern Inland Health Initiative, which includes a
major capital investment in upgrading our small country hospitals. Can the
minister please update the house on the progress of these upgrades?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for the question.
As he knows, the Southern Inland Health Initiative is part of the $565 million
package that is funded through royalties for regions. Of that, there is a
stream for infrastructure projects, which is $325.8 million. The particular
stream that the member is talking about is called SIHI stream 4, stage 1—$108
million to upgrade small hospitals and nursing posts. Our first tranche of
those is five small facilities across the southern wheatbelt and great southern
region, including the towns of Gnowangerup, Kojonup, Lake Grace, Wagin and
Tambellup. In April the Minister for Regional Development and I visited Kojonup
to announce the awarding of those contracts. I advise the house that BGC
Construction got the contract for Gnowangerup; CPD Group Pty Ltd has Tambellup
and Lake Grace; Smith Constructions Bunbury has Kojonup; and Perkins Builders
has Wagin. This is the first tranche of the massive program that this state
government has invested in hospitals across the length and breadth of the
state. It is critical to get out to these small country towns that have not had
much spent on them for years and years to make sure they get an upgraded
standard of health care.
As he knows, the Southern Inland Health Initiative is part of the $565 million
package that is funded through royalties for regions. Of that, there is a
stream for infrastructure projects, which is $325.8 million. The particular
stream that the member is talking about is called SIHI stream 4, stage 1—$108
million to upgrade small hospitals and nursing posts. Our first tranche of
those is five small facilities across the southern wheatbelt and great southern
region, including the towns of Gnowangerup, Kojonup, Lake Grace, Wagin and
Tambellup. In April the Minister for Regional Development and I visited Kojonup
to announce the awarding of those contracts. I advise the house that BGC
Construction got the contract for Gnowangerup; CPD Group Pty Ltd has Tambellup
and Lake Grace; Smith Constructions Bunbury has Kojonup; and Perkins Builders
has Wagin. This is the first tranche of the massive program that this state
government has invested in hospitals across the length and breadth of the
state. It is critical to get out to these small country towns that have not had
much spent on them for years and years to make sure they get an upgraded
standard of health care.
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