❓ Mr. Kirkup questions the Minister for Health on the delayed funding for the Joondalup Health Campus redevelopment, promised in the 2017 election. The Minister responds by outlining the government's commitment, ongoing planning, and projected timeline for the project.
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JOONDALUP HEALTH CAMPUS — REDEVELOPMENT
587. Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the government's
2017 election commitment to provide $167 million in funding for the Joondalup
Health Campus and the Premier's recommitment in March 2018 to —
� the State Government's
pledge to spend $167 million expanding and upgrading the health campus.
After three budgets, why has this
government still not funded its election commitment as promised?
587. Mr Z.R.F. KIRKUP to the Minister for Health:
I refer to the government's
2017 election commitment to provide $167 million in funding for the Joondalup
Health Campus and the Premier's recommitment in March 2018 to —
� the State Government's
pledge to spend $167 million expanding and upgrading the health campus.
After three budgets, why has this
government still not funded its election commitment as promised?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member very much for
the opportunity to talk about one of our great infrastructure projects. I would
like to welcome the member for Dawesville to the portfolio of Health. It is a very
noble profession being the shadow Minister for Health—not one to which
I aspire any longer. I also wish the member for Churchlands all the best. I have
always said that the member for Churchlands' bark is worse than his
bite. In the case of the member for Dawesville, it is more of a yap than a bark.
However, I welcome the member to the portfolio and the noble pursuit around
public health policy to improve the health of members of the Western Australian
community.
The members of the Joondalup
community in the northern suburbs are uppermost in our sense of priorities
around this area. I reminded the chamber
earlier that the last big spend at Joondalup Health Campus took place under Hon Jim McGinty as we started the process to redevelop Joondalup Health
Campus. Here we are with another Labor government and another big commitment to
improve the health services for people in the northern suburbs. Joondalup
Health Campus is the jewel in the crown of our northern health services—I
say that while admiring Osborne Park Hospital—and it provides vital
health services to people in the northern suburbs. We put patients first. That
is why we are investing in work to understand the needs of people in the
northern suburbs around Joondalup Health Campus.
The 2019–20 budget included
the announcement of a $160.7 million investment in Joondalup Health Campus,
which funded the initial findings of a business case around the needs of that
hospital. A project definition plan is currently being developed and worked on
with Ramsay Health Care around the needs consistent with the findings of the
Sustainable Health Review. That review identified the northern suburbs and the
south-eastern corridor, including the Peel, as the outer metropolitan areas—or
inner regional area—of Perth that will most need health infrastructure.
North Metropolitan Health Service, in conjunction with Ramsay, is currently
considering the matters around design and construction. The project business
case has approved the funding of 12 emergency department bays and up to 30 new
inpatient beds. We believe that there will be a need for more of that,
certainly with the vast expansion of mental health services, including at least
another 77 beds, an increase in parking bays and upgrades to associated
services.
We need to understand the needs of
the people in the northern suburbs, which is what this work is currently doing.
The member for Joondalup grieved to me on this issue this morning. I have
committed to her that we will have shovel in soil in 2020. We are getting on
with the project to make sure that we continue to invest in the health care
needs of people in the northern suburbs and put patients in the northern
suburbs first.
the opportunity to talk about one of our great infrastructure projects. I would
like to welcome the member for Dawesville to the portfolio of Health. It is a very
noble profession being the shadow Minister for Health—not one to which
I aspire any longer. I also wish the member for Churchlands all the best. I have
always said that the member for Churchlands' bark is worse than his
bite. In the case of the member for Dawesville, it is more of a yap than a bark.
However, I welcome the member to the portfolio and the noble pursuit around
public health policy to improve the health of members of the Western Australian
community.
The members of the Joondalup
community in the northern suburbs are uppermost in our sense of priorities
around this area. I reminded the chamber
earlier that the last big spend at Joondalup Health Campus took place under Hon Jim McGinty as we started the process to redevelop Joondalup Health
Campus. Here we are with another Labor government and another big commitment to
improve the health services for people in the northern suburbs. Joondalup
Health Campus is the jewel in the crown of our northern health services—I
say that while admiring Osborne Park Hospital—and it provides vital
health services to people in the northern suburbs. We put patients first. That
is why we are investing in work to understand the needs of people in the
northern suburbs around Joondalup Health Campus.
The 2019–20 budget included
the announcement of a $160.7 million investment in Joondalup Health Campus,
which funded the initial findings of a business case around the needs of that
hospital. A project definition plan is currently being developed and worked on
with Ramsay Health Care around the needs consistent with the findings of the
Sustainable Health Review. That review identified the northern suburbs and the
south-eastern corridor, including the Peel, as the outer metropolitan areas—or
inner regional area—of Perth that will most need health infrastructure.
North Metropolitan Health Service, in conjunction with Ramsay, is currently
considering the matters around design and construction. The project business
case has approved the funding of 12 emergency department bays and up to 30 new
inpatient beds. We believe that there will be a need for more of that,
certainly with the vast expansion of mental health services, including at least
another 77 beds, an increase in parking bays and upgrades to associated
services.
We need to understand the needs of
the people in the northern suburbs, which is what this work is currently doing.
The member for Joondalup grieved to me on this issue this morning. I have
committed to her that we will have shovel in soil in 2020. We are getting on
with the project to make sure that we continue to invest in the health care
needs of people in the northern suburbs and put patients in the northern
suburbs first.
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